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Visionary Leadership Shaping the Future of 3D Printing

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nnovation often begins at the intersection of imagination and precision, and few technologies embody this convergence as powerfully as 3D printing.

Once viewed as a prototyping tool, additive manufacturing has rapidly matured into a transformative force reshaping how we design, manufacture, and deliver products across industries. In this edition of CIOLook titled, Most Trailblazing Leaders Revolutionizing 3D Printing in 2025, we spotlight the visionaries who are not only advancing the technology, but redefining what is possible through it.

The leaders featured in this issue are united by a common mindset: they see 3D printing not as a standalone solution, but as an enabler of smarter, more sustainable, and more agile systems. From aerospace and healthcare to automotive, construction, and consumer goods, their work is accelerating innovation cycles, reducing material waste, and enabling unprecedented levels of customization. These pioneers are pushing boundaries—experimenting with advanced materials, scaling industrial-grade applications, and integrating artificial intelligence and digital twins into additive workflows.

What truly sets these trailblazing leaders apart is their ability to think beyond machines and materials. They are building ecosystems, cultivating talent, forging crossindustry collaborations, and championing education to ensure the next generation is equipped to thrive in a digitally driven manufacturing landscape. Their leadership reflects a deep understanding that the future of 3D printing lies as much in people and purpose as it does in technology.

As we move through 2025, additive manufacturing is no longer a promise of the future; it is a present-day catalyst for resilience and reinvention. This edition is both a celebration and a call to recognizing those who are leading the charge and inspiring others to embrace innovation with courage and clarity.

We invite you to explore their journeys, insights, and impact, and to witness how these trailblazing leaders are shaping a more efficient, creative, and sustainable industrial future—layer by law.

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MATHEW TOROSIAN TRANSFORMING POLYMER SCIENCE INTO COMMERCIAL SUCCESS

Manager of Sales and Market Development Insight Polymers & Compounding

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n factories where molecules are charted and matter is manufactured, where small is large and science is business, there is a silent revolution retooling industries. Polymers, the sorcery chains of repeating molecular building blocks, have been the quiet pillar of the modern world. They insulate our footsteps, power our machines, package our medicines, and enable technology that was once unimaginable. But standing behind all of those molecular miracles are individuals with a rare combination of scientific expertise, strategic acumen, and a genius-on-the-edge problem-solving capacity. And one of them is one such innovation guru by the name of Mathew Torosian.

With his nomination as Sales and Market Development Manager at Insight Polymers & Compounding, Mathew occupies a unique position among material experts globally.

He is an interpreter and visionary who desires a conciliation between polymer chemistry and real industrial solutions.

His work impacts nearly everything- the phone in your pocket, the auto components that make cars safe, the medical equipment that prolongs and improves life, and the factory tools that make goods tomorrow. In an industry whose performance expectations are higher and whose sustainability demands are fraught with stressful strategic thinking, Mathew is a new generation one of a kind: where there is rigorous scientific cognition as much as co-creation with the customer, where alignment brings out the best, and where breakthrough innovation is no longer a question of single brilliance but partnership. This is the story of a master who never purchases raw materials but purchases the subtle ballet of converting scientific possibility marketplace reality.

The Genesis: Where Passion Meets Purpose Every transformative career begins with a spark. It’s that moment when curiosity ignites into calling. For Mathew, that spark flickered to life in 1986 at Illinois State University. A mentor named Dave Weede opened an unexpected door, introducing him to the IT Plastics program. What Mathew discovered there wasn't just an academic discipline; it was a revelation about how science manifests in the physical world.

Unlike theoretical pursuits that remain confined to journals and equations, polymer science offered something profoundly satisfying: the ability to hold creation in your hands. Mathew fell in love with the practical application of polymers, with the elegant process of matching molecular structures to performance requirements, and with seeing

ideas materialize into objects that populate shelves, pockets, and lives. This wasn't abstract knowledge for its own sake.

This was engineering with purpose.

