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Wednesday, May 13
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…

3D Printing Industry
May 13, 2026Added 20 days 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…

3D Printing Industry
May 13, 2026Added 20 days 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…

3D Printing Industry
May 13, 2026Added 20 days 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…

3D Printing Industry
May 13, 2026Added 20 days 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…

3D Printing Industry
May 13, 2026Added 20 days 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.

Fabbaloo
May 13, 2026Added 21 days 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,...

3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business
May 13, 2026Added 21 days 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.

Shapeways Blog
May 13, 2026Added 18 days ago
Tuesday, May 12
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.

Fabbaloo
May 12, 2026Added 21 days 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.

Fabbaloo
May 12, 2026Added 21 days 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...

3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business
May 12, 2026Added 21 days 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.

Fabbaloo
May 12, 2026Added 21 days 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.

Fabbaloo
May 12, 2026Added 22 days 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...

3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business
May 12, 2026Added 22 days 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…

3D Printing Industry
May 12, 2026Added 22 days 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...

3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business
May 12, 2026Added 22 days 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.

Fabbaloo
May 11, 2026Added 22 days 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…

3D Printing Industry
May 11, 2026Added 22 days 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.…

3D Printing Industry
May 11, 2026Added 22 days 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...

3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business
May 11, 2026Added 22 days 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.

Fabbaloo
May 11, 2026Added 22 days 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…

3D Printing Industry
May 11, 2026Added 23 days 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…

3D Printing Industry
May 11, 2026Added 23 days 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…

3D Printing Industry
May 11, 2026Added 23 days 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…

3D Printing Industry
May 11, 2026Added 23 days 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…

3D Printing Industry
May 11, 2026Added 23 days 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…

3D Printing Industry
May 11, 2026Added 23 days 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.

Fabbaloo
May 11, 2026Added 23 days 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,...

3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business
May 11, 2026Added 23 days ago
Sunday, May 10
Industrial

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, May 10, 2026

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 10, 2026 appeared on Fabbaloo.

Fabbaloo
May 10, 2026Added 23 days ago
Saturday, May 9
Industrial

Generative Braces Move Into Metal: An Interview with LightForce’s James Lawton

Charles R. Goulding and Andressa Bonafe detail the R&D tax credit implications for medical device innovators who overcome manufacturing uncertainties to produce unique brackets individualized across six distinct dimensions. The post Generative Braces Move Into Metal: An Interview with LightForce’s James Lawton appeared on Fabbaloo.

Fabbaloo
May 9, 2026Added 24 days ago
Friday, May 8
Consumer

RAPID + TCT 2026: HP’s New MJF 1200 and Multi-Platform Updates

Multinational printing firm HP’s additive manufacturing division used RAPID + TCT 2026 to announce its smallest Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D printer yet, alongside updates across its polymer and metal platforms. The centerpiece announcement is the HP MJF 1200 3D Printer, a compact system with a 12-liter build volume. HP is positioning it as an…

3D Printing Industry
May 8, 2026Added 25 days ago
Industrial

Why Recycling 3D Printer Scraps Will Never Work

Perhaps this is a controversial viewpoint, but I am now thinking that recycling of 3D print waste is a lost cause. The post Why Recycling 3D Printer Scraps Will Never Work appeared on Fabbaloo.

Fabbaloo
May 8, 2026Added 25 days ago