Industrial
i3D Manufacturing acquires Burloak Technologies
By integrating Burloak, i3D says it has expanded its ability to support complex, high-performance applications.
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
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Hand-curated links from trusted 3D printing publications, updated throughout the day.
Wednesday, May 13
Consumer
AML3D Deploys Portable Metal Printer to US Navy’s Manufacturing Hub
Australian metal additive manufacturing company AML3D and Austal USA have marked a new chapter in their ongoing partnership with the delivery and successful installation of a containerized ARCEMY system at the US Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence in Danville, Virginia. The unit, AML3D’s first portable edition of the ARCEMY platform, arrives pre-mounted inside a…
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
3D Prod Acquires Sculpteo
Sculpteo has a new owner: 3D Prod. The post 3D Prod Acquires Sculpteo appeared on Fabbaloo.
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
Consumer
LEAP 71 and Sindan Are Industrializing AI-Designed Aerospace
LEAP 71, a Computational Engineering firm out of Dubai, and Sindan, an AI-driven manufacturing company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, revealed their strategic alliance at the Make it in the Emirates trade show on May 4, 2026. The collaboration targets the full integration of autonomous engineering design with advanced production, collapsing what has traditionally been a…
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
AM & the Military’s Self-Infliction of Rapid Change
I’ve noted before that the additive manufacturing (AM) market for defense has started to evolve so quickly that it’s impossible to even keep track of all the updates in real...
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
The 3D printing behind Leon Kennedy's Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT
How additive manufacturing helped take a special edition Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT from Racoon City to reality.
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
AI CAD Tools for 3D Printing: An Overview
There is a bevy of AI-to-CAD tools coming out. Some are finding users; some are raising millions in funding. Many new ones are coming out all the time, so we...
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
From Airflow to ROI: Why Madison Air’s IPO Matters for 3D Printing
Charles R Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi explain how Madison Air’s blockbuster IPO highlights the growing role of 3D printing and energy efficiency in transforming the HVAC industry. The post From Airflow to ROI: Why Madison Air’s IPO Matters for 3D Printing appeared on Fabbaloo.
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
Consumer
Formnext Asia Shenzhen 2026 Spotlights AM’s Role in Cooling AI Hardware
Formnext Asia Shenzhen, the additive manufacturing trade show organized by Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt Co Ltd, will return to the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center from August 26 to 28, 2026, with a focus on how 3D printing is being used to produce liquid cooling components for AI infrastructure. As higher-density AI server chips…
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
Consumer
Rapid Fusion Appoints Labostera as Reseller in Lithuania and Latvia
Rapid Fusion, a manufacturer of large-format additive and hybrid manufacturing systems, has appointed Labostera as its newest reseller, bringing its systems to Lithuania and Latvia for the first time. Labostera, a provider of equipment solutions for medical, scientific, and industrial sectors, will represent Rapid Fusion across both countries. The agreement marks Rapid Fusion’s first entry…
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
Consumer
Firestorm Secures $82M to Scale Battlefield Manufacturing
Defense manufacturing startup Firestorm Labs has closed an $82 million Series B round, bringing its total capital raised to $153 million. Washington Harbour Partners led the investment, joined by several backers spanning defense, intelligence, and venture, including NEA, In-Q-Tel, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Booz Allen Ventures, Ondas, Geodesic, Motley Fool Ventures, and Litquidity Ventures. The funding…
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
Consumer
Mahdi Naïm Studio Develops AERIS Bicycle Saddle with 3D Printed Lattice and Vegetable-Tanned Leather
Mahdi Naïm Studio, an industrial design practice led by designer Mahdi Naïm, has unveiled AERIS, a bicycle saddle in active development built around a single design hypothesis: additive manufacturing and traditional craft produce a coherent object only when both are conceived together from the first design decisions, rather than combined at the end of the…
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
Consumer
Xometry Reports Record Q1 2026 Revenue as Marketplace Growth Reaches 40%
Xometry, a company that operates an AI-powered marketplace for custom manufacturing, reported record first-quarter 2026 revenue of $205 million, up 36% from $151 million a year earlier. Marketplace revenue rose 40% year over year to $191.3 million, while gross profit increased 39% to $78.5 million. Adjusted EBITDA reached $10.5 million, improving by $10.4 million from…
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
Consumer
New Zealand Companies Launch Wool-Based Colour 3D Printing Filament
Wool Source, a New Zealand ingredients manufacturer developing industrial uses for wool, and KiwiFil, a New Zealand filament producer, have launched what they describe as the first commercial 3D printing filament to use a wool-based colourant. The product, called WoolyFil, uses Wool Source Pigments in place of conventional synthetic or fossil-fuel-derived colour. KiwiFil is selling…
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
Rice Husk Biochar Helps PLA Slide Better
Researchers may have found a useful role for rice husk waste in 3D printing: making PLA parts slide better and wear less. The post Rice Husk Biochar Helps PLA Slide Better appeared on Fabbaloo.
