3D Printing Services

SmarTech Analysis has released the latest edition of its metal 3D printing services report, “The Market for Metal Additive Manufacturing Services: 2023-2031.” The market research firm estimates that, for 2023,…

Utah 3D printing service Merit3D has received an order for 1 million components from Adhesives Technology. The parts are being made—some 40,000 a week—on Photocentric printers using BASF Ultracur EPD 1006. Remarkably,…

Xi’an Bright Laser Technologies Co., Ltd (BLT) is among an established crop of Chinese manufacturers of metal laser powder bed fusion (PBF) machines that are expanding both domestically and internationally….

The Barnes Global Advisors (TBGA), a Pittsburgh-based engineering consultancy specializing in additive manufacturing (AM) processes, has received a $1.975 million grant from the Department of Defense (DoD) to help develop…

Dyndrite is collaborating with MIMO Technik and ASTRO to speed up machine and material qualification for metal 3D printing, and AML3D expands its presence in the U.S. defense industry. 3DPRINTUK…

MakerVerse, the on-demand additive manufacturing (AM) startup founded in 2022 with backing from companies like Siemens Energy and ZEISS, announced that it received €9.4 million (about $10 million) in its…

Impossible Objects has developed one of the more exciting technologies in the 3D printing industry. Not only is its composite based additive manufacturing (CBAM) unlike any other method from a…

Stratasys, the additive manufacturing (AM) pioneer based in Israel, announced that the company has received an order for four H350 industrial platforms from German service bureau Götz Maschinenbau, an existing…

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Authentise released its RFQ Responder, and Chromatic launched a rapid custom rubber 3D printing service. Sticking with materials, IperionX and SLM Solutions signed an…

The additive manufacturing (AM) industry is currently experiencing an interesting set of roll-ups related to 3D printing service bureaus. Given the pace of the sector and the number of smaller…

In 3D Printing News Briefs today, Meltio is expanding its worldwide partner network, and 3D Systems introduced its VSP Connect portal. Oregon State University and Sandia National Laboratories received a…

Scott Volk has deep experience in additive and, over the decades, he’s stood at the forefront of polymer and metal implementations, working for such firms as Incodema3D and GPI Prototype….

In February, 2023, Amentum, one of the US’s largest government services contractors, was awarded $4.6 billion by the US Air Force (USAF) to modernize the supply chains related to the…

Evolve Additive Solutions (EAS), an additive manufacturing (AM) company specializing in applications for amorphous thermoplastics, announced the launch of what it’s calling the ‘Production Assessment Program’. The Production Assessment Program…

It must be frustrating for stakeholders in the additive manufacturing (AM) sector to see that the companies that they’re backing are facing the exact same obstacles in the short-term that…

PrinterPrezz and its subsidiary Vertex Manufacturing have rebranded as Zeda as a part of their growth strategy. Described as a medical technology company focusing on 3D printing with nanotechnology to…

Digital manufacturing provider Protolabs (NYSE: PRLB) has unveiled design for additive manufacturability (DfAM) analysis within its online quoting tool. The tool examines part printability, modifying and optimizing designs for production…

Previously, we’ve seen how I anticipate that the 3D printing industry will split into multiple islands of competitiveness. In a more specific, fragmented market, companies will fight heavily in their…

Slant 3D CEO Gabe Bentz only wanted to design and market 3D printed parts, but found existing service bureaus too expensive. So, he made a pivot and Slant 3D deployed…

Despite being a relatively new technology, 3D printing is being adopted in more and more industries, often in parallel with conventional manufacturing, breaking down barriers between the two that once…

Metal additive manufacturing is still young enough as an industry that adoption is a primary focus for growth opportunities. Exposing more potential end users to the right production solutions for…

In essence, I believe that the 3D printing industry is turning into Indonesia. Rather than have a market that is ostensibly globalized or local in nature, the sector will have…

As the 3D printing market continues a new phase of growth, this time fueled more likely by large, existing holders of capital, we will see more interesting plays by larger…

Italy’s BEAMIT Group was among the first to establish itself as a premier service bureau for high-end 3D printing applications, leading to large investments from Swedish engineering giant Sandvik. Now,…