A ENTREPRENEUR who set up a 3D printing company in Shipston has become the youngest ever to be given a top business accolade for a second time.
Twenty-nine year-old Mitchell Barnes, who runs RYSE 3D with his brother Cameron, has again been awarded The King’s Award for International Trade.
The firm, which was founded in 2017, supplies parts to hypercar projects – cars with features that innovative in automotive design and most of which can also reach 60mph in under three seconds – as well as taking up aerospace, defence and energy contracts.
Previously recognised in 2024 with the King’s Award for innovation, RYSE 3D’s success abroad has led it to invest more than £1million into new printers and materials at its south Warwickshire headquarters.
Mitchell said: “We wanted to demonstrate that we could take UK technology and export it as something international firms want. The last three years have proved this was the right approach, with global sales up 2,322 per cent since 2023.
“To win one King’s Award is special, to win a second for our efforts in growing the business overseas is mind-blowing.”
“We’ve already won work in the US based on winning one award. I can’t wait to get back overseas and tell people we are a double-winning King’s Award business.
The company has expanded beyond the US market to serve clients in Denmark, France and Latvia, and now has 18 employees and an annual turnover of nearly £5million.
