Industrial
Backflip AI launches AI copilot for CAD
The AI copilot for CAD is powered by a new foundation model that can convert 3D scans, STLs, and other mesh files into fully editable, parametric CAD models.
Aug 4, 2026Added 2 months ago
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Hand-curated links from trusted 3D printing publications, updated throughout the day.
Tuesday, August 4
Industrial
3D Systems CEO Jeffrey Graves to step down; search for replacement commences
3D Systems has now initiated a comprehensive search process to identify its next President and CEO and has engaged an executive search firm to lead this process.
Aug 4, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
Polish Electronics 3D Printing OEM XTPL Sells 10 More Printhead Modules to First Chinese Customer
Smartphones, laptops, and all other such devices are only getting more expensive. As evidenced by Apple’s cautioning of higher prices for this year’s new iPhone line, the problem is largely...
Aug 4, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
Binder Jetting’s Next Test: High-Temperature Superalloys, with AmPd Labs and Continuum
Can binder jetting deliver the performance of investment casting while reducing cost, lead times, and manufacturing complexity? That’s the focus of The Future of High-Temperature Superalloys, an upcoming webinar presented...
Aug 4, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
Electroninks’ EMI Shielding Materials Give it an Expanded Presence in Japan
In the current global economic context, which is being shaped primarily by national leaders trying out new forms of geopolitical leverage on a daily basis, advanced manufacturing partnerships between American...
Aug 4, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer
TE Connectivity’s New 3D Printing Process for Catheter Shaft Jacketing
TE Connectivity has introduced an automated 3D printing process for producing catheter shafts, replacing a manual assembly step used across the industry. It was developed by the Advanced Technology Group in TE’s Medical business at the PROPELUS Prototype Center in Galway, Ireland. The step it replaces exists because a catheter shaft is not uniform along…
Aug 4, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
EOS Joins the MAT‑H2 Consortium
EOS is joining the MAT‑H2 consortium. MAT is an EU-funded group that aims to do research into a hydrogen-led economy. The thinking is that hydrogen will be a clean energy...
Aug 4, 2026Added 2 months ago
Monday, August 3
Industrial
ICON’s Fort Bliss Barracks Could Be the Start of a Much Bigger Military Opportunity
Two barracks have been 3D printed at Texas’ Fort Bliss, and another eight will be completed by September. The barracks were printed by ICON, which got $62 million for the...
Aug 3, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
Lyten’s Graphene Filaments Power Modovolo’s US-Made 3D Printing Platform
Drone manufacturer Modovolo has selected Lyten as the primary filament supplier for its industrial 3D printing platform, a move the companies say will strengthen U.S.-based manufacturing for aerospace, defense, and...
Aug 3, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
Ricoh sells Ricoh 3D for Healthcare business
Ricoh's decision is said to reflect its 'continued efforts to sharpen its strategic focus on process automation, workplace experience, and business process services.'
Aug 3, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
National Additive Manufacturing and Innovation Company granted Military Manufacturing License by Saudi military authority
This license authorises the National Additive Manufacturing and Innovation Company (NAMI) to engage in regulated military manufacturing activities in Saudi Arabia.
Aug 3, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
3DPOD 309: 3D Printed Aquarium Pumps and a Lot More with Kristian Cleven
Kris Kleven has spent decades in engineering. First, he did demanding engineering projects for Schlumberger, Emerson, and others in the oil and gas industry. Later, he worked at NBC Universal...
Aug 3, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer
America Makes selects 25 suppliers for $10.5M metal AM qualification program
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have selected 25 project teams for a $10.5 million program intended to expand the US defense industrial base for metal additive manufacturing. The Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment – Supplier Qualification Groups 2 and 3 project, or JAQS-SQ, will establish common training and…
Aug 3, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer
iAM3D’s New LPW Z2500 L-DED System: Technical Specifications and Pricing
Large-format Metal AM company iAM3D has launched the LPW Z2500, a laser directed energy deposition system (L-DED) with a 2000 × 2000 × 2500 mm build envelope. The machine is worth paying attention to for how many capabilities iAM3D is trying to consolidate into one enclosure. The LPW Z2500, the flagship of the company’s XXL…
Aug 3, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
AMPulse Asia: India’s Orbital Launch Headlines a Busy Second Half of July
The second half of July brought major developments across Asia’s additive manufacturing sector. Highlights included India’s first private orbital launch powered by 3D printed engines, a billion-yuan ownership change at...
