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Before you invest in another tool, hear from the experts. Join AMA Software. Fusion for Energy (F4E), the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AMAZEMET, a Polish small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) working in advanced materials and metal additive manufacturing (metal AM). The…
AM-Platform, a European additive manufacturing (AM) network active since 2007, has become a Core Member of Addliance, the European AM Hubs Alliance. The network connects more than 500 stakeholders across over 25 countries, and its work centers on coordinating AM development and building a shared strategic understanding of the technology in Europe. In its own…
On September 5, German space startup Isar Aerospace achieved a major milestone, for its own reputation and for the entire space industry in the European Union (EU), when it executed...
Where is AI unlocking advantages? Explore what is possible at AMA: Software 2026. Walking into Protein Studios in Shoreditch for Sifted Summit 2026, the name brought to mind one of the defining artificial intelligence breakthroughs of the pre-ChatGPT era. In November 2020, Google DeepMind announced that AlphaFold had achieved what the organisers of the CASP…
In 3D printing, the printer determines how a part is made — the material determines what can be made. Rather than another general-purpose material, the new ANTINSKY lineup answers specific...
A new paper, “Full-Field Damage Monitoring in Architected Lattices Using In situ Electrical Impedance Tomography,” points to lattices being able to detect damage. This could really help composites in critical...
3D printers are raising serious money again…on Kickstarter, that is. Over the last few months, a new group of 3D printer campaigns has attracted millions of dollars and thousands of...
Discover exclusive software insights at AMA: Software 2026, on October 22. Register for free! Resin 3D printing tends to look cleaner in promotion than it does in practice. The print finishes, and then the real work begins. Lifting a dripping build plate, transferring it into a wash station, waiting, moving the model to a separate…
Halloween is officially upon us, and if you’re anything like us, your 3D printer is currently running all the time, pumping out pumpkin tea-light holders, articulated skeletons, and costume accessories. It’s easily one of the best times of the year to... The post Print colorful and glowing Halloween decorations with our spooky offer appeared first on Original Prusa 3D Printers.
Where can AI actually help your print workflow? Find out at AMA Software, online on October 22nd. At Huafast’s 3D printing operation in Shenzhen, thousands of desktop machines manufacture toys and other products. On some of the equipment, getting a design into production still involves carrying an SD card to the printer. Wireless interference makes…
The railway sector is not known for its speed in maintenance and component replacement, but Wabtec is now running more than 150,000 3D printed parts on trains worldwide, using additive manufacturing to do what conventional casting and foundries increasingly can’t: cut weight, compress lead times, and rescue parts that would otherwise be obsolete. The safety-critical…
Discover exclusive software insights at AMA: Software 2026, on October 22. Register for free! Researchers from University of Waterloo have developed a 3D printed water filtration column made from biodegradable plastic that removed 90% of microplastics from contaminated water using nothing but gravity. The system combines surface porosity engineering with pressure-sensitive adhesive coatings to capture…
Discover 5 common CNC machining myths about materials, prototyping, production costs, quality, and 3D printing The post 5 Myths About CNC Machining That Still Shape Bad Decisions appeared first on Shapeways Blog.
By late 2024, there was already enough signaling of the additive manufacturing (AM) industry opportunity in the data center infrastructure market for AM Research to write a report on the...
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The AMA Software programme continues to grow, with new speakers from Euler, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, CoreTechnologie and Kubuz joining us online on 22 October. We are also pleased to welcome Euler as an event sponsor, supporting the discussion of how software is changing additive manufacturing. The latest additions bring expertise spanning AI-driven process monitoring,…
Oxidation affects many substances but can also be beneficial. Aluminum, for example, forms a passive oxide film that helps it resist seawater. NAB is often used in ships and forms...
Shares of Nike stock hit all-time highs in late 2021 but have cratered in the years following, with the company losing nearly 80 percent of its market cap since peaking....
Gordie Folin had deep experience in engineering at Pratt & Whitney, GE, and GE Aviation before becoming the Chief Product Officer at Beehive Industries. Among his achievements, he served as the...
For years, INTAMSYS has been known for its Funmat Pro HT line of industrial Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) printers. With the Funmat Pro 310 NEO, the company extends that line with an Independent Dual Extruder (IDEX) motion system and a fully enclosed, actively heated chamber that reaches 100°C, targeting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and…
TCT speaks to Paul Brackman, X-ray Product Manager for ZEISS Research & Quality Solutions USA, about how ZEISS is supporting next-generation quality control and defect inspections within additive manufacturing.
Tripo AI, an artificial intelligence company building 3D foundation models and world models, has officially released Tripo P2.0, a 3D native foundation model that generates 3D assets with quad topology. The company says P2.0 is the first model in the AI 3D industry to generate quad meshes natively, removing one of the main obstacles to…
Sinto Advanced Ceramics Europe GmbH has added two non-oxide ceramics, aluminum nitride (AlN) and silicon nitride (Si₃N₄), to its additive manufacturing materials portfolio. The manufacturer says both materials are now available for development projects, prototypes, and industrial applications. The company had already evaluated both ceramics internally and used them in initial projects before formally adding…
Amsterdam-based MX3D announced it has become the first wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) facility in the world to receive DNV certification at the Additive Manufacturing Criticality 3 (AMC3) level. AMC3 is the highest classification DNV awards. The certificate qualifies MX3D to produce highly critical metal components for maritime, defense, and energy applications. DNV issued the…
French start-up MB Therapeutics has received authorization from the French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety (ANSM) to manufacture semi-solid pharmaceutical cartridges for 3D printing solid oral dosage forms. The company says the decision makes it the first site in the world authorized to produce cartridges for 3D printed medicines under official pharmaceutical…
Foshan, China-based Faiborida 3D has introduced the SLM M500, a large-format laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) metal 3D printer with a 500 × 500 × 500 mm build envelope and four 500 W lasers. The industrial equipment and materials manufacturer is aiming the system at users who need higher build rates per job, whether that…
America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, marked National Manufacturing Day on October 2 by rolling out a series of half-day “3D Printing for Drones” experiences for high school students in five states. The sessions take place in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Alabama, and California, and combine additive manufacturing (AM), engineering, and drone technology in…
He replaces Isabelle Hachette who served as the company's CEO since 2022.
