3D Printing Materials
American Rheinmetall Orders $300K in 3D Printed Titanium Prototypes for U.S. Army Systems From IperionX
As I’ve noted more than once in recent months, 2025 was the year for critical minerals, and the U.S. additive manufacturing (AM) industry made the most of that. IperionX, the…
COBRA Golf Releases More 3D Printed Putters
COBRA Golf first used HP‘s BinderJet to make putters in 2020, releasing a line in 2021. The King series putters had 10 models and were made of 316L stainless steel…
3DPOD 289: 3D Printing Concrete with Andreas Gallmetzer, Progress Group
In this episode of the 3DPOD, we sit down with Andreas Gallmetzer, Head of 3D Concrete Printing at Progress Maschinen & Automation AG. Gallmetzer shares his professional journey and offers…
Polymer Extrusion 3D Printing Market Expected to Reach $6.1B by 2034, According to AM Research
According to a new report by Additive Manufacturing Research (AM Research or AMR), “Polymer Extrusion 3D Printing Markets 2025–2034: Analysis and Forecast in the Age of Low-Cost Upstarts,” the global…
Yuko Oka and Her Studio Are Rethinking Architecture with 3D Printing
In Japan, architect Yuko Oka and her studio, Oka Architecture Design & Co., Ltd., are doing something special. Rather than using 3D printing as a novelty, they’ve made it part…
3D Printing News Briefs, January 17, 2026: Titanium Scrap, Autopsy Analysis, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start with government funding news from IperionX. Then, a German contract manufacturer has acquired its 6th and 7th Lithoz ceramic 3D printers….
Formlabs Fuse 1+ 30W: Small SLS Printer, Massive Impact
Disclosure: With Formlabs permission I was able to sell my 4L and use that to help with the purchase of the Fuse 1+ and Fuse Sift. Aside from allowing me…
3D Printing News Briefs, January 15, 2026: Project Call, Sports Medicine, Aluminum Alloy, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, America Makes announced the winners of a $1.1 million Project Call, Austal USA named a new Vice President for Business Development and External Affairs,…
Friction Stir Additive Used to Make Shape Memory Metal Ceramic Composites
Associate Professor Hang Yu, along with researchers Donnie Erb and Nikhil Gotawala, has used Additive Friction Stir Deposition (AFSD) to make shape-memory ceramics. Published in Materials Science and Engineering R:…
Perseus Materials Is Rethinking How Large Parts Are Made
Making very large parts has always been a problem in manufacturing. Molds are expensive, tooling is slow, and scaling up often means starting over. Perseus Materials was created to change…
AMR Report Says Polymer Extrusion 3D Printing Market Reached $2.2 Billion in 2025
A new market report from Additive Manufacturing Research (AMR) shows that polymer extrusion 3D printing continues to grow quickly, driven largely by low-cost machines and materials. The report, titled “Polymer…
Additive Construction Firm Black Buffalo 3D Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Black Buffalo 3D Corporation has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The U.S. company, known for manufacturing large-scale 3D construction printers and proprietary building materials, has not yet issued a…
Palette 300 Launches at CES 2026: AtomForm Debuts Its 12-Nozzle, 36-Color 3D Printer
Las Vegas’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026 is officially in session (January 6-9). As desktop 3D printers are arguably as important to the additive manufacturing (AM) industry today as at…
3D Printing Predictions 2026: Industrial Production & Polymer Additive Manufacturing
Polymer additive manufacturing is seeing less investment, attention, and disruption than metal additive manufacturing currently. Less crucial for defense needs, it has of late had far fewer new entrants. But,…
Studio RAP Is Turning 3D Printed Ceramics into Moments of Wonder
Studio RAP has been using 3D printing and ceramics to create spaces that feel human, calm, and alive. The studio’s approach can be seen in two recent projects, one in…
3D Printing News Briefs, January 3, 2026: F-15 Replacement Part, Ice Trees, & More
Happy New Year! We’ve got an abbreviated 3D Printing News Briefs for you today, so we can all enjoy our holiday weekend but still keep up on the industry’s news….
Inside Xometry’s 2026 Outlook: Why AM Is Becoming Essential — and What’s Still Holding It Back
In the first part of this series, we spoke with Xometry’s Senior Vice President of Marketplace Operations, Mike Cavalieri, about how manufacturers are reshoring, diversifying their suppliers, and building more…
QuesTek’s Space Bet: New Alloys Built for 3D Printing, Not for the Old Rules
If you ask most people what’s holding back 3D printing in aerospace, they usually think the answer is better hardware; mainly faster machines, bigger build chambers, and tighter process control….
3DPOD 285: Manufacturing on the Moon with Amolak Badesha, Orbital Composites
Amolak Badesha has a habit of being ahead of the curve in GPUs and optics. So his outlandish and very futuristic claims in this podcast may seem crazy, but maybe…
Metal Powder Works & Austal USA Form Partnership Surrounding US Navy 3D Printing
There are few companies that have been more integral than Austal USA to the U.S. Navy’s ongoing additive manufacturing (AM) buildup. Among other steps that the subsidiary of the Australian…
Continuum Powders Releases Two New Copper-Nickel 3D Printing Powders
The significance of critical minerals to global geopolitics is showing no sign of slowdown as we approach the new year; if anything, it looks like 2025 was just the very…
3D Printing News Briefs, December 17, 2025: Standards, Ballistics, Dental Aligners, & More
Today’s 3D Printing News Briefs is a bit of a mixed bag, including stories about standards, ballistics 3D printing, dental aligners, and more. Read on for all the details! DNV…
How Kupros, Inc. Plans to Smash the Barriers to Entry for Additive Electronics
In 2024, as usual, semiconductor manufacturers topped the world’s list of highest R&D spenders. There are few spaces within global industry where R&D is more highly prioritized than semiconductor and…
3D Printed Facades at Ibiza’s Iconic Pacha
Pacha is either the most or the second most famous club in the world. Ibiza-based Pacha has been a destination club since 1973 and has grown out to be a…