"These materials and parts touch our lives in so many ways," he observes, his enthusiasm undiminished by decades in the field. "There are almost no areas of our everyday lives that are not impacted by plastic components, engineered to meet the application requirements for these products to function properly." This philosophy, that every compound serves a purpose, every formulation solves a problem, has guided his journey through an industry that never stops evolving.

Transformation at Chevron: When Listening Becomes Strategy Before Insight Polymers and before the leadership roles and strategic partnerships, Mathew underwent his baptism by fire at Chevron Chemical. Working in Technical Service, he began learning what would become his most valuable skill: the art of listening. Not the passive hearing of words, but the active excavation of needs, requirements, and possibilities hidden within customer conversations.

"These materials and parts touch our lives in so many ways. There are almost no areas of our everyday lives that are not impacted by plastic components, engineered to meet the application requirements for these products to function properly.”

"It all starts with communication and trust. A deep understanding of the requirements is the key piece of a successful project.

Both sides need to collaboratively flush out all the application requirements.”

Chevron Chemical faced a brutal reality.

Their product line was inferior, shrinking, a punchline in industry circles. It was a $50 million business bleeding market share, and prospects looked grim. But transformation was brewing. The company was qualifying new technology, and Mathew had a frontrow seat to one of the most dramatic turnarounds in polymer history.

Through strategic innovation, relentless validation, and genuine customer engagement, Chevron Chemical metamorphosed. That struggling $50 million business exploded into a thriving $300+ million enterprise. They became the premier supplier of HDPE for Injection molded and extrusion packaging, the name that came first to mind when engineers specified materials. Mathew absorbed lessons that textbooks cannot teach: superior

technology without customer understanding remains potential energy, listening converts knowledge into value, and trust accelerates innovation.

His second transformative experience unfolded at Jabil, where the canvas expanded dramatically. Here, Mathew developed materials across a breathtaking spectrum of applications- medical devices that interface with human biology, electronics that process information at lightning speeds, automotive components subjected to punishing conditions, and materials handling systems that move global commerce. As Director of Business Development and Director of Product Management, he saw both sides of the business equation simultaneously.

Insight must commit expertise and resources before guaranteed outcomes. These requirements become project goals and roadmaps guiding development through uncharted territory.

What happens next separates Insight from conventional compounders. The company's founders, AJ Pasquale and Jeremy Lizotte, both hold PhDs in Polymer Science from Virginia Tech, one of the world's premier polymer chemistry programs. When customers engage with Insight, they're not simply buying compounds; they're accessing deep scientific and process knowledge applied systematically to their specific challenges.

Orchestrating Innovation: Leadership Beyond the Lab

These dual roles revealed fundamental truths about successful innovation. Go-to-market strategies, product development roadmaps, strategic alignment with OEMs, and coordination between business development and operations; these weren't separate functions but interconnected systems. "Without good communication and market intelligence, these businesses cannot achieve their full potential," he notes, articulating wisdom earned through experience, not speculation.

The Insight Philosophy: Where Science Meets Collaboration At Insight Polymers & Compounding, Mathew has found an environment uniquely aligned with his collaborative philosophy. The company specializes in custom and speciality formulations, but what truly distinguishes Insight is its approach to solving complex material challenges.

Mathew's influence permeates this process, shaping how teams engage with customers and tackle seemingly impossible requirements.

"It all starts with communication and trust," he explains, and these aren't mere platitudes. Every successful project begins with a deep excavation of requirements, not just the obvious specifications, but the complete landscape of performance needs. Physical properties, testing protocols, regulatory constraints, environmental exposures including UV degradation, flame retardancy requirements, temperature extremes, colour specifications, electrical characteristics, coefficient of linear thermal expansion, thermal conductivity. The list extends far beyond simple material selection.

This collaborative excavation demands trust on both sides.

Clients must share proprietary application details, while

While Mathew's hands-on laboratory days have largely passed, he remains intimately connected to technical processes. He works shoulder to shoulder with technical teams and customers, orchestrating the collaborative culture that defines Insight Polymers. He does some 3D printing at home, maintaining tactile connection with materials, but development work now flows through carefully managed collaboration between himself, his team, AJ and Jeremy's polymer expertise, and insights from operations.

Insight's collaborative culture leverages collective intelligence- past experiences, academic knowledge, published research, and specialized expertise in specific domains. Mathew has observed that career progression naturally moves professionals away from shop floors and laboratory benches. This evolution makes managing collaboration even more critical. His role focuses on four essential functions: identifying promising projects, excavating comprehensive requirements, formulating multiple solution pathways, and validating results rigorously.

Carbon Nanotubes: A Technology Whose Time Has Arrived When discussing breakthroughs that marked inflexion points for Insight Polymers, Mathew's enthusiasm becomes palpable. CNT technology, Carbon Nano Tubes, represents their most significant innovation, a technology with transformative potential across multiple industries.

Carbon nanotubes emerged over two decades ago amid tremendous hype. Scientists promised revolutionary improvements in material properties, but reality disappointed. For twenty years, the industry could only

extract conductivity benefits, useful in certain applications but far short of the promised revolution. Physical property improvements were perpetually claimed but never substantiated, until now.

Insight's CNT technology delivers what decades of research promised but couldn't achieve: simultaneous improvements in electrical conductivity, mechanical properties, and processability. This breakthrough opens doors for higherperforming, lighter-weight, easier-to-process materials across electronics, materials handling, drones, defence and aerospace, jigs/fixtures/tooling applications, packaging, medical devices, and oil and gas equipment.

Consider electronics manufacturing, where traditional approaches required 20% carbon black loading into totes and bins to achieve necessary conductivity. High carbon black loadings create nightmarish production conditionsmessy, difficult to handle, and presenting significant environmental health and safety challenges. Once produced, these heavily loaded compounds exhibit poor processability, reduced impact strength, and compromised durability.

Insight's CNT technology achieves ESD protection at just 3% loading, producing components that won't damage electronics through static discharge while simultaneously improving processability, impact strength, and ductility.

This isn't incremental improvement; it's a paradigm shift.

Alignment: The North Star of Organizational Excellence Every technical leader operates from core principles, philosophical anchors that guide decision-making through complexity and uncertainty. For Mathew, that anchor is captured in a single word: alignment. Whether discussing strategic direction for the entire organization or tactical execution on specific projects, alignment remains paramount.

"We work in groups and teams," he explains with characteristic clarity. "Without alignment, on both strategic and tactical actions, no organization can reach its full potential, in my opinion." This isn't abstract management theory; it's practical wisdom about how organizations accomplish difficult objectives. Product strategies, technology pursuits, growth plans, and implementation approaches- all require synchronized effort toward shared goals.

Sustainability Without Compromise: The Environmental Imperative The polymer industry faces mounting pressure to address environmental concerns, with sustainability and circularity dominating strategic conversations. Mathew's perspective on environmental responsibility directly influences which materials Insight develops and how they approach innovation.

Mathew believes firmly in continuous learning through all available means- reading, coursework, collaboration, and engagement with emerging business and technology areas.

This commitment ensures he remains at innovation's leading edge.

"Using deep polymer science knowledge is differentiating from any of the compounders I have worked for and with in the past. This collaboration and stage of the process is what really drives me and stimulates my desire for creativity and tangible results.”

Insight focuses primarily on sustainability rather than circularity, recognizing that while both merit pursuit, circularity impacts large-scale packaging applications where global compounders operate most effectively.

Instead, Insight targets PFAS-free materials, natural reinforcements including hemp, sustainable alternatives to conventional fillers, and polymer alloys that eliminate environmentally harmful additives like PFAS and BPA. The challenge lies in maintaining or improving performance while removing these problematic materials.

Bad-actor additives exist because they work; they provide attributes that applications require. The innovation comes from discovering alternative approaches that accomplish the same objectives through environmentally responsible means without performance compromise.

