When a part doesn’t exist, additive is how it starts existing. In Project MFG’s Additive Manufacturing Series, teams of up to four design, print, post-process, and inspect parts using FDM printing, then send them in for dimensional analysis and destructive testing. Open to high school through university programs, on any printer and any slicer the team chooses. A remote qualifying round leads to regionals and a spot at the Clash of Trades Championship. From flight hardware to surgical implants, additive puts production wherever there’s a printer and someone skilled enough to run it