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As the use of additive manufacturing for firearm suppressors surges, Sam Davies says we're witnessing an important shift in the industry’s collective consciousness.

The U.S. Marine Corps just ran a field exercise focused on strengthening combat readiness with additive manufacturing. Here’s how it went.

"Mere manufacturability, such as having an available material system or fitting within a build chamber, is necessary but not a sufficient reason for AM."

“Part of our motivation is seeing information that is incomplete.”

Global materials company Sandvik has left the 3D printing market; the Osprey must now fly from the Sandy Bay. Sandvik started engaging with the 3D printing market in the mid-2010s....

For 12 years, Creality has advanced accessible 3D printing technologies, enabling global users to turn ideas into tangible creations. What began as a desktop 3D printer manufacturer has evolved into...

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week. The post Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, May 31, 2026 appeared on Fabbaloo.

We’re kicking things off with materials news in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Then it’s on to a hybrid manufacturing system for a maritime exercise, an expansion of industrial...

Charles R. Goulding and Aaron Rofe analyze how the strengthening Israel-UAE relationship is forging a strategic regional ecosystem centered on additive manufacturing and industrial supply chain resilience. The post How do Israel-UAE 3D Printing Partnerships Drive Section 41 R&D Tax Credit Eligibility? appeared on Fabbaloo.

Some news from Steakholder Foods: they are launching a new product in the US. The post Steakholder Foods Plans US Launch of Perfecta 3D-Printed Plant-Based Meat Products appeared on Fabbaloo.

A newly published Chinese patent application describes a machine that can switch between FFF 3D printing and pen-based writing or drawing without manual toolhead replacement. The post Chinese Patent Targets Combined 3D Printer Plotter appeared on Fabbaloo.

California lawmakers have passed Assembly Bill 2047 out of the Assembly, advancing the amended proposal to the Senate for further consideration. Introduced by Assembly Member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, AB 2047 would add the California Firearm Printing Prevention Act as Title 21.1 to the state’s Civil Code. The bill was amended in the Assembly on May 18,…

A small corporate merger in the 3D print world took place this week. The post Atum3D and AMSYSTEMS Merge to Form Atum Systems appeared on Fabbaloo.

Recent reporting on the UPS MD-11 engine separation on Flight 2976 has understandably focused on the immediate question: what happened? The investigation will determine that, as it should. Serious engineering...

Creality 3D (HKEX: 3388) was officially listed today on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, becoming the first consumer 3D printing company to debut on...

Qualification is an indispensable step on the path to legitimization for any new technology, but it’s still just one step: markets tend to remain unswayed without a co-sign from an...

Conexeu Sciences, a preclinical-stage regenerative tissue platform company, debuted on Nasdaq, framing the public listing as a milestone for its mission of “Architecting Bioregeneration” and for the development of a platform designed to support the biological conditions needed to restore lost or damaged tissue. “At Conexeu, we believe regenerative medicine requires more than incremental improvement;…

EOS has filed a patent application that could make polymer powder reuse in SLS more efficient. The post EOS Patent Targets Higher SLS Powder Reuse appeared on Fabbaloo.

Neighborhood 91 (N91), the advanced manufacturing campus at Pittsburgh International Airport, is expanding with a new 108,000-square-foot building intended to attract additional businesses and jobs to southwestern Pennsylvania. Officials broke ground on the facility as Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato joined Christina Cassotis, chief executive officer of the Allegheny County Airport Authority, which owns the…

Decathlon’s performance running brand Kiprun has launched its first 3D printed shoe, the KIPNEXT 3D, joining a growing list of sportswear companies incorporating additive manufacturing into their footwear lines. The brand, created by Decathlon roughly two decades ago, has positioned itself around technical running gear and athlete partnerships, and is now extending that focus into…

German contract manufacturer toolcraft has partnered with industrial AM quality specialist amsight to overhaul how production data is captured, connected, and acted upon across its AM operations. The collaboration places a particular emphasis on semiconductor-related manufacturing, a sector where documentation, consistency, and process repeatability are non-negotiable. Toolcraft is deploying amsight’s digital quality backbone, a platform…

Creality is no longer just launching individual 3D printers. It is building a wider 3D creation ecosystem. Alongside high-speed FDM machines such as the K2 Series, the company now connects multicolour and multi-material printing, 3D scanning, laser engraving, materials, recycling, cloud platforms, and creator communities into one broader workflow. Its 12th anniversary update puts this […] The post Creality 3D Printing Ecosystem: KliTek, AI Cloud, and K2/K3 Series appeared first on 3DWithUs – 3D Printing, Scanning, Design Guides & Forums.

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed an automated control system that monitors and corrects errors during large-scale plastic 3D printing as they happen, no human intervention required. The development could give U.S. manufacturers a meaningful edge in producing large, customized parts with less waste and lower production costs. Industrial-scale 3D printing works…

Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have developed a new method for growing large-scale human gastrointestinal tissue in the laboratory, one that spontaneously generates its own functional nervous system without requiring the complex, multi-step assembly processes that have long slowed progress in the field. Published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the work represents a key…

Stratasys buys Markforged, Sculpteo & 3D Prod merge, and AM's public companies report their financial performance for Q1 2026.

A new paper proposes that pellet-based Fused Granular Fabrication using recycled polymers, which could make dental and orthodontic models cheaper and greener. The post Study Tests Recycled FGF Polymers For Dental Models appeared on Fabbaloo.