Continuous Learning in a Dynamic Landscape As someone deeply rooted in materials science, Mathew maintains his learning curve through constant project engagement and collaboration with customers, often working with scientists he describes as "way smarter than me." This humility, combined with curiosity, keeps him engaged and learning continuously.

Legacy and Vision: Building Tomorrow's Solutions Today When considering legacy, Mathew envisions Insight Polymers as the premier high-performance compounder that engineers and businesses seek when facing complex material challenges. Through this pursuit, Insight creates opportunities to make multiple industries more successful through lightweighting, improved wear performance, enhanced durability, and breakthrough capabilities.

"If we are successful, those applications and success stories would be our long-term legacy," he reflects, focusing on impact rather than personal recognition. It’s a fitting perspective for someone who champions collaboration and alignment.

For young professionals aspiring to bridge science, engineering, and entrepreneurship, Mathew offers straightforward advice: fully commit to your chosen industry. When you commit genuinely to engagement, to helping others, to learning the business and technology comprehensively, the rewards transcend monetary compensation. Self-satisfaction that cannot be taken away emerges from this commitment.

"It is through this commitment that the bridge will come into view and connect the business, science and technology, engineering, and processes," he concludes, offering a roadmap built on dedication, curiosity, and collaborative excellence.

Mathew's career demonstrates that technical industry success requires more than scientific knowledge. It demands communication, alignment, strategic vision, and unwavering commitment to solving genuine problems. At Insight Polymers & Compounding, he continues building that bridge between molecular possibility and material performance, one innovative compound at a time, proving that the future belongs to those who can translate complexity into clarity and science into solutions.

MANUFACTURING INNOVATION LEADERS TRANSFORMING INDUSTRY

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he manufacturing sector is undergoing one of the most significant transformations in its history. Once driven primarily by scale and cost efficiency, today’s industrial landscape is shaped by agility, intelligence, and sustainability. At the heart of this evolution are manufacturing innovation leaders visionaries who are not only embracing change but actively shaping the future of how products are designed, produced, and delivered.

Their influence goes beyond technological adoption; it extends to culture, strategy, and long-term value creation.

Internet of Things (IIoT), these leaders are transforming conventional plants into adaptive production environments.

This shift allows manufacturers to predict failures, optimize resources, and respond faster to market demands—capabilities that were unimaginable just a few years ago.

Leadership Beyond Technology Adoption While technology is a critical enabler, true transformation stems from leadership mindset. Manufacturing innovation leaders understand that digital tools alone do not guarantee success. They focus on aligning people, processes, and purpose to ensure innovation is sustainable and scalable.

The Shift from Traditional to Intelligent Manufacturing For decades, manufacturing success relied on standardized processes and incremental improvements. However, globalization, supply chain disruptions, and changing customer expectations have challenged this model.

Manufacturing innovation leaders recognize that resilience and competitiveness now depend on smart factories, datadriven decisions, and connected ecosystems.

These leaders invest heavily in upskilling workforce, encouraging engineers, operators, and managers to think differently. They foster a culture where experimentation is encouraged, failures are treated as learning opportunities, and continuous improvement is embedded into daily operations. By empowering teams to participate in innovation, leaders create organizations that are adaptable rather than reactive.

By integrating advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, digital twins, and the Industrial

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Human-Centered Manufacturing

Sustainability has moved from being a compliance requirement to a strategic priority. Manufacturing innovation leaders are rethinking how resources are consumed and how environmental impact is measured.

Energy-efficient production lines, circular manufacturing models, and responsible sourcing are no longer optional—they are central to long-term competitiveness.

Despite increasing automation, the human element remains central to manufacturing success. Manufacturing innovation leaders recognize that technology should augment human capabilities, not replace them. Collaborative robots, intuitive interfaces, and decision-support systems are designed to enhance productivity while improving workplace safety and job satisfaction.

