Matt Kremenetsky
Metal Wire 3D Printer OEM ValCUN Announces Plans for 2025 Expansion
ValCUN, a Belgian original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of wire-based metal additive manufacturing (AM) hardware, has announced that the company has entered the next phase of its growth trajectory, making key…
3D Printer OEM Axtra3D Raises Nearly $10M in Series A
Axtra3D, an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of 3D printers leveraging the company’s patented Hybrid Photosynthesis (HPS) technology, has received another $4.5 million in Series A financing, bringing its total Series…
Caracol AM to Launch its First Metal 3D Printer at Formnext 2024
Caracol AM, a US-Italian original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of large-format additive manufacturing (AM) systems, has announced the launch of the company’s first metal printer, Vipra AM. A directed energy deposition…
ADDIMETAL to Debut First French Metal Binder Jetting 3D Printer at Formnext 2024
ADDIMETAL, a French original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of additive manufacturing (AM) hardware, will debut its first product, the K2-2 metal binder jetting (MBJ) printer, at Formnext 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany…
Defense Innovation Unit’s TACTILE Program Achieves First Missile Launch w/ 3D Printed Propellant
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), an agency within the US Department of Defense (DoD) focused on commercial scaling of emerging technologies, has announced the successful launch of a single-stage rocket…
Austal Buys SPEE3D Cold Spray 3D Printer for Navy’s AM Center of Excellence
Austal USA Advanced Technologies (AT), part of the US subsidiary of the Australian maritime giant, has purchased a WarpSPEE3D printer from cold spray additive manufacturing (CSAM) OEM SPEE3D. Austal USA…
Bloomberg: 3D Printed Rocket Maker Relativity Space Facing Financial Challenges
According to a recently published article in Bloomberg, the Long Beach-based launch company Relativity Space — one of many entities claiming to have the “world’s largest” metal 3D printer —…
Florida State University Selects ASTRO America to Establish 3D Printing Center
The Applied Science & Technology Research Organization (ASTRO) America, a nonprofit advanced manufacturing consultancy and think tank based in Washington, DC and Florida, has been selected by Florida State University…
US Air Force Awards Beehive Industries $12.4M to 3D Print Engines for Unmanned Vehicles
Beehive Industries, an additive manufacturing (AM) contract manufacturer based in Colorado, has been awarded a $12.4 million contract by the US Air Force to print engines for unmanned aerial vehicles…
America Makes Awards $4M to Ursa Major to Qualify 3D Printed Copper Rocket Engines
In the third phase of a partnership that started in 2021, America Makes, the Manufacturing USA institute based in Youngstown, Ohio, has awarded $4 million to Colorado’s Ursa Major Technologies,…
Open to Work: Additive Minds Business Development Director Fabian Alefeld on 3D Printing’s Role in Building America’s Manufacturing Workforce
The attempt by US policymakers and major corporate stakeholders to ignite a domestic manufacturing renaissance over the last few years has so far seen mixed results. Fabian Alefeld, the global…
Scanners for All Occasions: Artec 3D CEO Artyom Yukhin Explains How the Company Stays at the Head of its Market
The proliferation of 3D data has gradually transformed the entire industrial landscape so far in the 21st century, with virtually all sectors, from oil & gas to medical, relying on…
Dinsmore Gains Ability to 3D Print Functional Stents Thanks to Axtra3D
As essentially everyone familiar with additive manufacturing (AM) knows, one of the greatest advantages of 3D printing technologies is the potential to produce parts with complex geometries that are unachievable…
Stifel Receives Final Federal Approval for AM Forward Fund
In February 2024, Stifel Financial Corp. announced that it had received US government approval to begin raising funds for its Stifel North Atlantic AM-Forward Fund. Stifel has now announced that…
Conflux Gets $11M for 3D Printed Heat Exchangers in Series B Round
Conflux Technology, an Australian startup that specializes in deploying additive manufacturing (AM) to produce heat exchangers, has brought in $11 million in its Series B round, led by Breakthrough Victoria,…
GM Invests $10M in Forge Nano’s EV Battery 3D Printing Tech
GM Ventures, the investment arm of the Detroit auto giant, has invested $10 million into Forge Nano, the original equipment manufactuer (OEM) of atomic layer deposition (ALD) equipment used for…
US Army Sends Digital Spares to Soldiers in Combat, Sets Sights on Expanding Tactical Edge 3D Printing Capabilities
In the U.S. military’s now decade-plus buildup of additive manufacturing (AM) capabilities, the Department of Defense (DoD) has gradually increased its attention on enabling its personnel to print parts at…
Hyundai Motor Group and Singapore Sign 3D Printing Joint Research Agreement
Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have signed an agreement to collaborate on research into hydrogen energy systems, as well as an agreement to jointly develop…
Nikon Advanced Manufacturing Has a Plan: CEO Hamid Zarringhalam on the Company’s Outlook for Metal 3D Printing in The US
As 2024 nears its end and we barrel right into the middle of the decade, the additive manufacturing (AM) industry still finds itself lacking direction. If there’s one thing the…
ADNOC Gas and Immensa Develop Digital Library for Thousands of 3D Printed Spares
A division of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), ADNOC Gas, announced it has been cultivating a digital file catalog to support its additive manufacturing (AM) efforts. In partnership…
Michigan 3D Printing Accelerator Project DIAMOnD Opens Digital Transformation Center
Project DIAMOnD, an additive manufacturing (AM) accelerator within Michigan nonprofit digital technologies consortium Automation Alley, recently opened the Digital Transformation Center (DTC) in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills. The…
polySpectra Launches Kickstarter for Industrial-grade Desktop 3D Printing Resin
polySpectra, the Berkeley-based supplier of Cyclic Olefin Resin (COR) materials used for additive manufacturing (AM), has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its newest product, COR Zero. polySpectra spent over ten…
3D Printing Materials Supplier Fortius Metals Brings in Another $2M
Fortius Metals, a Colorado-based supplier of metal wires used for additive manufacturing (AM), has added $2 million in Seed+ financing, with the funding round now totaling $5 million. New investor…
DOE Awards Iowa State $1M to Research 3D Printed Tungsten for Nuclear Energy
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $1 million grant to Iowa State University for R&D into using directed energy deposition (DED) additive manufacturing (AM) of tungsten components…
