3D Printing
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…
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…
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…
INNOSPACE Is Using Eplus3D Metal Printers to Speed Up Space Launches
INNOSPACE, a space company from South Korea, is now using metal 3D printing to make rocket parts faster, cheaper, and more efficiently, entirely in-house for the first time. After purchasing…
3D Printing News Briefs, July 31, 2025: Falcon A1 Pro Launch, Kickstarter 3D Printer, & More
Today’s 3D Printing News Briefs is all about new products! We’ll tell you about some new components and machines related to additive, as well as a new 3D printer on…
Disney Accelerator Backs Large-Format Robotic 3D Printing Service Haddy
A few months ago, Haddy, a contract manufacturer based in Florida that leverages robotic arm additive manufacturing (AM) systems to produce furniture, announced that it had opened what it was…
Remarkable Results for 3D Printed Flexible Fiber Reinforced Bio-Composites
A new paper shows some remarkable results for flexible bio-composites: continuous flax fiber-reinforced and bamboo charcoal composites were made through 3D printing. The new material shows a 1,571% increase in…
Arkisys and the Bosuns Locker: Bringing Hands-On Space Engineering to Students Across the U.S.
As the space industry looks beyond rockets and satellites to the next wave of orbital infrastructure, one company is betting big on students to help shape that future. Arkisys, a…
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…
ORNL MDF 3D Prints Reactor Formwork Amid Renewed Interest in Nuclear Energy
Having just 3D printed specimen containers using additive, ORNL is moving further. At the ORNL Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF), they’ve worked with Kairos Power and Barnard Construction to use 3D…
Boston’s Additive Edge: Inside RLP’s Gravity Free Revolution
Nestled in the historic neighborhood of Charlestown, one of Boston’s oldest waterfront enclaves, Rapid Liquid Print (RLP) is doing something extraordinary: rewriting the rules of 3D printing — without gravity….
Software Collaboration: Synera and Materialise Paint the Fence
Materialise has inked a collaboration agreement with Synera. Recently, Materialise has been working on an aerospace competence center in the Netherlands, partnered with companies to print aircraft interiors, and managed…
Desktop Metal Bankruptcy: Analysis & Karma Police
Today, Nano Dimension-owned Desktop Metal has filed for bankruptcy. Across a dozen funding rounds, the company raised over $816 million, had a SPAC, and was then acquired by Nano Dimension…
Anker Discontinues FDM 3D Printers, Focuses on UV Model After Record Kickstarter
Anker, the popular electronics company behind brands like AnkerMake and EufyMake, has stopped selling its traditional 3D printers. The company confirmed to The Verge that it is no longer offering…
AM Research Reports $3.58B Q1 Revenues, Opens Access to Free Data
The additive manufacturing (AM) industry posted a strong start to 2025, with global revenues reaching $3.58 billion in the first quarter, according to the latest analysis from Additive Manufacturing Research…
