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Wednesday, July 8

Consumer

Euro 7 Pressure Drives Fraunhofer ILT–Etxetar Laser Deposition Alliance

Germany’s Fraunhofer ILT and Spanish machine-tool builder Etxetar have signed a memorandum of understanding to broaden the industrial applications of laser metal deposition (LMD) and extreme high-speed laser material deposition (EHLA). The agreement pools the research institute’s process knowledge with the company’s industrial engineering capabilities, aiming at sectors where regulatory change, high-value repair, and the…

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Jul 8, 2026Added 13 days ago

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3D Printing Pilot Targets Prosthetic Socket Production in The Gambia

British charity STAND has begun a pilot program in The Gambia that applies 3D scanning and printing to the production of prosthetic sockets, the custom-made part that joins an amputee’s residual limb to an artificial leg. The initiative, co-financed by the European Union, is intended to test whether digital fabrication can offer a quicker, simpler,…

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Jul 8, 2026Added 13 days ago

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Revopoint Releases Trackit SR, a Wireless 3D Scanner

3D scanner manufacturer Revopoint has launched the Trackit SR, a wireless, marker-free optical tracking 3D scanner with a stated single-frame accuracy of 0.02 mm. According to the company, the system is designed to address common constraints in traditional metrology workflows, including setup time, cabling, the application of marker points, and limited maneuverability around large or…

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Jul 8, 2026Added 13 days ago

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ASTM International Releases Defense AM Certification Guide

ASTM International‘s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) has released a strategic guide addressing how additively manufactured (AM) parts are qualified and certified for defense use. The document, developed in partnership with the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MOD) through Project TAMPA, is available as a free download from amcoe.org. Certification requirements for AM…

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Jul 8, 2026Added 13 days ago

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AMA: Aerospace, Space & Defense 2026: Innovative Space Hardware for Biology

Getting a biology experiment into space makes headlines; getting one back with cells intact and data uncontaminated is the part that actually takes years to figure out. Sebastian Feles, technical lead of the Aeromedical FabLab at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), opened his presentation on space additive manufacturing at our AMA: Aerospace, Space, & Defense…

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Jul 8, 2026Added 13 days ago

Tuesday, July 7

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Heading to Farnborough International Airshow? Meet the AeroDef Additive Manufacturing Community first.

Farnborough International Airshow will bring the global aerospace, aviation, space, and defence industries to the UK from 20–24 July 2026. But before the sector gathers on the show floor, the additive manufacturing community has an opportunity to connect around one of the most important questions facing aerospace and defence manufacturing today: how does AM move…

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Jul 7, 2026Added 13 days ago

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AMAA 2026: Safran Scales Additive Manufacturing Across Flight-Critical Engine Parts

Eighteen months of casting and welding, compressed into three weeks on a single machine. That is what additive manufacturing in aerospace now means in practice at one of the sector’s largest groups. Safran, the French aerospace and defence manufacturer with revenues of €27.3 billion and a workforce of 100,000 across 27 countries, has additive manufacturing…

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Jul 7, 2026Added 13 days ago

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AMAA 2026: Enhancing UAV Performance with AM

Interested in the future of manufacturing? Don’t miss Additive Manufacturing Advantage: Aerospace, Space and Defense 2026, taking place on July 9th. Mark your calendar and secure your spot at the event redefining what’s possible in aerospace, space, and defense manufacturing. The drone industry is evolving at a pace that traditional manufacturing simply cannot keep up…

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Jul 7, 2026Added 14 days ago

Monday, July 6

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AMAA 2026: NASA Turns Rocket Alloys Into Flight Ready Hardware Through Iterative Post Processing

A combustion chamber with undetected flaws, or a nozzle with clogged internal channels observed during a hot fire test, can set a rocket programme back months. At NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center, that risk has pushed engineers to treat additive manufacturing in aerospace as an integrated chain of design, build and post processing steps, where…

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Jul 6, 2026Added 14 days ago

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Elastic Interface Unveils New Foam-Free 3D Printed Cycling Pad

Italian bicycle apparel company Elastic Interface launched AURA N3X FL at Performance Days in Munich in March this year, its first cycling shorts pad constructed entirely without polyurethane foam or laminated layers. The launch is the first time the company has removed foam from a production pad, shifting 3D printing from a supporting role in…

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Jul 6, 2026Added 14 days ago

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Sandvik launches Osprey GRCop-42 copper alloy powder for space propulsion 3D printing

