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Polish SLS 3D printer manufacturer Sinterit has unveiled BIANCO2, a compact SLS system designed around open material compatibility and broad application flexibility. The announcement builds on over a decade of SLS development and an installed base spanning more than 80 countries. The core proposition of BIANCO2 is its open architecture. Users gain access to up…
Metal complex inks specialist Electroninks has shared the commercial launch timeline for CircuitJet IV, a benchtop system designed to handle PCB fabrication and assembly within a single integrated platform. The company expects it to be available to customers in Q4 2026. The intended user base includes R&D teams, product development groups, universities, and manufacturing facilities…
Israeli 3D printer manufacturer Nano Dimension has agreed to sell its Markforged subsidiary to rival 3D printing company Stratasys in an all-cash deal worth $42.5 million. With this move, the Israeli manufacturer is shedding one of its cash-burning business units as it works through a restructuring plan. The sale is part of a broader divestiture…
Defense and space manufacturing company Snowbird Technologies has been confirmed as a participant in the 30th Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2026. The company will take part through the Naval Postgraduate School’s Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research and Education (NPS CAMRE) and its distributed advanced manufacturing experiment—one of the exercise’s key technology showcases. Scheduled…
Holcim and British International Investment’s (BII) joint venture 14Trees and Chennai-based Tvasta Manufacturing Solutions have jointly developed Cedar concrete 3D printer designed for large-scale construction deployment. Cedar is designed to work with locally available concrete mixes rather than the proprietary mortar-based materials that many existing 3D concrete printing systems require. The companies say this reduces…
With AMA: Healthcare on June 4th putting 3D printing for healthcare under the spotlight, voices from across the industry are weighing in on where the technology is heading. Tissue models have long been constrained by the same three problems: they take too long to build, they cannot scale meaningfully, and their structure falls short of…
A student team from ETH Zurich‘s Academic Space Initiative Switzerland (ARIS) has successfully ignited a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) using liquid propellants, recording stable detonation waves during a night test at Dübendorf Airfield in Switzerland. The achievement, reached by the 20-strong Pegasus team in early April 2026, places the students in rare company: only…
Hadassah Hospital surgeons have performed what is believed to be the first surgery of its kind in Israel, using two custom 3D printed implants to reconstruct a pelvis and femur almost entirely destroyed by vanishing bone disease, a condition so rare that very few doctors encounter it in an entire career. The patient, a 24-year-old…
MRI coils, the specialised antennas that sit close to the body and capture the radiofrequency signals that become diagnostic images, have long been a bottleneck in clinical imaging. They are rigid, expensive, and built to a one-size-fits-all standard that works reasonably well for adults but poorly for children, infants, and anyone requiring imaging of moving…
For the past few months, the 3D printing community has been poking at a very interesting question: what if a multi-material printer were not limited to the colors physically loaded on it? And we must say it right now: This is a... The post Print with dozens of colors: Our new open-source ColorMix for EasyPrint and PrusaSlicer appeared first on Original Prusa 3D Printers.
As the industry prepares for AMA: Healthcare on June 4th, few material challenges in 3D printing healthcare have proven as persistent as silicone. Too liquid to stack, too chemically sensitive to alter, and too regulated to compromise, it has long resisted conventional printing approaches. Elastomeric AM solution provider Lynxter has spent nearly a decade working…
A social housing development in Bezannes, France has set a new benchmark for 3D construction printing in Europe. The project, called ViliaSprint², delivers 12 apartments across three floors and roughly 800 square meters of livable space, making it the continent’s largest 3D printed multi-family residential building to date. The structure was brought to life through…
Sutton Barcelona has become the first nightclub in the world to undergo a full renovation using concrete 3D printing. The project was completed in seven weeks, a timeline that would typically span around five months under conventional construction methods. The refurbishment was carried out by construction firm Construnext in partnership with Aridditive, combining off-site digital…
Israeli manufacturer Modix Modular Technologies has expanded its industrial printer range with the MAMA-1000, a large-format machine built around a one cubic meter build volume. The new model slots below the existing MAMA-1700 in the company’s lineup, targeting manufacturers, research institutions, and fabrication teams that need industrial-grade capability without committing to the larger platform’s footprint.…
Dentistry was one of the first industries to be reshaped by 3D printing in healthcare, and most patients never noticed. A decade ago, virtually no dental practice owned a printer; today, one in seven does. Scott Dunham, VP of research at AM Research, has spent over a decade tracking the numbers. He also has family…
Retired NBA All-Star Baron Davis’s latest venture brings him into the 3D printed footwear space. Alongside partners Sean O’Shea and Geoff Deas, Davis launched OverDose, a new brand whose debut product is the OD Easy PZ, developed in collaboration with 3D footwear manufacturer Zellerfeld. The project, framed under the banner “From Analog to AI,” is…
NP Aerospace, working with the Digital Manufacturing Centre (DMC), has used Caracol‘s Vipra AM platform to produce the Mastiff suspension and differential carrier, a structurally critical, load-bearing component for protected and dual-use vehicles, through wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM). Printed as a single piece without tooling in 60 hours, the component marks a direct challenge…
