Auto Additive, founded in 2024, has established itself as a collision repair specialist, offering high-quality, OEM-grade 3D printed parts, tools, and jigs to the automotive repair and customisation industry. The company is working with several launch clients in the collision industry, including headlight reconditioners, product suppliers, and collision repairers, to better understand the opportunities in these sectors and how 3D printing can help with the repair process.
The company offers 3D scanning, product engineering, testing, and CAD (digital parts) supply chain management.
Auto Additive for Collision Repair
The company is in the process of establishing the digital additive manufacturing infrastructure, known as “Digital Rails,” which will allow any provider with a digital catalogue to print with Auto Additive globally on demand and with confidence.
“We have made great progress and already co-developed a number of patented tools and jigs for our clients and are working on some inspiring and ground-breaking solutions that will help transform sectors of auto repair, services and additive manufacturing.”
Harold Sears, head of Auto Additive’s Strategic Advisory Council
Sears continued: “This enables us to provide an industry-first solution and print customer parts on demand anywhere in the world through transparent, blockchain-driven software, providing ultimate client IP protection.”
“Through collaborations with industry leaders like HP 3D Printing, GKN Forecast 3D and Assembrix, Auto Additive can deliver advanced, sustainable and reliable 3D printing solutions tailored to the needs of the automotive sector.”
Diana Trajcevska, the company’s director of digital innovation.
The goal is to serve and create new opportunities for a broader range of customers, including OEMs, aftermarket suppliers, collision groups, and speciality collision supply companies.
“We are not a direct parts or product supplier; we provide our services to current parts, tools, and consumable suppliers and work with them to solve their and the industry’s needs” through additive innovation, Trajcevska stated.
OEM-Grade 3D Printed Parts for Automotive Industry
Auto Additive’s strategic advisory council, chaired by industry veteran Sears and including representatives from GM, HP, I-CAR, Boyd Group, Tesla, SEM / PPG, and others, ensures that the company remains at the forefront of technological and industry advances.
“We work together to determine best practices and pathways for utilizing 3D printing in the collision repair process and parts supply that will benefit everyone involved,” said Mario Dimovski, a member of the strategic advisory council.
“Our mission is to bring the same quality and materials used by OEMs in their 3D printing of parts for new cars in the manufacturing process to the automotive repair and replacement market,” said Sears.
“We also need to consider that Auto Additive’s solutions will have an enormous impact on the environment and sustainability,” added Trajcevska. “This is a core value at Auto Additive.”
Auto Additive hopes that by using additive manufacturing processes, customers and the industry can reduce waste by diverting previously non-repairable parts from landfills and lowering the carbon footprint associated with traditional manufacturing methods.
Auto Additive has also recently joined the AMGTA (Additive Manufacturing Green Trade Association), a group of global 3D printing companies dedicated to promoting sustainability in 3D printing.
“This commitment to sustainability is reflected in our mission and it will form one of our key reporting metrics, providing clients with waste diversion and carbon offset reports within our service offerings,” said Trajcevska.
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