Sandvik, a Sweden-headquartered industrial technology group and gas-atomized metal powder producer, has launched Osprey GRCop-42, a copper-chromium-niobium alloy powder for additive manufacturing of space propulsion components. The material is intended for high-heat applications where material traceability and repeatable performance are central to qualification. Originally developed by NASA, GRCop-42 is a copper alloy for components exposed…

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Jul 6, 2026Added 14 days ago

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AMAA 2026: How to Catalyze AM Adoption – Insights from Outlook Lab

The headlines for the AM industry from 2015 and 2016 were specific in their promises. “Additive manufacturing to grow 40% annually, disrupting traditional supply chains by 2020.” “3D printing: the revolution that will change everything.” None of it landed quite the way the industry expected, and the technology has spent the years since stuck in…

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Jul 6, 2026Added 14 days ago

Saturday, July 4

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Australian SMEs Offered up to AU$75,000 in Co-Funding to Test Additive Manufacturing

Australia’s Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC) has unveiled its STARTER Project Funding Program, a AU$3.25 million (approx. US$2.25 million) initiative announced in Melbourne on 1 July 2026 aimed at accelerating additive manufacturing uptake among Australian small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups. The scheme pairs dollar-for-dollar matched funding with access to the centre’s national research…

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Jul 4, 2026Added 17 days ago

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Beehive Industries Buys Two Cincinnati Machine Shops

US-based propulsion manufacturer Beehive Industries has acquired the assets of Able Tool Corporation and its subsidiary Planet Products Corporation, two precision machine shops in the Greater Cincinnati area. The deal lands as the company’s Frenzy engine moves into full-rate production, following a year of ground and high-altitude testing of the Frenzy 8 and a $29.7…

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Jul 4, 2026Added 17 days ago

Friday, July 3

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IU Health Brings 3D Printed Surgical Models In-House

Nonprofit healthcare system located in the U.S. Indiana University Health has officially opened its upgraded 3D Print Studio at the 16 Tech Innovation District, marking the occasion with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. The facility gives IU Health clinical teams the ability to produce anatomical models tailored to individual patients, supporting more accurate diagnoses and more…

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Jul 3, 2026Added 17 days ago

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Velo3D Doubles Down on Domestic Manufacturing with Massive Expansion

Metal additive manufacturing company Velo3D has unveiled plans for a 288,747-square-foot production campus in Livermore, California, positioning the site as its future manufacturing hub. The project ranks among the largest metal 3D printing facility developments on the continent and is scheduled to come online before the end of 2026. The firm will retain its current…

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Jul 3, 2026Added 17 days ago

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State of INDX – July 2026 Update: Founder’s Edition Shipping + What’s Next

The Bondtech INDX Founder’s Edition is out in the wild - huge congrats to our friends from Bondtech! :-) With that milestone behind us, we’re moving to the next phase: shipping the “standard” INDX Conversion Kit for CORE One/+. Since the Founder’s... The post State of INDX – July 2026 Update: Founder’s Edition Shipping + What’s Next appeared first on Original Prusa 3D Printers.

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Jul 3, 2026Added 17 days ago

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Dassault Systèmes Opens 16th AAKRUTI Competition to Innovators Globally

French multinational software company Dassault Systèmes has kicked off the 16th edition of AAKRUTI, its international design and innovation contest for students. The 2026–27 cycle asks participants to develop projects within four thematic tracks chosen to mirror pressing worldwide concerns: robotics, challenges facing local communities, healthcare, and mobility. Entrants are expected to apply engineering fundamentals…

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Jul 3, 2026Added 18 days ago

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SDU Explores Cutting Chemical Use in Metal Recycling for Additive Manufacturing

Associate Professor Mohammad Malekan of the Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) has secured a Sapere Aude Research Leader grant from Independent Research Fund Denmark to explore whether contaminated metal by-products from industry can feed directly into advanced metal 3D printing. Manufacturing operations across Europe produce vast volumes…

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Jul 3, 2026Added 18 days ago

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German Machine Tool Orders Rise 15 Percent Amid Cautious Optimism

Germany’s machine tool industry recorded a 15 percent increase in incoming orders during Q1 2026, according to the German Machine Tool Builders’ Association (VDW). The uptick follows three consecutive years of decline for the sector, though production, exports, and employment all continued to fall over the same period. “The situation appears to have bottomed out…

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Jul 3, 2026Added 18 days ago