Agnikul Cosmos, the Chennai-based private launch startup, has reached another propulsion milestone: the simultaneous firing of four semi-cryogenic rocket engines, all of them 3D printed as individual, single-piece components and developed entirely in-house at the company’s Rocket Factory 1 facility. According to Agnikul, the test is the first of its kind in India involving semi-cryogenic…
i3D Manufacturing, a business unit within the BTX Precision group, has completed the acquisition of Burloak Technologies, a metal additive manufacturing specialist based in Oakville, Ontario. The move adds technical depth to i3D’s existing capabilities and marks BTX Precision’s first footprint outside the United States. Jason Ball, VP & General Manager of Burloak, framed the…
Italian advanced manufacturing company ROBOZE has acquired key assets from Dimanex, a Dutch software platform that filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. The deal brings Dimanex’s platform together with ROBOZE’s existing software tools, Pandora and SlizeR, closing a persistent gap in its ecosystem: connecting physical machines directly to digital inventory management and decentralized supply chains…
French additive manufacturing providers 3D Prod and Sculpteo have announced a merger, with 3D Prod, backed by injection moulding firm Platex, acquiring Sculpteo from BASF New Business GmbH, which had held the company since its 2019 purchase. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The combined entity aims to establish itself as a reference point…
A New York-based physicist has made history as the world’s first above-elbow amputee to be fitted with a full-length, 3D printed bionic arm. Born with an amputation following a circulatory complication eight days after birth, Gowtham spent most of his life without a functional prosthetic. The fitting was carried out by UK-based prosthetics company Open…
The European Space Agency has appointed a pan-European consortium led by Danish Technological Institute, a Denmark-based research and technology organization, to develop a protective covering for robotic arms used in space. Called Smart Skin for Exploration Cobots, the €1.65 million project will run for 24 months from 2026 to 2028 and aims to produce two…
Custom-fit 3D printed footwear company FITASY has updated its production platform to allow customers to order a single shoe rather than a pair, priced at exactly half the cost. The option, now live at fitasy.com, is aimed at people who need only one shoe, including prosthetic users, and marks the first time a custom-fit 3D…
The 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment concluded FlyTrap 5.0 in Lithuania this month, wrapping up a nearly month-long multinational exercise testing counter-drone systems, electronic warfare, and unmanned ground vehicles under live force-on-force conditions. Close to 1,000 troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, and allied nations took part. Among the most consequential outcomes was a…
UltiMaker, a manufacturer of desktop and industrial 3D printing systems recently, launched the Factor 4 Plus, a new industrial platform designed for continuous production in manufacturing and defense. Built as a faster version of the standard Factor 4, the new system delivers up to twice the print speed and targets applications including custom jigs, fixtures,…
Shenzhen-based desktop 3D printer manufacturer Snapmaker has hired Radu “Ratdoux”, the original developer behind the experimental Full Spectrum color-mixing slicer, to help lead a new multicolor 3D printing initiative. Announced in May 2026, the move will see Snapmaker begin work on officially integrating Full Spectrum’s virtual color-mixing technology into upcoming versions of Snapmaker Orca, the…
The Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC) has approved its first five industry-led CORE research projects, unlocking more than $11 million in combined investment for additive manufacturing research across Australia. Announced in Melbourne on 21 May 2026, the projects represent the first major R&D investments under AMCRC’s Commonwealth-backed program to strengthen manufacturing competitiveness, productivity, and…
French elastomer specialist Lynxter has launched SIL-004, a platinum-cured liquid silicone engineered specifically for direct-contact use in food and beverage environments. The company positions SIL-004 as the world’s first 3D printable silicone to carry FDA CFR 21 177-2600 certification, a standard governing rubber articles intended for repeated food contact. Free of BPA and PFAS, SIL-004…
U.S. additive manufacturing innovation institute America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM), a defense manufacturing and machining organization, have named six winners for the Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment, Supplier Qualification project call. Funded through the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Manufacturing Technology Office, the $1.7 million JAQS-SQ…
Nearly half of all adults in the United States live with hypertension, and for roughly one in ten of them, conventional drug treatments simply don’t work. A research team at Pennsylvania State University (PSU) has developed a potential answer: a soft, 3D printed bioelectronic device that attaches directly to one of the body’s most critical…
Researchers at Tampere University have developed a 3D printed ceramic implant that closely replicates the composition and internal architecture of natural human bone. Published in Materials Today Bio, the work advances the case for patient-specific bone regeneration without the need for donor tissue, synthetic drugs, or growth factors, and may offer a more accessible path…
Researchers at the CU Anschutz School of Dental Medicine are investigating whether multimaterial inkjet 3D printing could reshape how dentures are designed and manufactured. Led by Jeffrey Stansbury, PhD, senior associate dean for research and professor of dental medicine, the team is developing photo-curable polymer materials intended to improve on current prosthetic performance, in durability,…
