About Wayland Additive

Wayland Additive brings over 150 years of combined electron beam manufacturing expertise, originating from a team with a semiconductor engineering background, where eBeam precision and stability are crucial. Their experience showed how eBeam technology could be improved for additive manufacturing. Since 2015, a team of eBeam experts has focused on solving powder charging in eBeam AM.

Wayland successfully transferred mature technology from the semiconductor industry to AM, securing funding from Longwall Ventures and Innovate UK. The company leads in efficient, accurate metal AM and works closely with customers on material and application development.

The Wayland team is built on a foundation of scientific expertise, but also brings together solid financial management with exceptional commercial experience within the Additive Manufacturing experience.

Key Staff

Will Richardson

CEO

With a background in scientific instrumentation and medical devices, Will has a demonstrable track record in taking new technologies from concept to market. His experience spans the broad range of disciplines required to achieve this: establishing market needs, conceptual development, IP management, building collaborative teams, supply chain development and route to market; while working with a range of clients from small start-ups to global OEMs.

Ian Laidler

CTO

Ian is a physicist and engineer with more than 30 years of experience directing complex technical developments of high value capital equipment for the semiconductor and medical industries. Ian has worked on the introduction of a superconducting electron synchrotron for IBM’s X-ray Lithography program; superconducting proton cyclotrons for PET scanners; X-ray beamlines for the world’s third generation synchrotrons; and electron beam lithography systems for the semiconductor and nanotechnology industries. Throughout these programs, Ian has been responsible for co-ordinating high performing teams and delivering to incredibly demanding semiconductor fab environments, including customers such as IBM, Hitachi, SEAGATE, Hoya, KERI, NIST.

Peter Hansford

CRO

Peter has more than 23 years of experience working in the global Additive Manufacturing technology sector. Peter’s expertise is in machine sales, marketing and channel development. He has worked with some of the pioneers of the additive manufacturing industry, including 3D Systems, Z-Corporation, Blueprinter and UnionTech. Peter has a proven ability within start-up companies working through 3 acquisitions and launching numerous new products with direct sales, management and recruitment for high tech hardware.

Adam Uttley

CFO

Adam is a Chartered Management Accountant, holds an MBA from Warwick Business School, and has spent most of his career operating in venture capital and private equity backed companies. Prior to joining Wayland, Adam was CFO of When in Rome Wine, a sustainability-focussed Italian wine brand where he spent time raising finance and building a commercial platform to facilitate growth. Adam has also run two of his own companies, including a commercial property business in Halifax, where he grew up, and an online non-alcoholic beer business.