Through the use of real-time data and analytics, leaders are tracking emissions, reducing waste, and optimizing energy usage across facilities. More importantly, they are embedding sustainability into product design, ensuring that environmental responsibility is considered from the earliest stages of development. This approach not only reduces costs but also strengthens brand trust and stakeholder confidence.

Leaders are also prioritizing diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing within manufacturing environments. By creating workplaces that value people as much as performance, they attract and retain talent in an industry often challenged by skill shortages. This human-centered approach ensures that innovation is not only efficient but also ethical and inclusive.

Preparing for the Next Industrial Era

Smart Factories and Data-Driven Decisions As manufacturing continues to evolve, the role of leadership becomes even more critical. Future-ready organizations will be guided by manufacturing innovation leaders who can balance short-term performance with longterm vision. These leaders remain curious, adaptable, and committed to learning, knowing that transformation is an ongoing journey rather than a one-time initiative.

The rise of smart factories represents a defining moment for modern manufacturing. Manufacturing innovation leaders are leveraging connected systems to gain unprecedented visibility into operations. Sensors, cloud platforms, and advanced analytics provide real-time insights that support faster and more informed decision-making.

By embracing emerging technologies, fostering collaborative cultures, and embedding sustainability into strategy, manufacturing innovation leaders are redefining what industrial excellence looks like. Their impact extends beyond factory floors, shaping global supply chains, economic resilience, and the future of work itself.

Instead of relying on historical reports, leaders can now monitor performance as it happens, identify bottlenecks instantly, and make proactive adjustments. Predictive maintenance, for example, minimizes downtime and extends equipment life, while demand forecasting improves inventory management. These capabilities collectively drive efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction.

Conclusion: Leadership as the True Differentiator Collaboration and Ecosystem Thinking Innovation in manufacturing no longer happens in isolation.

Today’s manufacturing innovation leaders actively collaborate with technology providers, research institutions, startups, and even competitors. This ecosystem-driven approach accelerates innovation and reduces the risks associated with large-scale transformation.

In an era of rapid technological change, it is leadership—not machinery or software—that ultimately determines success. Manufacturing innovation leaders stand at the intersection of strategy, technology, and humanity.

Their ability to inspire, adapt, and innovate is what transforms challenges into opportunities and ensures the manufacturing industry remains a powerful engine of global progress.

By forming strategic partnerships, leaders gain access to specialized expertise and emerging technologies while focusing internal resources on core competencies. Open innovation models also encourage knowledge sharing and co-creation, enabling faster experimentation and commercialization of new ideas.

As the industry moves forward, one truth remains clear: the future of manufacturing belongs to those who lead with vision, purpose, and an unwavering commitment to innovation.

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apid innovations in 3D printing technologies are the key factors behind a complete change of the industrial sector in the last several years. In the past, manufacturing has been deeply dependent on complicated procedures that cut away parts from a larger block to get the needed component shape. These methods were efficient to some extent, but they were also the main culprits of excessive waste, high costs, and limited capabilities for complex geometries. Next- generation 3D printing or additive manufacturing is a technology that addresses these issues by fabricating items layer after layer.

In fact, the process not only saves material but also gives designers an entirely new freedom of the form and quickness of prototyping as well as production. Companies in all industries, such as aerospace and healthcare, are turning to these technologies to shorten product development cycles, make their supply chains more efficient, and increase the level of customization. The advantages of next, gen 3D printing does not stop at the traditional energy efficiency gains. There is a long list of materials that can be used by advanced printers, light,

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weight metals, ceramics, and bio, compatible polymers being some of them. These innovations have raised the potential of additive manufacturing to the complete production of the end, use parts besides just rapid prototyping.

