3D Printers
Peopoly Unveils $15,000 Giga 800 FGF 3D Printer for Large Pellet Prints
Peopoly is known for its Magneto X, a printer that eschews belts and uses linear motors instead. The company also has a vat polymerization system, and now is moving into FGF…
First Containerized System from AML3D Now Operational at US Navy AM CoE
Shipbuilding giant Austal USA recently announced the launch of the Digital SEA (Secure Exchange for Additive) platform, which should play a major role in expanding accessibility to the sorts of…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 9, 2026: Financials, Large-Format Printer, Steels, & More
In 3D Printing News Briefs this weekend, 6K Additive has appointed a new COO and released its Q1 financials. Rolls-Royce opened a new AM Development Cell, and MODIX launched its…
Phillips Federal Participates in Marine Corps Exercise
Phillips Federal will participate in a Marine Corps exercise that will use several additive manufacturing technologies. The 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force (IMEF), will…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 2, 2026: Soft Robots, Agricultural Waste, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start off with a multi-laser metal powder bed fusion 3D printer and post-processing news. We’ll end with research into soft robotics and…
How AtomForm’s 12-Nozzle System Cuts Multi-Color FDM Transition Waste by Up to 90%
Pull up the print stats on multi-color FDM jobs. The number that stings isn’t time; it’s material efficiency. On six-color models, single-nozzle systems consume significant filament during transition flushing, expelling…
RAPID 2026: Democratizing Metal Laser Powder Bed Fusion 3D Printing with Mastrex
Aside from a quick mention in an episode of our Printing Money podcast, I didn’t know much about Mastrex. But when I heard that the company had developed a $39,000…
LOOP 3D Reveals 3D Printer Designed for Industrial Uptime
LOOP 3D has released the LOOP PRO X+ TURBO Gen2. This version has been improved to meet the needs of manufacturing clients. The printer is meant to be a production unit…
3D Printing News Briefs, April 25, 2026: Competition Winners, AI Platform, X2D Printer, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, AMUG announced the winners of its Technical Competition, and Authentise launched AI platform Whisper at RAPID. Bambu Lab wasn’t at RAPID, but launched…
Medical, Electronics, & Semiconductors: Detailed 3D Prints at RAPID 2026 with Boston Micro Fabrication & Lithoz
They say that good things come in small packages, and that’s certainly the case when it comes to Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF). A leader in micro-precision additive manufacturing, the company…
Holcim, COBOD and PERI Print 12 Unit Social Housing Project in France
Holcim has announced that a 12-unit residential structure, ViliaSprint² in Bezannes, France, was finished in a year. Nice to see that people seem to be properly building structures rather than…
HP’s MJF 1200 Targets Entry-Level AM — And Could Shift the Competitive Landscape
HP has launched an entry-level MJF solution, the HP Multi Jet Fusion 1200 3D Printer Solution, which will be available in 2027. What is the 1200 exactly? What does it…
3D Printing News Briefs, April 18, 2026: Educational Grants, Bambu X1, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, SPE announced a collaboration to expand 3D printing education through its equipment grant program. Bambu Lab has retired its X1 Series of FFF 3D…
RAPID Roundup 2026: New Machines and Market Moves
RAPID + TCT 2026 wrapped up yesterday, but the show floor proved there’s a lot happening across the additive manufacturing (AM) space, especially when it comes to new hardware and…
Caracol Taps CNC Robotics to Build and Support Its UK Systems
No matter how quickly the economy seems to be changing on the surface, there is no escaping the fact that geography is the foundation of economics, and, in case anyone…
RAPID Roundup 2026: Simulation, IPQA, Materials, Depowdering, & More
This year’s RAPID+TCT trade show is in full swing in Boston this week, and we already have plenty of news to share with you, from a simulation and optimization platform…
HP Continues to Lower Barriers to Adoption with Compact MJF 1200 & Other RAPID + TCT Announcements
This week at RAPID+TCT in Boston, HP Additive Manufacturing Solutions is celebrating ten years in the AM market. The company launched its Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing technology in Barcelona…
How Decibel Landed the Brands Everyone Wants
The first thing Adam Hecht will tell you is that 3D printing already has the technology. The harder part has been finding applications people actually want. That’s the gap Decibel…
3D Printing News Briefs, April 11, 2026: Energy Targets, DoW Contracts, Nike Air Max, & More
We’re starting with 3D printing for energy applications in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then moving on to military and defense 3D printing. Finally, Nike Sportswear is focusing…
BigRep Launches ONE.5X 3D Printer, Announces New Massive Dimension Partnership at RAPID + TCT 2026
As the whole world is starting to realize, the Hormuz supply chain fallout is only just beginning to filter into the global economy, and the rising cost of plastics should…
Metal Base & Scrap Labs Usher in an Ultra-Low-Cost Sub-$10,000 Metal LPBF Evolution
Above, an image of a part coming off the ScrapLabs Scrap 1. Dutch firm Metal Base started a low-cost metal LPBF revolution last month. An ultra-low-cost metal laser powder bed…
3D Printed Bone Grafts From Georgetown Researchers Could Replace Traditional Implants
Researchers at Georgetown University are developing a new type of 3D printed bone graft designed to work more like real human bone. Instead of relying on metal implants or donor…
Asia AM Watch: China’s 5 Million-Printer Export Year Signals Desktop AM at Scale
For years, a lot of the discussion around China and additive manufacturing has focused on industrial competition. Can Chinese companies move into higher-end markets? Can they challenge Western machine makers…
HP’s Open Industrial Filament System Made North American Debut at AMUG 2026
At Formnext 2025, HP Additive Manufacturing revealed a major step in its broader portfolio expansion strategy with the announcement of a new 3D printer, the HP Industrial Filament 600 High…
