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Reborn to Reshore: Why the Velo3D Story May Just Be Getting Started
As someone who was born in 1988, I’ve lived through some pretty wacky economic disruptions. But I think that the mood now prevailing in the global business environment may make…
Manufacturing Industry Trends & AM Suite Software with Hexagon’s Jason Walker & Mathieu Perennou
There are several trends shaping the future of manufacturing in 2025, including supply chain resilience, workforce development and management, sustainability, and the adoption of cutting-edge technologies like AI, automation, and…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 6, 2025: US Navy, Plant-Based Fish, Food Waste, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Austal USA ordered a second AML3D system for the US Navy Centre of Excellence. Filamentive is working to improve material transparency in 3D printing….
3MF Becomes ISO Standard
The 3MF file format has become an ISO Standard, becoming part of ISO/IEC 25422:2025. The file format is still open source, and it is hoped that this move will build…
Scaling Impact Through Innovation: How 3D Printing Is Transforming Pediatric Prosthetics
Around the world, thousands of children live with limb loss and limited access to proper prosthetic care. In many low-resource settings, these children go without the mobility they deserve, constrained…
3D Printing Financials: Xometry Sets New Record in Q2
Xometry (Nasdaq: XMTR) has reported its best-ever quarterly results, with strong growth across its online manufacturing marketplace. The company saw gains in revenue, profit margins, and customer activity, pointing to…
Headmade Uses the Formlabs Fuse1+ to 3D Print Titanium
Headmade lets you take polymer laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) 3D printers and use them to print metal parts. Using what they call Cold Metal Fusion, a metal-doped polymer feedstock…
Soft Robotics is Finally Coming Together: Northwestern Researchers Make Strides Towards a Better Actuator
Soft robotics for a long time was a lot of nice videos, papers, and very little in the way of useful technology. It was kind of an engineering Esperanto: a…
Axtra3D Reports Strong Growth in First Half of 2025
Axtra3D, a company known for its high-speed Stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing technology, is seeing strong momentum in 2025. In the first half of the year, the company grew its revenue,…
Mantle Boosts Feature Strength and Print Resolution for Tooling Applications
San Francisco-based Mantle reports an improvement in feature size and part strength. This should let its customers reduce EDM (electrical discharge machining) time, make more molds possible, and reduce sintering…
Why Align Technology’s Slowdown Still Matters to 3D Printing
Align Technology (Nasdaq: ALGN), the company behind Invisalign clear aligners, reported lower-than-expected results for the second quarter of 2025. While the slowdown is tied to broader economic and dental industry…
Researchers Use LPBF 3D Printed Component to Improve Bacteria-Based Battery’s Power Output
According to a report by AM Research, the 3D electronics printing (3DEP) market is estimated to experience major growth in the coming years, with total market value expected to reach…
3DPOD 265: Beam Shaping and Plenty More with Alex Kingsbury, nLIGHT
Alex Kingsbury worked at the Australian research institute CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) on Additive before working for The Barnes Global Advisors, RMIT University, and now nLight. Alex…
This Swiss Ice Cream Shop Was 3D Printed from Recycled Plastic—and It Looks Amazing
In the Alpine village of Mulegns, Switzerland, a new experimental ice cream shop looks like something out of a dream. From the outside, it resembles a classic wooden barn. But…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 2, 2025: Acquisition, LFAM, & More
We’re starting off with business news in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as Hanger announced its impending acquisition of Point Designs. Meltio shared several industrial use cases for its…
3D Printing Financials: Protolabs Hits Record Revenue, But 3D Printing Softens
Protolabs (NYSE: PRLB) had a strong second quarter, setting a new revenue record and showing steady growth across its services. 3D printing may have taken a slight hit this quarter,…
Something to Smile About: 3D Systems Announces Commercial Release of 3D Printed Denture Solution
In 2017, additive leader 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) acquired Vertex Global-Holding B.V., the parent company of dental prosthetics manufacturer Vertex Dental and dental 3D printing materials developer NextDent. This move helped the company…
AM Can Evolve to Drive Entire Markets, and the Dental Industry is Proof
In an era of challenges to the additive manufacturing (AM) industry, mostly driven by the technology’s relatively high cost at a time when financing production equipment is more expensive, many…
3D Printed Construction: Hype vs. Reality in 2025
In May, Starbucks opened its first 3D printed store, a small, drive-thru-only location in Brownsville, Texas. Designed in collaboration with construction technology company PERI 3D Construction, the structure grabbed attention…
Consolidation in AM: How 2025 Is Shaping the Industry’s New Normal
The first half of 2025 has been marked by a clear shift in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry. Companies are no longer just focused on developing new tech by themselves….
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