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
DeskArtes Releases 3Data Expert Version 16.0 AM Data Preparation Software
Finland’s DeskArtes Oy has released 3Data Expert version 16.0, a comprehensive tool for additive manufacturing (AM) data preparation. Originating in the 1990s at Helsinki University of Technology, now Aalto University,...
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
ROBOZE Buys Dimanex Assets to Build “Physical AI” Platform
Dutch firm Dimanex got its start as an MRO platform for the railways. The company had a contract with the Dutch Army in 2018, and later that year signed one...
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
Additive Manufacturing in the Medical Industry
Additive manufacturing is transforming orthotics and prosthetics with faster workflows, precise patient-specific design, and scalable production using industrial 3D printing The post Additive Manufacturing in the Medical Industry appeared first on Shapeways Blog.
May 13, 2026Added 5 months ago
Tuesday, May 12
Industrial
Bambu Lab Cloud Access Dispute Highlights Tensions With Open Source Community
There’s been a bit of a controversy brewing over Bambu Lab’s policies, but it’s really a collision of concepts. The post Bambu Lab Cloud Access Dispute Highlights Tensions With Open Source Community appeared on Fabbaloo.
May 12, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
Robot Assembled Voxels Could Challenge Concrete 3D Printing
A new MIT study suggests robot assembled voxels may be better than 3DCP for sustainability. The post Robot Assembled Voxels Could Challenge Concrete 3D Printing appeared on Fabbaloo.
May 12, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
BigRep & Endless Industries introduce large-format continuous fibre reinforcement 3D printing capability
Endless Industries’ continuous fibre technology has been integrated into the BigRep IPSO 105 platform.
May 12, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
Bambu Lab Patent Describes Smarter 3D Printer Heating
Shenzhen Tuozhu Technology has filed a patent application for a 3D printer control system that manages heating loads more intelligently. The post Bambu Lab Patent Describes Smarter 3D Printer Heating appeared on Fabbaloo.
May 12, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
3D Printing Financials: Nano Dimension Reports Q1 Growth Amid Restructuring and Asset Sales
Nano Dimension (Nasdaq: NNDM) started 2026 with a much larger first quarter business than it had a year ago, mainly because Markforged is now part of the company and included...
May 12, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
On Schaeffler’s Factory Floor, Robots and 3D Printers Are Rewriting the Rules
Charles R. Goulding and Andressa Bonafe break down how Schaeffler is blending automation and additive manufacturing to tackle labor shortages and redefine production flexibility. The post On Schaeffler’s Factory Floor, Robots and 3D Printers Are Rewriting the Rules appeared on Fabbaloo.
May 12, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
DMG Mori Joins $10M Defense 3D Printing Program
To look at the Biden administration and the Trump administration that succeeded it and find areas of policy overlap is obviously a bit of a challenge. But such areas certainly...