Researchers at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) have developed a 3D printing approach for shaping living mycelium materials that can self-assemble functional particles during growth. Published in Advanced Functional Materials, the study demonstrates how fungal networks can be printed, grown, and selectively functionalized to create biohybrid living materials with tunable electrical properties. The work…
Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder and Columbia University have developed a bio-inspired approach to improve the 3D printing of earthen construction materials. Published in Nature Communications, the study introduces a multiscale optimization framework that uses biopolymers to improve the printability, stability, and processing speed of natural earth materials. The researchers tested how different…
Chinese 3D printer manufacturer Bambu Lab sent a cease-and-desist letter to Polish developer Paweł Jarczak, forcing him to remove a fork of OrcaSlicer that restored cloud printing features the company had locked to its own software. Within days, YouTubers with audiences in the millions had pledged $20,000 in legal defense funds, rehosted the code, and…
US-based space systems company Rocket Lab has completed production of its 1,000th Rutherford engine at its Long Beach, California facility, a milestone that reflects the maturation of additive manufacturing as a viable industrial process in orbital spaceflight. The Rutherford is the world’s first 3D printed, electric pump-fed orbital rocket engine, and its production volume now…
Additive Industries, a Netherlands-based manufacturer of industrial metal 3D printing systems, has announced that K3D, a Dutch metal 3D printing service provider, has added two more of its MetalFab systems. The expansion brings the company’s total MetalFab installation to six asystems across two manufacturing sites, with a combined capacity of nine additive manufacturing cores. Materials…
GoEngineer, the world’s largest full-service engineering solutions provider and an authorized partner of Dassault Systèmes, Stratasys, and Bright Laser Technologies, has acquired SKA, a provider of SOLIDWORKS and engineering technologies in Latin America. SKA will operate as “SKA, a GoEngineer company,” marking its first expansion into Latin America and the Southern Hemisphere. Founded in 1989…
Axtra3D, a US- and Italy-based manufacturer of high speed SLA 3D printing systems, has launched KeyModel Ultra Ivory for its Lumia X1 platform through a dental materials partnership with Keystone Industries, a dental materials manufacturer. Ivory is the only validated color of the resin on the Lumia X1 at the time of the press release,…
Carfulan Group, a UK provider of advanced manufacturing solutions, secured nearly £1 million in new orders at MACH in what it described as its strongest appearance at the exhibition to date. Across the five-day event, deals were signed across Metrios, which supplies shopfloor measurement systems, OGP, a manufacturer of metrology equipment, VICIVISION, which develops optical…
Mechanical engineers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a new approach to cooling computer chips that could reduce the share of energy data centers spend on thermal management. The method, published in Cell Reports Physical Science, pairs a mathematical design algorithm with an electrochemical 3D printing process to fabricate pure copper cold plates,…
In the realm of 3D printing in healthcare, a simple idea sits at the center of modern orthopaedic implant design: the best implant is one that the body forgets is there. Not one that is the strongest, not one that is the stiffest, but one that restores function well enough that bone grows around it…
Soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord got a hands-on look at 3D printing technology during a symposium hosted by 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), reinforcing how the military is rethinking its approach to readiness. The event brought together Soldiers from across the installation to explore additive manufacturing, walking them through the full production cycle, from digital…
For the first time, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have used additive manufacturing to fabricate the canisters for powder metallurgical hot isostatic pressing (PM-HIP), eliminating the welding, machining and forming steps that have long constrained the production of large, critical metal components. The developments opens a faster, more flexible path to dense, near-final-shape parts…
Vinnova, Sweden’s national innovation agency, has awarded funding to TRUSTAM (Trusted Federated Intelligence for Additive Manufacturing), a consortium-driven initiative bringing together Interspectral, Saab, AMEXCI, and Scaleout Systems. The program targets one of the most persistent friction points in industrial AI adoption: how to build shared intelligence across production sites while keeping sensitive process data fully…
US-based manufacturing company Skuld is leading a DARPA Rubble to Rockets (R2R) program effort to convert scrap metal into structural parts through advanced casting and AI-assisted analysis. The company has filed a patent application covering its ability to cast wrought-grade aluminum alloys, including 6061 and 7075, directly from scrap feedstock. That detail reframes what might…
The next event in our Additive Manufacturing Advantage (AMA) focuses on the use of 3D printing in healthcare. AMA: Healthcare 2026 will bring together leading voices in medical, dental, pharmaceutical, and regenerative manufacturing to examine how additive manufacturing is moving from specialist use cases toward scalable healthcare production. Our free online event on June 4th…
Researchers at Imperial College London have developed a computational framework for the inverse design of nonlinear mechanical metamaterials, using topology optimization to generate microscale unit cells from prescribed homogenized stress–strain targets. Published in Advanced Engineering Materials, the study was authored by Charlie Aveline, Matthew Santer, and Robert Hewson from Imperial College London’s Department of Aeronautics.…
Researchers from the University of Navarra, IKOR Technology Centre, GAIKER Technology Centre, and Valencian International University have published a systematic review examining how additive manufacturing can be used to produce mold inserts for plastic injection molding. Published in Rapid Prototyping Journal, the paper reviews 67 studies from 2013 to 2024 on 3D printed mold inserts…