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DEEP Installs Vanguard Subsea Habitat Built With WAAM

DEEP, a company specializing in Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) has completed installation of Vanguard, its pilot subsea human habitat, on the seafloor at Tennessee Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The habitat’s components were produced using WAAM, following a complex marine operation that anchored the system to the ocean floor. Why DEEP…

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Jul 3, 2026Added 18 days ago

Thursday, July 2

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Rocket Lab to Buy Iridium in New Deal, Forming Vertically Integrated Space Company

Nasdaq-listed launch and space systems company Rocket Lab Corporation and global satellite network operator Iridium Communications have signed a definitive agreement for Rocket Lab to acquire Iridium, valuing Iridium shares at $54 a piece through a combination of cash and stock and putting its enterprise value at roughly $8 billion. The combination creates a single,…

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Jul 2, 2026Added 18 days ago

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Google Opens Up the Fitbit Air for DIY 3D Printed Customization

Google is opening up its newest wearable to the maker community, releasing hardware blueprints for the Fitbit Air just weeks after its launch and inviting owners to design and 3D print their own accessories. The move builds on the device’s already-swappable design, and independent makers have already started publishing printable projects, with Google now extending…

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Jul 2, 2026Added 18 days ago

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Valland’s ToZero Project Turns Scrap Into 3D Printable Metal

Italian additive manufacturer Valland, together with the Politecnico di Torino, the Politecnico di Bari, and the Fontana Group, has confirmed under Italy’s Accordi per l’Innovazione-backed ToZero project that recycled automotive aluminum scrap can be turned into powder suitable for laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), cutting a demonstrator part’s carbon footprint, though a lingering print-speed gap…

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Jul 2, 2026Added 18 days ago

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Auburn University and NASA Demonstrate Inkless Electronics Printing in Microgravity

Researchers from Auburn University and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center have demonstrated that conductive metal structures can be printed in microgravity without liquid inks, using a compact, self-contained system that generates, deposits, and sinters metal nanoparticles on demand. The work, published in npj Advanced Manufacturing, presents results from a two-day parabolic flight campaign and represents…

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Jul 2, 2026Added 19 days ago

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Zellerfeld and Volumental Connect Precision Scanning to 3D Printed Shoes

3D printing footwear company Zellerfeld has announced a partnership with Volumental to connect precision foot scanning directly into its on-demand shoe manufacturing platform. Under the arrangement, foot geometry captured through Volumental’s in-store and mobile scanning experiences feeds into Zellerfeld’s 3D printing pipeline, allowing each shoe to be produced to the specific contours of an individual…

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Jul 2, 2026Added 19 days ago

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Austal, Curtin University and AMCRC Launch Framework to Guide AM Adoption in Australian Maritime Defense

Austal, Curtin University, and the Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC) have launched a $600,000 joint research project aimed at helping Australia’s maritime and defense sector determine where additive manufacturing (AM) actually makes sense to use. The 18-month project will produce a structured framework for evaluating components against operational, commercial, technical, and regulatory criteria, moving…

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Jul 2, 2026Added 19 days ago

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VulcanForms Secures $21M State Tax Credit for Massachusetts Expansion

Digital manufacturing firm VulcanForms is set to build a facility of up to one million square feet at its existing Devens, Massachusetts site. The Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council (EACC) approved $21.26 million in state tax credits for the project under the Economic Development Incentive Program (EDIP), a performance-based initiative that ties credits to job…

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Jul 2, 2026Added 19 days ago

Wednesday, July 1

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AMAA 2026: Northrop’s Single Piece Tanks Created a New Certification Challenge

In additive manufacturing for space hardware, the parts easiest to print are often the hardest to certify. A forging and a weld seam unified into one printed piece sounds like pure upside, until someone has to prove it will not fail under pressure in orbit. That was the case Andrew Thompson, Manager of Northrop Grumman’s…

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Jul 1, 2026Added 19 days ago

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NNSA Unveils Aires Tide, Its First AI-Designed Flight Vehicle Under the Genesis Mission

A new flight test vehicle from the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) shows what happens when AI, supercomputing, and 3D printing get folded into a single design pipeline. Called Aires Tide, the proof-of-concept aircraft was engineered to test whether national security hardware can move from blueprint to airborne test article on a…

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Jul 1, 2026Added 20 days ago

Tuesday, June 30

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Rameshwari Jonnalagedda Builds 3D Printed Terracotta Modules Designed to Be Colonized by Nature