May 12, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
Titomic Lands at Iowa State: Cold Spray Moves Further into Research and Industry
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi take a closer look at Titomic’s growing academic footprint and what its new Iowa State partnership reveals about the future of cold spray technology. The post Titomic Lands at Iowa State: Cold Spray Moves Further into Research and Industry appeared on Fabbaloo.
May 12, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
Researchers Map Speed To Resonance In Desktop FFF Printers
A new open-access paper proposes a verifiable mapping between toolhead speed and vibration frequency on desktop FFF machines, aiming to make input shaping easier and improve high-speed print quality by targeting mechanical resonances more directly. The post Researchers Map Speed To Resonance In Desktop FFF Printers appeared on Fabbaloo.
May 12, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
MORSAN and LEHVOSS Work on 3D Printing for Food and Beverage
For many years, LEHVOSS has made specialized 3D printing materials such as high-temperature polyamide and high-flow PEEK. Now it has teamed up with MORSAN to develop a 3D printing offering...
May 12, 2026Added 5 months ago
Consumer
A Low-Power Path to Mars Radiation Shielding Made With Innovative 3D Printed Basalt Structures
Ahmedabad-based space research and technology company AAKA Space Studio has 3D printed a physical radiation shield using materials engineered to replicate the chemical composition of Martian soil. The shield was demonstrated at an analog space mission in Gujarat, with raw materials sourced from Salem and Ariyalur from Tamil Nadu. According to a news report, the…
May 12, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
Wool 3D Printing Filament from New Zealand (Of Course)
WoolyFil uses wool-based colorants to color filament. Companies Wool Source, which makes pigments from wool, partnered with filament firm KiwiFil to develop pigments with around 92% to 98% biobased content. In...
May 12, 2026Added 5 months ago
Monday, May 11
Industrial
Bambu Lab Launches Food Safe Filament … In China
Bambu Lab announced the availability of a line of food-safe 3D printer filament materials. The post Bambu Lab Launches Food Safe Filament … In China appeared on Fabbaloo.
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
Researchers Explore Two Very Different Routes To Plastic Breakdown
Two new polymer studies explore methods to biologically dismantle plastic. The post Researchers Explore Two Very Different Routes To Plastic Breakdown appeared on Fabbaloo.
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Consumer
DMG MORI launches LASERTEC 65 DED hybrid 2 for additive and subtractive metal manufacturing
DMG MORI UK, the British division of machine tool manufacturer DMG MORI, has introduced the LASERTEC 65 DED hybrid 2, a second-generation production centre combining directed energy deposition (DED) with 5-axis machining and measurement in a single setup. Launched earlier this year at the company’s open house in Pfronten, southern Germany, the system is designed…
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Consumer
Singapore researchers outline advances shaping biofabrication and biomanufacturing
Researchers in Singapore have published a review mapping the country’s recent contributions to biofabrication and biomanufacturing, from waste-derived biomaterials and 3D bioprinting to cultivated food, regenerative medicine, microneedles, and bioelectronics. Published in Bio-Design and Manufacturing, the review examines work led by Singapore-based research groups across three areas: bio-derived materials, enabling manufacturing technologies, and emerging applications.…
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
Interspectral to lead Swedish research project into AI-powered quality assurance for additive manufacturing
Interspectral will work with Saab, AMEXCI and Scaleout Systems as part of a Sweden national innovation agency program.
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
Roboze Strengthens Digital Supply Chain Strategy With Acquisition of DiManEx
Roboze has acquired DiManEx. Wait, who are they? The post Roboze Strengthens Digital Supply Chain Strategy With Acquisition of DiManEx appeared on Fabbaloo.
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
Where the Money Is Going: The New Infrastructure Landscape
This is Part 1 of a two-part PRO series examining where infrastructure investment is flowing and how those trends are reshaping manufacturing, energy, logistics, and additive manufacturing. Part 2, by...