The loan will support its ongoing facility expansion in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania.
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series by Xu Fanglei examining the technology and patent issues behind the Stratasys-Bambu Lab dispute. Part 1 looked at the $27.6...
In 2023, Chinese 3D printer OEM Bambu Lab launched MakerWorld, its collaborative 3D model platform. By early 2026, the platform had about 10 million monthly active users and started to...
We’re starting off with defense in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as Titomic was awarded a $5 million U.S. defense contract, and VulcanForms announced a partnership with Specter Aerospace...
Join 3D Printing Industry’s online AMA Software event on 22 October 2026 to explore how AI and software are changing manufacturing, with speakers from NVIDIA, Autodesk and Materialise. American manufacturers are accumulating orders while many smaller factories struggle to find enough work. In Xometry’s 2027 Manufacturing Outlook, 77% of manufacturers report larger production backlogs than…
As a child, I lived in Kenya for a while. When we went to Mombasa, wafting breezes, crunchy white powder that sounds like snow underfoot, beaches bordered by many unseen...
Meshy AI is an AI-powered 3D model generator that can turn text prompts and images into 3D models within minutes. In this hands-on review, I focused on how useful it is specifically for 3D printing, testing personalized pet figurines, Meshy Agent, Add Base, Multi-Color Printing, Split, and a simplified Volkswagen Beetle miniature that I ultimately […] The post Meshy AI Review: Image-to-3D, Agent and 3D Printing Tests appeared first on 3DWithUs – 3D Printing, Scanning, Design Guides & Forums.
After years of buildup, we’re finally starting to see what the US metal additive manufacturing (AM) market could look like at scale. To be sure, it’s still not quite there,...
Hear from the experts shaping additive manufacturing software. Join 3D Printing Industry on 22 October for AMA: Software 2026, featuring exclusive presentations, panels and live Q&A! Sinto Advanced Ceramics Europe, a contract manufacturer specializing in additively manufactured technical ceramics, has added aluminum nitride (AlN) and silicon nitride (Si₃N₄) to its material portfolio for ceramic 3D…
Hear from the experts shaping additive manufacturing software. Join 3D Printing Industry on 22 October for AMA: Software 2026, featuring exclusive presentations, panels and live Q&A! Pennsylvania-based metal powder producer 6K Additive has signed a 30-month long-term agreement to supply Nickel 718 alloy powder to ADDMAN Engineering (ADDMAN), a Florida-headquartered additive manufacturing (AM) and machining…
Hear from the experts shaping additive manufacturing software. Join 3D Printing Industry on 22 October for AMA: Software 2026, featuring exclusive presentations, panels and live Q&A! UK launch services company Skyrora has completed a 45-second static hot-fire test of a scaled-down version of its Skyrora XL orbital launch vehicle. The test took place at Machrihanish,…
Hear from the experts shaping additive manufacturing software. Join 3D Printing Industry on 22 October for AMA: Software 2026, featuring exclusive presentations, panels and live Q&A! Myrava, formerly known as Ricoh 3D for Healthcare, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for a patient-specific 3D printed bolus used in radiation therapy. The clearance…
Zetamix’s metal 3D printing solution is to be used aboard the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. The $3 billion carrier, built in 2002, has a complement of 1350 and...
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with defense news, first from Massivit and then from AML3D. Then we’ll move on to U.S. manufacturing of a new large-format LPBF...
I recently wrote about how the South Korean additive manufacturing (AM) firm Lincsolution is building an aerospace and defense hub, part of the company’s construction of “the largest AM facility in...
Gridfinity, of course, is a 3D printed configurable base plate system. Print the right-sized base plate, then print boxes or scissor holders that click onto it to organize your kitchen,...
Hear from the experts shaping additive manufacturing software. Join 3D Printing Industry on 22 October for AMA: Software 2026, featuring exclusive presentations, panels and live Q&A! Singapore propeller maker Mencast Marine has secured certification from Lloyd’s Register and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for what the two classification societies recognize as the world’s first…
Hear from the experts shaping additive manufacturing software. Join 3D Printing Industry on 22 October for AMA: Software 2026, featuring exclusive presentations, panels and live Q&A! Engineers at the University of Glasgow and the University of Sydney have made 3D printed metamaterials that can show where they are being damaged and follow that damage as…
From making millions of value-engineered Prusa clones, Creality really has aggressively pivoted to more complex machines. The company has made strides forward in software, and the Ender’s of yore is...
MX3D, an Amsterdam-based company that builds robotic metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems, has received a Certificate of Qualification from DNV at the Additive Manufacturing Criticality 3 (AMC3) level for its wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) facility. The certificate was issued under the DNV-ST-B203 standard and applies to metal parts used in maritime, defense, and energy…
US-based 3D printer manufacturer 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) posted $94.6 million in second-quarter (Q2) 2026 revenue, down 0.3% Y/Y from $94.8 million a year earlier. The operating loss narrowed to $10.6 million from $15.4 million in the prior-year period, with lower operating expenses, supported by more than $60 million in annualized cost savings, contributing to…