With AMA: Healthcare on June 4th putting 3D printing in medicine under the spotlight, voices from across the industry are weighing in on where the technology is heading. Orthopedic implant design has progressed steadily over the past five decades, from solid metal blocks to sophisticated lattice structures. Yet revision rates have barely moved, remaining between…

3D Printing for Healthcare is the topic of our next event, AMA: Healthcare on June 4th. Few technologies have moved as quietly, yet as persistently, into clinical spaces as 3D printing. What once belonged exclusively to engineering labs has gradually found its footing in operating rooms, medical schools, and patient consultations. Rand Kittani, resident physician…

Among the emerging applications of 3D printing in healthcare, regenerative soft tissue reconstruction has seen the least clinical progress and carries some of the highest unmet patient need. Every year, hundreds of thousands of women undergo lumpectomy, the surgical removal of a cancerous breast tumor, and the majority walk away cancer-free. What many also walk…

Desktop 3D printer manufacturer Bambu Lab published a teaser page for a new product called the A2L, scheduled for reveal on June 1, 2026, at 4 PM CEST. The page includes the tagline “Creative Playground. Extra Large” and the phrase “Stay tuned,” but does not list technical specifications, pricing, or availability. The name places the…

Chinese 3D printing company HeyGears raised more than 300 million Yuan (roughly $44 million) in a new Series C funding round as it looks to expand beyond its industrial and...

Belgian metal additive manufacturing company AnyShape has been selected as an industrial partner by Airbus Defence and Space for the Eurodrone program. The contract is not a prototype run or a technology demonstration. It covers sustained production volumes over multiple years, under the kind of aerospace-grade quality controls that have historically kept additive manufacturing at…

Voltage Vessels, a Hawaii-based startup founded by Sam Young, has submitted a six-meter 3D printed rigid hull inflatable boat for U.S. maritime defense evaluation, for potential integration into autonomous naval programs. The hull was printed using CEAD’s large-format additive manufacturing system, a Dutch industrial printer used by multiple defense contractors for hull-scale composite production. The…

Airtech Advanced Materials Group and Evergreen Additive have formalized an exclusive supply arrangement to advance large format additive manufacturing (LFAM) in marine and defense contexts. Under the terms of the deal, Airtech will deliver materials, business, and technical guidance to Evergreen, while Evergreen commits to using Airtech products exclusively across all its LFAM work. The…

The Revopoint POP 4 is a compact 3D scanner that combines blue laser and infrared scanning modes for different object types and workflows. In this hands-on review, I tested it with several real-world objects, including foot scans, a color scan, a scan-to-print shoe-stretcher experiment, and a tiny broken RC boat propeller that pushed the scanner […] The post Revopoint POP 4 Review: Hands-on 3D Scanning Tests and Results appeared first on 3DWithUs – 3D Printing, Scanning, Design Guides & Forums.

Regulation may be the least fun part of 3D printed construction, but it determines whether 3DCP can move past demonstrations. The post Building Codes and Regulation May Determine the Future Growth of 3D Printed Construction appeared on Fabbaloo.

Canon Production Printing has filed a European patent application for a different way to remove support material from UV inkjet 3D printed structures. The post Canon Patent Targets Easier Inkjet Support Removal appeared on Fabbaloo.

Researchers have developed a recyclable photopolymer resin that can be printed, melted, and printed again. The post Recyclable Resin Could Bring Sustainability To High Resolution SLA appeared on Fabbaloo.

For decades, manufacturing has mostly been controlled by countries with huge factories, lower labor costs, and industrial systems that took years, sometimes decades, to build. But Utrecht University human geographers...

The MX300 boasts a 300 x 300 x 350 mm build volume and dual 500W lasers.

WEC is said to have achieved successful results during previous phases of their collaboration, with the two companies now embarking on a scale-up of their efforts.

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, America Makes announced the winners of its JAQS-SQ Project Call. Axtra3D is partnering with Keystone Industries to expand its dental material ecosystem, while BigRep...
This article is Part 2 of a three-part series based on 3DPrint.com’s visit to nScrypt’s Orlando headquarters and conversations with Ken Church. Walking through nScrypt’s facility in Orlando last summer,...

The companies hope it will be more transparent and scalable than current methods and processes.

Charles R. Goulding and Nimra Shakoor spotlight how MING’s 3D printed titanium Polymesh strap leverages sub-70-micron additive manufacturing and complex lattice geometries to redefine luxury watchmaking while qualifying for significant R&D Tax Credits. The post Polymesh and the New Geometry of Watchmaking in MING’s 3D Printed Titanium Strap appeared on Fabbaloo.

Engineers at the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) have demonstrated how cold spray additive manufacturing could be used for the production of copper rocket nozzles. According to NMIS senior technologist Calum Hicks, the project "marks an important milestone in demonstrating how advanced manufacturing can be applied to complex rocket

The Quill Vogue Soluble Core Wash has been developed to remove soluble support material from complex, carbon fibre-wrapped geometries up to 90% faster than conventional methods.

The contract establishes Norsk Titanium as a trusted supplier for critical structural components.

Meet Prusament Resin Model+, our reformulated SLA resin with faster exposure, better impact resistance, and reduced pigment sedimentation! The Prusament Model Resin has long been a flagship of our SLA lineup. It offers reliable and fast printing in detail, and most of... The post Prusament Resin Model+: New generation resin with safer health profile and better impact resistance appeared first on Original Prusa 3D Printers.

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University have 3D printed sacrificial molds to create a self-sensing soft continuum robot that reconstructs its shape with machine learning. The post NTU 3D Prints Self-Sensing Soft Continuum Robot appeared on Fabbaloo.