RINA Consulting – Centro Sviluppo Materiali, S.p.A. is a leading R&D and consultancy firm based in Italy. With over 20 laboratories, pilot lines and full scale testing facilities, the company has emerged as the partner of choice for any industrial project in which materials, technology and innovation play a critical role. It provides full support to its global clients in product and process innovation, covering all aspects from metallurgical design to the development and optimization of manufacturing processes.

Mr. Jacopo Nardi heads the Materials, technology & Innovation division team of RINA Consulting as the Business Manager - International Development. He joined the company in 2014, after 12 years’ experience in sales in the steel industry, in Italy and in Germany.

AlCircle had an opportunity to talk to Mr. Nardi about the current additive manufacturing scenario and what prospects aluminium and its alloys hold in the emerging sector. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: