Dallas Martin

Dallas is a Senior Engineer in additive manufacturing at Toyota with 27 years of experience in the field. His journey began with an early exposure to plastics and 3D printing, evolving through aerospace and defense before settling into the automotive industry. Dallas spent 15 years at Johnson Controls International (Fuji Autotech) before joining Toyota as its first additive manufacturing engineer. Leading Toyota’s Additive Lab, Dallas helps shape the direction of additive manufacturing across production and global initiatives by driving education, adoption, and real-world application. His work focuses on helping others understand and apply additive to solve practical manufacturing challenges and deliver measurable value. What started with a few FDM and PolyJet machines for prototyping has grown to more than 30 printers housed in the 6,000-square-foot lab used for prototyping, production efficiency (tooling & fixtures) and end-use-part production.