We were delighted to welcome the Rt Hon Julian Smith MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury & Chief Whip to GoPrint3D Headquarters.
We invited Julian to visit as he’s our local MP and we knew he would be interested in seeing the 3D printing technology as well as speaking to our apprentices (one of Julian’s priorities) who have made a great start to their careers in the rapidly growing 3D printing industry:
As part of his visit Julian surprised Sam Carr by presenting him with his certificate for completing his City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Business Administration.
We also presented him with a 3D printed tarantula mobile phone holder:
The joke wasn’t lost on Julian as his predecessor had left a live tarantula on his desk when vacating the position of chief whip:
Just found this on my desk- it’s looking quite Defence-ive…@GavinWilliamson pic.twitter.com/dwPREOXKKd
— Julian Smith MP (@JulianSmithUK) November 2, 2017
Here’s a close up of the 3D print, which was created in black resin on the Form 2 (Download the file here).
Julian certainly seemed to enjoy his visit and was pleased with his gift…
Great to meet Managing Director, Jo Young, and Sales Director, James Blackburn, and apprentices @GoPrint3D in Ripon on Friday. Discussed the rapid development of 3D printing and their plans for the future. They also kindly printed me a spider phone holder to take home with me! pic.twitter.com/HRTETd3Q6K
— Julian Smith MP (@JulianSmithUK) February 26, 2018
As well as meeting our apprentices and receiving his gift, Julian also had time to have a quick look around some of our 3D printers, check out the gallery below to see more:
