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Italy’s First Certified 3D Printed Home is Alive: WASP Completes the Itaca Project
Additive construction (AC) can’t “solve the housing crisis”: that’s too much to expect from one technology. But AC processes have demonstrated that they’re a promising tool for helping to mitigate…
Adoption of Advanced Powder Metal Manufacturing in the Global Small Arms Space – SHOT Show 2026 Additive Manufacturing Analysis
Back in 2013, I remember being completely blown away when a company called Solid Concepts reportedly additively manufactured nearly a complete firearm as a proof of concept. Although desktop polymer…
Stratasys Partners With Defense Prime Heavyweights to Qualify SAF PA12 for Industrial 3D Printing
Perhaps the most valuable lesson that the additive manufacturing (AM) industry has learned in its technical maturation era over the last five years or so is that you can’t really…
Breaking the Bottleneck: How Automated Post-Processing Is the Key to Scalable Dental 3D Printing
The dental industry has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past decade. Traditional fabrication methods, such as manual casting, milling, and hand finishing, are being steadily replaced by digital workflows…
Machina Labs Secures $124 Million at a Pivotal Moment for Defense Manufacturing
Machina Labs has raised $124 million in funding. Investors include Woven Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Balerion Space Ventures, and Strategic Development Fund (SDF). Machina describes itself as “software-defined production infrastructure,”…
Formnext 2026: A More Mature AM Landscape Takes Shape in Frankfurt
Formnext 2025 offered a clear view of where Additive Manufacturing currently stands: an industry that has moved well beyond its hype phase and is progressing at different speeds across technologies,…
Additive Drives Raises Funding as Electric Motor Makers Look Beyond Rare Earths
Nordic Alpha Partners has invested in Additive Drives. This will help accelerate the company’s mission to develop better 3D printed electric motors. Through making lighter, rare-earth element-free engines, Additive Drives…
Suppressor Resilience: A Billion Dollar AM Market Opportunity
Across the United States, thousands of entrepreneurs are flocking to the suppressor opportunity. Whereas previously suppressors were something for special forces and movies, now they’re in demand with gun enthusiasts,…
Engineering Readiness for the Most Demanding Defense Programs
As additive manufacturing moves from innovation to execution, success is no longer defined by machine capability alone. For the most demanding U.S. defense programs, additive manufacturing must be engineered, qualified,…
From Monitoring to Measurement: Why Objective Inspection is Becoming Essential for Scalable Metal AM
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is no longer judged by its printing capabilities, but how it can print reliably, repeatedly, at scale. As metal AM continues its transition from prototyping to production,…
3D Printing News Briefs, February 5, 2026: Advisory Board, Virtual Twins, & More
We’re starting with business in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, including a new website launched by Metamorphic AM. Massivit appointed two senior leaders to its advisory board, and Dassault Systèmes…
Naval Postgraduate School Trains Non-Specialist Operators in Deployable 3D Printing with XSPEE3D
Aside from enabling uniquely complex geometries, I think that the two truly differentiating advantages of additive manufacturing (AM) are the potential for deployability and the potential for simplifying the process…
Cheap Printers Make Metal Powders Costly
Last year, on stage at AM Strategies, the argument was simple: additive manufacturing had to stop chasing elegance and start chasing economics. The 3D printing community had spent decades refining…
Advancing Workforce Development for Industrial Additive Manufacturing
As additive manufacturing (AM) continues its transition from a niche technology to a core element of industrial production, workforce development has emerged as one of the industry’s most pressing issues….
Analysis: HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding Buys Second NXG 600E
Nikon SLM Solutions has sold a second NXG 600E to HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding unit. This machine will be used to print in NiAlBr, Nickel Aluminum Bronze. The printer will…
Via EOS Partnership, Texas’s ACMI Is the First Customer for the AMCM M 8K 3D Printer
EOS’s two major announcements in the last few months have been the launch of the EOS M4 ONYX at Formnext 2025 and the news from a couple of weeks ago…
Scaling DLP: How Visitech Moves Production Beyond the “Printer Farm”
With hundreds of light engines shipped in 2025, Visitech is leveraging its new Texas facility and scrolling DLP architecture to redefine industrial throughput. By achieving up to 20 times the…
Suppressor Resilience: A Billion Dollar AM Market Opportunity
Across the United States, thousands of entrepreneurs are flocking to the suppressor opportunity. Whereas previously suppressors were something for special forces and movies, now they’re in demand with gun enthusiasts,…
The Business of Customized Sports Equipment: How 3D Printing Is Changing Athletic Gear
For years, 3D printing in sports has been linked mostly with prototypes, concept shoes, and one-off experiments for elite athletes. Helmets, cleats, and footwear midsoles often took over the headlines,…
A New 3D Printing Megaverse Is Forming — Who Will Lead?
The desktop 3D printer market may soon look less like a hobby and more like a serious, high-stakes race. Between rumors of mega-investments, changing alliances, and a boom in consumer…
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