Hydraulics & Pneumatics May 2022

compete for highly sought-after careers.” The company started in 2014 with education being a specific focus and has chosen to work the MakerBot 3D printer range. These printers are beneficial to a range of STEM subjects enabling links to be made between mathematics, design and physics, biology and engineering. They offer schools a means of empowering today’s students to become the innovators of tomorrow. Creating awareness Paul Brewer, director at Shropshire 3D Printing adds: “I am passionate about creating awareness and training to schools across England and Northern Ireland on the MakerBot printer range of products to assist teachers and learners in the development of engineering and design. An ageing workforce means that hundreds of thousands of skilled technicians and professional engineering roles will need replacing over the next ten years.” For more information on the MakerBot 3D printer range and education, visit: www.shropshire3dprinters.co.uk/maker bot-for-education.html