Designer Rameshwari Jonnalagedda has created Minimal Matter, a system of 3D printed terracotta components built around the mathematics of minimal surfaces, the same geometric principles found in soap films, leaf veins, and cellular membranes. Rather than producing a single fixed object, Jonnalagedda has built a flexible framework: depending on how its geometry is tuned, the…

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Jun 30, 2026Added 20 days ago

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AMAA 2026: Authentise Targets Technical Data Package Bottleneck with AI-Driven Workflow Tool

In additive manufacturing (AM) in aerospace and defense, documentation overhead is one of the most persistent barriers to getting parts into production. Boeing was sitting on a substantial backlog of technical data packages for casting and 3D printed parts, at a cost its engineering teams could no longer absorb. Authentise, a Philadelphia-headquartered digital workflow management…

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Jun 30, 2026Added 20 days ago

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Unsupervised, Strong, and Scalable: The New Era of Factory-Floor 3D Printing

There’s a jig sitting in a drawer at most aerospace and automotive shops. Making it meant calling a machinist, waiting weeks, and paying for a block of aluminum to be carved down into something used maybe 50 times before the design changed. Additive manufacturing was supposed to fix that. And it has, at small scales.…

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Jun 30, 2026Added 20 days ago

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AMAA 2026: NASA JPL details 3D printed lattice design for Mars Sample Return impact protection

With AMAA: Aerospace, Space & Defense returning to place mission-critical additive manufacturing applications under the spotlight, our pre-event series returns to focus on speakers from across the sector examining where 3D printing is moving from design freedom into functional hardware. Among them is Ryan Watkins, a Research Engineer specializing in mechanics at NASA Jet Propulsion…

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Jun 30, 2026Added 20 days ago

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Empa Uses 3D Printing to Repair Cracked Bridges Without Replacing Them

Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) researchers are using Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing to repair fatigue cracks in bridges and steel structures, printing customized metal reinforcements directly onto damaged components rather than replacing them entirely. The process, known as WAAM, works by feeding a welding wire through a robotic arm that deposits…

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Jun 30, 2026Added 20 days ago

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NSF Grant Funds True 3D Nanoprinting at UC Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara has secured $1.15 million from the National Science Foundation to acquire a nanoscale 3D printing system based on two-photon photolithography (2PP), technology that moves additive manufacturing beyond flat layering into true three-dimensional structures at resolutions down to 10 nanometers. The grant, led by electrical and computer engineering professor Galan Moody alongside four…

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Jun 30, 2026Added 20 days ago

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SHINING 3D Dental’s Ceramix-Nano Takes Chairside Printing to a New Level

SHINING 3D Dental, dental division of Chinese company SHINING 3D, officially brought the Ceramix-Nano to market on June 18, stepping into the growing race for compact, clinic-ready ceramic printers with a device that sits on a countertop and delivers permanent restorations before a patient leaves the chair. The machine produces crowns, veneers, inlays, onlays, and…

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Jun 30, 2026Added 20 days ago

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Massivit Launches RapidWings to Fix Defense’s Composite Bottleneck

Israel-based Massivit has unveiled RapidWings, a global network of local, on-demand sovereign production facilities designed to overcome composite manufacturing bottlenecks in defense. Already operational in Israel, the network is now actively recruiting certified manufacturers in the US and Europe. “Defense is a necessity worldwide. By cutting manufacturing times, RapidWings’ proprietary technology could save defense and…

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Jun 30, 2026Added 20 days ago

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Queen’s University Engineers Open-Source Above-Elbow Prosthetic

Queen’s University Canada engineering students have spent three years developing a mechanical, electronics-free 3D printed prosthetic for above-elbow amputees, filling a design gap that left migrants on the Thailand-Myanmar border without options. Biomedical computing student Emese Elkind has led a Queen’s engineering team working with the Burma Children Medical Fund (BCMF), an NGO near the…

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Jun 30, 2026Added 20 days ago

Monday, June 29

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Flash Summer Deal 2026: 20% Off MK4S & Reduced CORE One+ Shipping!

Long summer days are perfect for bringing new projects to life. Plus, a 3D printer is a great end-of-school-year gift idea for creative students. To help you gear up for new creations, we've prepared a Flash Summer Deal on two of... The post Flash Summer Deal 2026: 20% Off MK4S & Reduced CORE One+ Shipping! appeared first on Original Prusa 3D Printers.

