3D Printing Materials
3D Printing News Briefs, February 14, 2026: Project Call, Maritime Construction, Prosthetics, & More
Happy Valentine’s Day! We’re starting this weekend’s News Briefs off with a Project Call award, and then moving on to a business growth program. We’ll end with research in underwater…
Why SiC-Dedicated Additive Manufacturing Is Gaining Industrial Relevance
Silicon carbide is not a material problem—it’s a manufacturing one. Silicon carbide (SiC) has become a critical material across semiconductors, aerospace, energy, and defense. Its exceptional thermal stability, chemical resistance,…
Goldilocks’ Flywheel: Refractory Complex Concentrated Alloys (RCCAs) & The Race for the Future
Recently, Metalysis, Skyrora, and Thermo-Calc Solutions started to try to commercialize Tanbium. This alloy has been created for use in combustion chambers and rocket nozzles. Tanbium is a Refractory Complex…
Stratasys Partners With Defense Prime Heavyweights to Qualify SAF PA12 for Industrial 3D Printing
Perhaps the most valuable lesson that the additive manufacturing (AM) industry has learned in its technical maturation era over the last five years or so is that you can’t really…
Cheap Printers Make Metal Powders Costly
Last year, on stage at AM Strategies, the argument was simple: additive manufacturing had to stop chasing elegance and start chasing economics. The 3D printing community had spent decades refining…
Adoption of Advanced Powder Metal Manufacturing in the Global Small Arms Space – SHOT Show 2026 Additive Manufacturing Analysis
Back in 2013, I remember being completely blown away when a company called Solid Concepts reportedly additively manufactured nearly a complete firearm as a proof of concept. Although desktop polymer…
Walking into the Future: 3D Printed Footwear Moves Closer to the Mainstream
Footwear is quickly becoming one of the most active and promising applications for additive manufacturing (AM). What once seemed experimental—midsoles and concept shoes—is now expanding into full products, new materials,…
3D Printing News Briefs, January 28, 2026: Suppressors, 3D Electronics, & More
We’re kicking off 3D Printing News Briefs with some news from last week’s Shot Show in Las Vegas, and then moving on to new 3D printing systems. We’ll end with…
Critical Alloy Powder Manufacturing: CAPP Prioritizes AM Feedstocks and Advances U.S. Materials Leadership
Scaling additive manufacturing (AM) supply chains, particularly for metal powder-based processes, depends on the economic viability of products. The development of critical high-temperature metal alloys in powder form requires customer…
From Speed to Versatility: Multi-Color & Multi-Material Printing at TCT Asia 2026
If you walked the floor of any major additive manufacturing expo in 2025 — as a buyer, engineer, or exhibitor — the buzz was unmistakable. It wasn’t just hype; it…
Creality Quietly Gauging Interest in a Desktop Filament Recycler
Creality is testing the waters on a desktop filament recycling system suitable for home use. The Creality Filament Maker M1 and Shredder R1 are in the engineering stage and can…
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…
