About Us
Photocentric Group is an innovation-led business focused on using innovation to transform how products are made. We push the boundaries of what’s possible with material innovation and machine technology.
We have changed the manufacture of craft stamps with a patented photopolymer product, invented LCD 3D printers, developed next-generation batteries and created a new form of manufacturing in space. Our focus today is on making robotic digital manufacturing machines.

Our Mission
To design and manufacture innovative photopolymer resins, 3D printers, and custom-craft products
Our Story
Over £40m
in active R&D projects
>20
Patents granted
Team of 120+
across UK and USA

2026
• Second JENI installation successfully completed in USA
• CosmicMaker, 3D printer for space, undergoes first successful parabolic flight

2025
• Awarded Nexus £1.9m grant to 3D print bioreactors
• Awarded two UK Space Agency grants to develop CosmicMaker 3D printer
• First JENI installation successfully completed in USA

2024
• JENI, rapid replicator, prints 1 million parts
• Print the investment cast housing for the EngineUS 100 electric aero engine

2023
• Launch Liquid Crystal Titan, 32” 8k largest LCD 3D printer in world

2022
• Invent and patent JENI digital mass manufacturing concept
• Open purpose build 66,000 sqft 3D printing facility in Peterborough

2021
• HRH The Princess Royal visits us in recognition of 3 Queen’s Awards
• Move into a new 51,000 sqft building in Avondale, AZ, USA
• Launch Liquid Crystal Opus
• Use 45 Magna printers to manufacture 1 million face shields a month

2020
• Awarded Queen’s Award for Innovation for the invention of the LCD 3D printer
• Awarded Faraday grant for novel 3D printed solid state batteries

2019
• Partner with BASF to make functional resins in volume
• Launch our largest printer to date, the 23” Liquid Crystal Magna

2018
• Awarded The Queen’s Award for International Trade for growth in overseas sales
• Launch Liquid Crystal Precision 1.5 and Liquid Crystal HR 2 3D printers

2017
• Launch Liquid Crystal Precision, highest resolution 5.5” LCD 3D printer
• Design Colossus the largest LCD 3D printer with a 75” screen
• Launch the Liquid Crystal HR 3D Printer

2016
• Awarded The Queen’s Award for Innovation for imagepac
• Launch Liquid Crystal 10, the world’s first LCD driven 3D printer
• Move into 24,000 sqft building in Phoenix, Arizona

2015
• Move into 35,000 sqft facility in Peterborough
• Patent 3D printing using LCD screens

2014
• Awarded Innovate grant to develop a prototype 3D printer which becomes the world’s first LCD 3D printer

2013
• Make our 500 millionth stamp

2012
• Exports now exceed 70% of turnover

2011
• Design and manufacture Costa, the world’s first automatic inline liquid flexographic processing machine

2010
• Open Photocentric Inc in Phoenix, Arizona

2009
• Sales of Stampmaker exceed 50,000 units

2008
• Invent and manufacture our largest exposure unit, imagebox 10

2007
• Start manufacturing clear stamps using imagepac
• Develop and manufacture flexographic photopolymer

2006
• Patent visible light activated photopolymer using LCD screens
• Invent LCD screen exposure of lithographic plates

2005
• Patent the world’s first daylight activated photopolymer
• Invent Stampmaker home stamp maker using desk lamp to cure polymer

2004
• Automate manufacture of imagepac
• Invent imagepac xtra with multi-layered plastic sheets

2003
• Design imagebox stamp exposure unit for imagepac

2002
• Photocentric Ltd formed by Paul Holt in a small room in Peterborough
• Make first imagepac pre-packaged photopolymer, printing plate in a sachet
Our Values
InnovationBelieve there’s always a better way |
ValueDeliver value to our customers |
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InnovationBelieve there’s always a better way IntegrityTreat everyone with respect and honesty |
ValueDeliver value to our customers EducationEducate others to benefit ourselves |
Sustainability
We calculate carbon lifecycle carbon assessments on our resins and printed parts and make processes with the lowest embedded carbon.


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