Erik Richardson, Continuous Improvement and Quality Manager - Intertape Polymer Group

Talking Additive

In this week’s episode, host Matt Griffin sits down with Erik Richardson, Continuous Improvement and Quality Manager from Intertape Polymer Group. Erik shares how he and his team leverage professional desktop 3D printing in their fast-paced manufacturing facility in Tremonton, UT, to solve challenges in a few dollars and hours that would otherwise have taken weeks and thousands of dollars.

“I like to think of it as compound interest,” Erik says. “I can create the idea now, I can put in the work on the frontend so that I can empower people down the road. I don't want to teach additive. I want to teach problem-solving and additive is a tool for problem-solving.”