Design Flexibility and Customization The most prominent and far reaching benefit of nextgeneration 3D printing is the ability to create complex geometries, which are either impossible or very expensive when using traditional manufacturing methods. In fact, components with complex lattice structures, internal channels, or organic shapes can now be made with a very high level of precision. This ability, in particular, finds extremely useful applications in the industries, such as aerospace, automotive, and medical devices, where reduction of weight, structural strength, and functionality are of utmost importance. For example, businesses in aeronautics are using 3D printing technology to produce light parts that are capable of holding the structure while the 18

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consumption of fuel can still be made more efficient.

Likewise, medical device makers are producing implants and prosthetics that are uniquely tailored to fit the exact anatomy of a given individual, thereby, immensely enhancing the outcomes and the comfort of the patients.

Advancing Industry Innovation The revolutionary impact of 3D printing technology is not only limited to traditional manufacturing processes.

Additive manufacturing is creating patient, specific surgical instruments, dental appliances, and even bio-printed tissues, a scenario healthcare is eagerly looking forward to. On top of that, car and plane manufacturers are 3D printing parts to make their vehicles lighter, thus more fuel, efficient and also to shorten their prototyping cycles. The technology is made use of by portable electronic devices makers to shape attractive solution sets and also functioning through rare componentistics and packaging features simplification. The modern buildings industry, too, where the technology is being tested on prints of houses or the construction of community infrastructure, is getting awe, struck by this transformative power of additive manufacturing.

Customization has moved beyond being a niche offering to become a strategic advantage that is possible through additive manufacturing. Compared to conventional mass production, changing the design of a product normally implies costly changes of tools, with 3D printing it is feasible to swiftly iterate and customize by making no substantial investments. Flexibility is one of the factors in the rise of sectors such as consumer goods, footwear, and luxury goods where the demand for personalized products is skyrocketing. Facing the challenge, retailers and manufacturers are implementing digital design platforms that enable customers to design products reflecting their personal preferences.

The pace of this innovation is kept high by the concurrent usage of 3D printing with other trending technologies like AI, robotics, and advanced material science. The truth is artificial intelligence, based solutions can even top designers' work when it comes to strength, weight, and minimal use of materials optimization by generating designs. In the meantime, the work of post, processing and assembly becomes seamless thanks to the robot units involved. Meanwhile, new materials, among them composites and smart polymers, raise the functional boundaries of outputted items. Both electrifying startups and legacy companies are busy trying to find complementation between their resources to be able to break through barriers and create out, of, the, box products and processes.

Streamlining Production and Supply 3D printing is altering the way supply chains function. In most cases, production is done through a complicated global network of suppliers and logistics which leads to delays, costly inventories, and the risk of business disruptions. With additive manufacturing, companies have a decentralized way of producing parts on demand and closer to the place of consumption. Thus, they shrink their lead times, shorten their inventory holdings and become more responsive to market fluctuations. Moreover, local production lowers transport costs and the environmental impact, helping industries to achieve their sustainability goals. As supply chain resilience is becoming a key business challenge, 3D printing is an attractive way that links efficiency with flexibility.

Conclusion Next-gen 3D printing is transforming the manufacturing sector by integrating design freedom, individualization, supply chain cost, saving, and tech integration. Basically, its power to come up with super, complicated structures, cut down on material waste, and allow production to be local is solving a whole bunch of problems that the big guns of manufacturing have been facing lately. On top of that, with features like advanced materials, AI- driven optimization, and smart factory integration, additive manufacturing is becoming the main industrial innovation fuel. Companies that decide to implement and spend money on these technologies are not only upgrading their operational efficiency, but also creating the right conditions for themselves to be able to compete in an increasingly agile and technology- driven marketplace.

Additive manufacturing is transforming production to be more efficient with the help of automation and digital integration besides saving supply chains. Today’s 3D printers are highly automated and require little human intervention. The advanced software that handles the design files, monitors the print quality, and optimizes material usage is also responsible for the operation. Such automation eliminates the possibility of errors, increases the level of repeatability, and brings skilled labor to more valuable tasks. On top of that, the smart factories where 3D printing is combined with Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, predictive analytics, and digital twins is going farther in operational efficiency.

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