Aug 3, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
#252 'It all starts with materials' – CEO Maximilian Eils on Spectroplast's approach to silicone 3D printing
Spectroplast is a silicone 3D printing service provider, with the company supporting customers with an offering that spans materials development, application development, and prototyping and production.
Aug 3, 2026Added 2 months ago
Sunday, August 2
Industrial
Inside Decibel’s Collaboration with SKYLRK at Coachella 2026
There’s a version of Coachella most people never see. Not the stage. Not the crowd. Not even the music. It’s everything built around it: the spaces where artists host, brands...
Aug 2, 2026Added 2 months ago
Saturday, August 1
Industrial
3D Printing News Briefs, August 1st, 2026: Project Calls, Contact Lenses, Chairs, & More
We’re starting with the winners of two America Makes project calls in this first 3D Printing News Briefs of August! Then we’ll move on to AM quality control for aerospace,...
Aug 1, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer
3DEO Enters Insolvency, Puts Patents and Machinery Up for Auction
3DEO, the Torrance, California metal 3D printing company behind the patented Intelligent Layering process, has filed for insolvency and put its entire intellectual property (IP) portfolio up for sale. Insolvency Services Group, acting as assignee for the benefit of creditors under California law, is soliciting offers for the assets, having already received a stalking horse…
Aug 1, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer
Actble and Something Added 3D Print a Pointe Shoe Built to Last Five Times Longer
Actble, a German dancewear company founded by former ballet dancer Sophia Lindner, has built a modular pointe shoe with 3D printed inner soles that can be individually swapped out as they wear down, rather than requiring dancers to replace the entire shoe every 10 to 20 hours of use. The soles are manufactured in partnership…
Aug 1, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer
3iD Printing Bets on Automated Post-Processing to Scale Production Volumes
3iD Printing, a Belgian industrial 3D printing service provider, is installing an automated post-processing line supplied by Netherlands-based AM-Flow, integrating three systems, AM-Feed, AM-Vision and AM-Sort, to handle part feeding, identification and sorting without manual labeling. Closing the Post-Processing Bottleneck While 3D printing technology has advanced rapidly across the additive manufacturing industry, the steps that…
Aug 1, 2026Added 2 months ago
Friday, July 31
Industrial
What I Learned from a Luleå Study on Absorbance in Metal AM
A few weeks ago, I visited Professor Alexander Kaplan at Luleå University of Technology. Originally from Austria, Kaplan has spent more than 20 years at the university working on the...
Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
TE Connectivity Unveils 3D Printing Process for Medical Catheters
Connector manufacturer TE Connectivity now uses 3D printing for catheter shafts. These medical device components are now lower in cost thanks to additive manufacturing. Catheters are often coated in polymer...
Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer
Fortastra taps Hadrian’s automated factories to speed up satellite production
Spacecraft developer Fortastra is turning to automated manufacturer Hadrian to help it build satellites faster. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) this week laying the groundwork for Hadrian’s precision machining and additive manufacturing capabilities to be applied to Fortastra’s satellite programs, with an eye toward eventual funded prototype work addressing national security…
Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
Caracol to Build Large-Format 3D Printing Hub in Milan With Designtech & LAMÁQUINA
In the 1990 classic in economic strategy, The Competitive Advantage of Nations, business theorist Michael Porter wrote, “Most commentators on the Italian economy have persistently underestimated Italy, because they have...
Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
DEEP DIVES | Why contract manufacturers like Divergent & Seurat developed their own metal AM technology
TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies explores the technical and economic drivers behind the development of proprietary AM tech at contract manufacturing organisations.
Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer
New Operando X-Ray Method Could Give Metal 3D Printing a Real-Time Control Lever
Northwestern University‘s associate professor of mechanical engineering Tao Sun and collaborators have published new research showing that the atomic-level arrangement of liquid metal, not just cooling rate and temperature gradient, governs how grain structures form during laser additive manufacturing. The findings, published in Nature Communications under the title “Operando X-ray scattering reveals ordering-mediated solidification in…
Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer
Marine Corps X-FAB Saves Coast Guard Patrol Boats
U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Logistics Group 3D printed a replacement part for a U.S. Coast Guard boat in South Korea on July 11, 2026 during the Combined Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (CJLOTS) 26 exercise, turning a repair that would normally take two to three weeks into a same-day fix that cost about $12. The part,…
Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer
RWTH Aachen releases open-source geometry library to reduce AM CAM memory requirements
The Institute Digital Additive Production (DAP) at RWTH Aachen University has released an open-source computational geometry library for developing and optimizing additive manufacturing CAM software. Called DAPComputationalGeometry, or DAP-CG, the C# library provides geometry-processing algorithms for build orientation, support structure generation, nesting, slicing and scan strategy calculation. DAP developed the library to reduce the processing…
Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer
Researchers 3D print photo-responsive components for dynamic light modulation
Researchers in Poland and Italy have developed photo-responsive materials for vat photopolymerization that allow 3D printed components to dynamically alter the intensity and polarization of a laser beam. The materials incorporate azobenzene-based molecules whose orientation changes when exposed to polarized visible light. This creates a temporary difference in refractive index, known as photoinduced birefringence. The…
Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer
ZCZH selects Xaar Nitrox printheads for industrial wax-jetting 3D printing system
ZCZH, a China-based industrial 3D printing company, has selected Xaar Nitrox printheads for a wax-jetting system designed to produce patterns for precision investment casting. The system converts 3D design data into wax patterns through an additive inkjet process. The approach can reduce production cycles from days to hours while supporting micron-level accuracy and repeatability. Wax…
Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer
Makr3D launches ungated instant quoting for UK 3D print fulfillment
Makr3D, the fulfillment platform built on Yorkshire3D‘s Bambu print farm in Huddersfield, has opened an instant quoting tool that does not require an account. Creators upload an STL or a Bambu/Orca 3MF file and receive a fulfillment price, shipping cost and dispatch estimate in around twenty seconds, with volume pricing available up to 1,000 units.…
Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer
TORSUS Opens Second Slovak Plant, Expands Footprint
TORSUS, a manufacturer of heavy-duty off-road vehicles, opened a second manufacturing facility in Ilava, Slovakia, on July 23, 2026. The new site adds 100 jobs, bringing the company’s Slovak production team to more than 150 people. Combined with the existing pre-assembly operation in Horné Srnie, the new facility brings TORSUS’ total Slovak manufacturing footprint to…
Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago
Thursday, July 30
Consumer
HP’s New Industrial Filament 3D Printer 600 HT Takes on Advanced Polymers
After more than a decade pioneering powder-based additive manufacturing with its Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) technology, HP is now entering the Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) space. The HP Industrial Filament (IF) 3D Printer 600 High Temperature (HT) is HP’s first FFF platform, a move rooted in the company’s conviction that high-temperature filament printing unlocks a…
Jul 30, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
Australian OEM AML3D Closes Record Year, Eyes $54M Global Sales Pipeline
The US Department of Defense (DoD) finally seems to be implementing a strategy it has spent years refining, centered on bringing its international allies and partners more into the fold...
Jul 30, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
Xaar’s Nitrox Print Heat Lets ZCZH 3D Print Wax for Casting
Xaar has been quietly enabling more and more 3D printing firms to use novel materials and processes through its print heads. The company provides application support and knowledge to unlock...
Jul 30, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
Continuum Powders & AM Research White Paper Argues that Circular Economics is Central to Scaling Metal AM
Pretty much everyone is aware that, over the last several decades, Western nations have continuously ceded control over manufacturing supply chains to China. It has been less widely appreciated that...
