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Project Peculiar Document & Other AM-Relevant Signs of a New War Economy
According to the Pentagon, “We will not defeat our adversaries with compliance checklists; we will defeat them by rapidly fielding superior capabilities produced by an expanded, resilient American industrial base.”…
Formnext Asia Shenzhen 2026: China Has Built the AM Stack. What Comes Next?
In Hall 15 at Formnext Asia Shenzhen 2026, consumer 3D printing was everywhere, from toys, figurines, and character models to thousand-machine production farms. Green-laser companies displayed copper cold plates for…
ORNL Continues WAAM Work on Industrial Pressure Vessels with Idaho National Laboratory
At last year’s Additive Manufacturing Strategies (AMS), we spent an entire morning of a three-day show on DED, and specifically pressure vessels. To many, pressure vessels are a rather obscure…
AMCOM Wants More Expeditionary 3D Printers for US Army Aviation Systems
Disrupt yourself or someone else will do it for you: this is the lesson that the US military has been conveying to its suppliers all year. The advanced manufacturing demonstrations…
Japan’s B1 Terra Drone to Be Mass Produced
Despite its industrial might and precision engineering excellence, Japan has been rather aloof to 3D printing over the past decades. Despite an early start by companies such as Teijin Seiki…
3D Printing Financials: 6K Additive Sales Rise as Aerospace and Defense Demand Grows
6K Additive (ASX: 6KA) grew rapidly in the first half of 2026 as demand for its metal powders increased, particularly from aerospace and defense customers. The newly public company also…
The Formlabs Shuffle
For the latest development on 8/31/26, please see an update at the end of this article. Formlabs is doing a management shuffle, pointing the firm even more surely towards an…
3DPOD 313: Patient-Specific 3D Printing with Ruben Wauthle, Amnovis
Ruben Wauthle studied at Leuven University at a very serendipitous time. Through working with pioneering additive professors and surgeons, he entered into a specialty that was emerging. He joined pioneering…
Low-Cost 3D Printed Balloon Banjo Explores the Physics of Resonance with Unique Sound Box
I’ve seen 3D printed guitars before; my favorite is Olaf Diegel’s Xenomorph guitar. I’ve even seen a 3D printed ukulele and some 3D printed violins. This is the first time…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 29, 2026: Prosthetics, Pelvic Implants, Capillaries, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, America Makes announced the winner of its GOTHAAM Project Call. Then it’s all about healthcare 3D printing news, with Stratasys and Limbitless Solutions…
3D Printing Financials: Aerospace and Defense Help Materialise Manufacturing Rebound
Materialise (Nasdaq: MTLS) grew revenue and profit in the second quarter of 2026, as its Medical business continued to expand, and stronger aerospace and defense demand helped its Manufacturing segment…
Phillips Federal Becomes Exclusive Phase3D Reseller for North American Defense Market
Phase3D is demonstrating a unique combination of technical maturation via intensive R&D, and commercialization through broadening its accessibility to potential users. Just last week, the company received an Air Force…
Lufthansa Technik Uses 3D Printed Titanium Latch for Aircraft MRO
Maintenance and interiors aircraft giant Lufthansa Technik is exploring 3D printing at greater depths, hoping to take its customers to the heights they’re accustomed to. A team at Lufthansa Technik…
3D Printing Financials: Creality Posts H1 Loss, Plans $80M AM Headquarters
Creality (HKG: 3388) sold more products in the first half of 2026, but lower margins and higher spending pushed the consumer 3D printing company into the red. At the same…
The Evolution and Future of The AM Services Market (and How We’re Tracking It)
If it feels like additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies are finding a place in the mainstream of everyday products and life, it’s because they are. It has been a…
Deakin Researchers 3D Print Rotary Kirigami Cylinders
We’ve long had a passion at 3DPrint.com for Kirigami shapes, be it in the form of bandages, nano fabrication, or sensors. We also wrote a lot about metamaterials and, more…
DOE Awards $50M to Coreshell Technologies & AM Batteries for Domestic Anode Production
One topic that I do my best to stay on top of is the inseparability between rising adoption of metal additive manufacturing (AM) and the growing awareness of a need…
The Business Case for 3D Printed Stents
A new 3D printed stent developed at New York University (NYU) does not look like the devices doctors typically use today. Instead of a simple tube, the prototype resembles a…
Printflation: When Expectations Grow Faster Than Commercial Adoption
If you’ve been to the grocery store recently, you’ve probably noticed shrinkflation. A cereal box looks the same. The price may even be the same. But when you get home,…
Who’s Asking the Questions? A Look at Additive Manufacturing’s Financial Analysts
Every earnings season, executives at publicly traded additive manufacturing (AM) companies face questions from Wall Street. While the companies change strategies, launch new products, or enter new markets, many of…
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