Ross Trepleton

Dr Ross Trepleton is a Director at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult. Ross leads the Component Manufacturing Technology group, which includes the National Centre for AM. Ross has a key role within the National Centre for Additive Manufacturing, overseeing projects for aerospace, defence, power generation and space sectors. This has included the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) funded collaborative project DRAMA which delivered national assets and capabilities to enable acceleration of MPBF in the UK’s aerospace supply chain. Ross is currently co-chair for the MoDs ‘Additive Manufacturing as a Service Challenge’ activity (project TAMPA). Ross is also chair of the ATIs Additive Manufacturing Community of Practice, which brings together specialist expertise from aerospace organisations to build a coherent view on the key challenges preventing more widespread adoption of AM within Civil Aerospace