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
Cadillac F1 Team deploys seven 3D Systems SLA machines
The F1 team has been working with 3D Systems' Application Innovation Group.
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
3D Printing & Drone Dominance: Speed, Performance, and Derisking the Supply Chain
A shift is underway in drone manufacturing. Government programs like the U.S. Department of War’s Drone Dominance, a $1.1 billion effort to deliver low-cost, one-way attack (OWA) sUAS at scale,...
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
First Containerized System from AML3D Now Operational at US Navy AM CoE
Shipbuilding giant Austal USA recently announced the launch of the Digital SEA (Secure Exchange for Additive) platform, which should play a major role in expanding accessibility to the sorts of...
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
Meltio takes metal additive manufacturing to the next level
The company enables industries to tailor and customise their solutions to create & repair metal parts.
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
Design of the Week: Spooletarium
This week’s selection is the Spooletarium by Printables contributor M4NU. The post Design of the Week: Spooletarium appeared on Fabbaloo.
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Consumer
Lockheed Martin Scales LPBF for Thermal Management Parts in Hypersonic and Aircraft Systems
Lockheed Martin, the US aerospace and defense company, is advancing laser powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing to enable faster operational readiness for next-generation aircraft, hypersonic systems, and electric propulsion platforms. The effort is tied to supply chain resilience and to shorter design-to-flight timelines for thermal management components used in aerospace and defense manufacturing. High-performance electronics and…
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Consumer
Evaporation-Driven Droplet Fission Study Points to Nanoscale Fabrication Potential
Research from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research shows that ordinary pipetting can leave evaporating water drops carrying enough charge to undergo repeated Coulomb fissions on lubricated surfaces, a result that could inform nanoscale fabrication and other droplet-based…
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Consumer
Meteor Inkjet receives King’s Award for Enterprise
Meteor Inkjet, a Cambridge, UK-based supplier of industrial inkjet printhead driving solutions, has received a King’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development. One of 36 organisations in the UK recognised this year, the company was honoured for commercially successful products, services, and management that benefit the environment, society, and the economy. Its technology is used…
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Consumer
3D Printed Silicone Lattice Mixes Antifungal Resistance with Vibration Isolation
Researchers from Jiangnan University, a research university in Wuxi, China, and Jiangda Vibration Isolator Co., Ltd., a vibration-control manufacturer based in the same city, have developed a 3D printed silicone rubber lattice designed to resist fungal growth while absorbing vibration and repeated compression in marine environments. Reported in a study published in Advanced Composites and…
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Consumer
New Framework Could Standardize 3D Printed Construction in Earthquake Zones
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) have tested full-scale 3D printed concrete walls under simulated earthquake conditions and experimentally validated a design framework for seismic applications. Published in the Journal of Building Engineering, the study addresses a procedural gap that has constrained the technology’s reach: no standardised building code specifically addresses…
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Consumer
Researchers develop sub-second volumetric 3D printing method using holographic light fields
Researchers at Tsinghua University have developed a volumetric 3D printing method that produced millimetre-scale polymer structures in as little as 0.6 seconds. Called digital incoherent synthesis of holographic light fields (DISH), the method uses holographically optimized light projections delivered through a high-speed rotating periscope, removing the need to rotate the resin container during printing. Published…
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
Computer Vision And ML Defect Detection In Concrete AM
A new research review looks at how computer vision and machine learning could be used to spot defects in 3D printed concrete. The post Computer Vision And ML Defect Detection In Concrete AM appeared on Fabbaloo.
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago
Industrial
Tectonic 3D Takes Over Solvay 3D Printing Materials Portfolio
High-performance 3D printing materials company Tectonic 3D has bought the 3D printing materials portfolio of Solvay. The Syensqo portfolio, including PEEK AM Filament MS NT1, PEEK CF10 LS1, PPSU, NT1 HC,...
May 11, 2026Added 5 months ago