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Jun 29, 2026Added 21 days ago

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AMAA 2026: Why the UK MOD Is Betting Big on AM

When a warship cannot leave port because a decades-old part no longer exists anywhere in the supply chain, the daily cost to the taxpayer is in millions. The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has spent £6.25M on Project Tampa (including up to £5M with industry), a four-spiral defense additive manufacturing program designed to address obsolescence…

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Jun 29, 2026Added 22 days ago

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The Royal Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Push for Submarine Readiness

The UK’s Submarine Delivery Group, part of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise, has moved additive manufacturing from experimental tool to frontline maintenance capability, deploying on-site 3D printing workshops at HM Naval Base Clyde and establishing a dedicated team to reduce the supply chain delays that keep submarines alongside longer than necessary. The SDG Additive Manufacturing team,…

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Jun 29, 2026Added 22 days ago

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DLA’s Product Test Center Cuts Testing Times with 3D Printing Capability

The Defense Logistics Agency Weapons Support Product Test Center in Columbus, Ohio has integrated additive manufacturing into its quality assurance operations, reducing fixture production times from months to hours and freeing up staff capacity in the process. The facility tests around 3,000 items per year across its electronics and mechanical labs, with a 30-day window…

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Jun 29, 2026Added 22 days ago

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Eureka’s River Luminaire Brings 3D Printing to Decorative Lighting

Montreal-based lighting manufacturer Eureka, part of the Acuity Brands portfolio, has introduced the River Luminaire series, a collection of 13 decorative lighting fixtures. For the first time, Eureka has incorporated large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) into its product lineup, partnering with Florida-based Haddy to realize shapes and textures that traditional manufacturing simply cannot achieve. The collection…

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Jun 29, 2026Added 22 days ago

Saturday, June 27

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Phase3D Closes $2.9M Funding Round for Metal AM Inspection

Chicago-based 3D printing quality assurance software developer Phase3D, has closed a $2.9 million funding round. Quest Venture Partners led the raise, with participation from Trinity Capital, Kinisis Ventures, Leroy Street Capital Partners, Asimov Ventures, and others. The round was oversubscribed. Proceeds will fund scaled manufacturing of Fringe Inspection, the company’s structured-light heightmap sensor, along with…

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Jun 27, 2026Added 22 days ago

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3YOURMIND, Phillips Corporation Join NPS Experiment at RIMPAC 2026

3D printing software developer 3YOURMIND and Phillips Corporation Federal Division are participating in a distributed manufacturing experiment organized by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) as part of the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) military exercise, running from June 24 to July 31 around the Hawaiian Islands. The experiment, conducted through the NPS Consortium for…

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Jun 27, 2026Added 22 days ago

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AML3D Commissions First Two ARCEMY X Systems at NNS

Australian 3D printer manufacturer AML3D has commissioned two large-scale ARCEMY X metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), finalizing an initial approximately AU$4.5 million (approx. US$3.2 million) order. NNS is a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), which builds nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines for the U.S. Navy. On completion, NNS will…

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Jun 27, 2026Added 22 days ago

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ExOne Launches S-Print Pro: Technical Specifications and Pricing

ExOne has launched the S-Print Pro, a sand binder jetting (BJT) system designed for smaller foundries and pattern shops that have historically been priced out of industrial additive manufacturing (AM). The machine fits in under 12 m² of floor space and is positioned as the company’s affordable entry point for production-grade sand 3D printing. The…

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Jun 27, 2026Added 22 days ago

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CECIMO Launches AM-Europe to Unify the Continent’s Additive Manufacturing Ecosystem

CECIMO, the European Association of Manufacturing Technologies, has officially unveiled AM-Europe, a dedicated continental platform designed to consolidate and amplify the additive manufacturing (AM) sector’s presence across Europe. The initiative marks a deliberate structural shift, transforming CECIMO’s longstanding but internally-focused AM activities into an outward-facing, inclusive ecosystem with a distinct European identity. Rather than a…

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Jun 27, 2026Added 24 days ago

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CU Boulder and Columbia University Find a Biopolymer Formula for 3D Printable Earth

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, working alongside scientists from Columbia University, have identified a surprising solution to one of additive manufacturing’s more unconventional frontiers: getting natural earthen materials like clay and sand to behave reliably inside a 3D printer. The answer, it turns out, has long been sitting in the ice cream aisle.…

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Jun 27, 2026Added 24 days ago