Jul 30, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer
AML3D carries A$16.8 million in orders into FY2027 as US Navy demand drives expansion
AML3D, an Australian manufacturer of wire additive manufacturing systems, is carrying A$16.8 million of orders into its 2027 financial year after its order book peaked at A$29 million during FY2026. The company received A$20 million in new orders during the year, adding to the A$9 million held at the start of FY2026. AML3D said the…
Jul 30, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
3D Printing News Briefs, July 30, 2026: Orthodontics, Digital Implants, & More
We’re starting with business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, followed by news about an in-house center for engineering digital implants. We’ll end with research about thermal cloaking. Read...
Jul 30, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer
24 Hybrid Manufacturing Systems Now Equip the Navy’s Danville Schoolhouse
The US Navy has equipped its Schoolhouse in Danville, Virginia, with 24 hybrid and additive manufacturing systems to train sailors enrolled in the Afloat Training Program. Phillips Corporation’s Federal Division delivered the equipment, with BlueForge Alliance, the Navy’s procurement and program management partner, handling the buy. What makes the installation notable is less the hardware…
Jul 30, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
Stratasys Conference Call to Discuss Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Jul 30, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer
DAIHEN Enters WAAM Market With New ArcBuilder 3D
Japanese heavy-electrical manufacturer DAIHEN Corporation has launched its first additive manufacturing product named the ArcBuilder 3D system. It is a wire arc directed energy deposition (DED) system that uses the company’s proprietary AC Synchro-Feed welding process to deposit metal, and it is expected to be priced in the range of $450,000 to $500,000. The system…
Jul 30, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
Creality Sermoon P1 Review: Hands-On Indoor and Outdoor 3D Scanning
The Creality Sermoon P1 is a standalone blue laser 3D scanner designed for makers, engineers, educators, and professionals who want to capture, process, and prepare 3D models without relying on a computer. Combining blue laser and infrared scanning technologies with onboard processing and a 6-inch HD touchscreen, it aims to deliver a complete scan-to-mesh workflow […] The post Creality Sermoon P1 Review: Hands-On Indoor and Outdoor 3D Scanning appeared first on 3DWithUs – 3D Printing, Scanning, Design Guides & Forums.
Jul 30, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
EOS joins consortium focused on advancing materials and technologies for hydrogen economy
EOS will contribute to the project with its expertise in metal material development and additive manufacturing to support the reliable and efficient use of hydrogen-powered systems.
Jul 30, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
Walter Reed Medical Center to treat patients with 3D printed titanium cranial implant after FDA clearance is secured
The patient-specific Titanium Cranial Plate is believed to be the first-ever FDA-cleared patient-specific implant granted to a point-of-care institution.
Jul 30, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
US Navy deploys 12 Phillips Hybrid Manufacturing & 12 Markforged X7 systems to support sailor training
The equipment will be used to support Navy personnel participating in the Afloat Training Program and help develop the skilled advanced manufacturing workforce required to strengthen fleet readiness and sustainment capabilities.
Jul 30, 2026Added 2 months ago
Wednesday, July 29
Industrial
Chromatic 3D Materials launches facility to support rocket propellant test-firing
Chromatic 3D Materials is establishing an integrated rocket propellant test-firing capability at Camp Ripley, a 53,000-acre National Guard training facility near Little Falls, Minn. The company entered into a five-year lease agreement effective June 1 to set up the facility, which will 'strengthen Chromatic'
Jul 29, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
Polymaker Releases HT-PLA Pro Filament for Better Performance & Thermal Stability
PLA became a favorite 3D printing material because people thought it was safer than ABS, since it didn’t give you headaches. And being made from plants, it felt safer and...
Jul 29, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
Hadrian and Fortastra Bet on Automated Factories to Fix Satellite Production Bottlenecks
Demand for satellites continues to grow, and manufacturers are looking for ways to build spacecraft faster without affecting performance. One way to do that is to involve manufacturing companies earlier...
Jul 29, 2026Added 2 months ago
Industrial
Fortastra and Hadrian to evaluate use of additive manufacturing for satellite programs
Fortastra designs and operates manoeuvrable spacecraft for on-orbit security and is surveying opportunities to enhance its prototyping and development operations.
Jul 29, 2026Added 2 months ago