3D Printing
3D Printing News Briefs, August 8, 2026: Seawall Funding, Defense Capabilities, Supports, & More
We’re starting with business in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, then moving on to defense. We’ll move on to young 3D printing entrepreneurs, and finish with some research out…
Eplus3D & UCL Rocket Test New LOX IPA Engine
Eplus3D has worked with UCL Rocket on liquid rocket engines. Right now, they’re working on a regenerative liquid oxygen (LOX) and isopropyl alcohol (IPA) liquid-cooled architecture. These rockets use IPA…
3D Printing Financials: Xometry, Protolabs, and Lincoln Electric Post Strong Quarters
The latest earnings reports from Xometry (Nasdaq: XMTR), Protolabs (NYSE: PRLB), and Lincoln Electric (Nasdaq: LECO) suggest manufacturers are still spending. All three companies reported solid results, although each tells…
The Barnes Global Advisors Lands BPMI Metal AM Database Contract
Other than workforce development, materials qualification is perhaps the greatest existing barrier to the scale-up of metal additive manufacturing (AM). Moreover, improving access to data on metals qualified for the…
The State of the Desktop Filament Market 2026, Part 3: Special Hamburger Meat
Essentially, I used a cutting-edge stealth-mode AI tool that goes far beyond the capabilities of commercially available LLMs to conduct deep research into the desktop 3D printing filament market. I…
Ricoh USA Sells 3D for Healthcare Spinout to Former VP and GM, Rebrands as Myrava
Japanese companies are really good at internal diversification and spin-outs, and this seems to be true even in cases involving foreign subsidiaries of Japanese multinationals. Ricoh USA recently demonstrated this…
Phase3D Puts Its ISM Hardware in the Hands of AM’s Future Workforce with DEHub Partnership
The US additive manufacturing (AM) industry faces a turning point in terms of its approach to R&D. As has been the case for aggregate R&D in the US economy at…
Printflation: When Expectations Grow Faster Than Commercial Adoption
If you’ve been to the grocery store recently, you’ve probably noticed shrinkflation. A cereal box looks the same. The price may even be the same. But when you get home,…
One Machine, Three Worlds of Creation: Inside the HeyGears G1 Series
Turning a digital idea into a finished full-color physical product often requires several machines, multiple software tools, manual coloring, repeated positioning, and outsourced production. For creators and small businesses, this…
Walter Reed Gets Premarket Clearance to Make 3D Printed Point-of-Care Medical Devices
The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s 3-D Medical Application Center (3-D MAC) has received premarket clearance to make 3D printed medical devices. This is the first time that a…
DEVCOM Armaments Center Demonstrates Remote 3D Printing of Electronics at Valiant Shield 2026
The US Army’s DEVCOM Armaments Center, headquartered at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey, has become one of the US military’s most important hubs for drone R&D. At the recent Valiant…
3D Printing Financials: 6K Additive Reports Record Quarter as Demand Grows for U.S.-Made Metal Powders
Demand for metal powders made in the United States continues to grow, particularly from aerospace and defense customers. That was one of the biggest takeaways from 6K Additive‘s (ASX: 6KA)…
Jeff Graves Seeks New 3D Systems CEO, The Company at a Crossroads
Jeff Graves is to step down as 3D Systems‘ CEO once a replacement has been found, the company has announced. He will then retire as CEO and as Director of…
Polish Electronics 3D Printing OEM XTPL Sells 10 More Printhead Modules to First Chinese Customer
Smartphones, laptops, and all other such devices are only getting more expensive. As evidenced by Apple’s cautioning of higher prices for this year’s new iPhone line, the problem is largely…
Binder Jetting’s Next Test: High-Temperature Superalloys, with AmPd Labs and Continuum
Can binder jetting deliver the performance of investment casting while reducing cost, lead times, and manufacturing complexity? That’s the focus of The Future of High-Temperature Superalloys, an upcoming webinar presented…
Electroninks’ EMI Shielding Materials Give it an Expanded Presence in Japan
In the current global economic context, which is being shaped primarily by national leaders trying out new forms of geopolitical leverage on a daily basis, advanced manufacturing partnerships between American…
EOS Joins the MAT‑H2 Consortium
EOS is joining the MAT‑H2 consortium. MAT is an EU-funded group that aims to do research into a hydrogen-led economy. The thinking is that hydrogen will be a clean energy…
ICON’s Fort Bliss Barracks Could Be the Start of a Much Bigger Military Opportunity
Two barracks have been 3D printed at Texas’ Fort Bliss, and another eight will be completed by September. The barracks were printed by ICON, which got $62 million for the…
Lyten’s Graphene Filaments Power Modovolo’s US-Made 3D Printing Platform
Drone manufacturer Modovolo has selected Lyten as the primary filament supplier for its industrial 3D printing platform, a move the companies say will strengthen U.S.-based manufacturing for aerospace, defense, and…
3DPOD 309: 3D Printed Aquarium Pumps and a Lot More with Kristian Cleven
Kris Kleven has spent decades in engineering. First, he did demanding engineering projects for Schlumberger, Emerson, and others in the oil and gas industry. Later, he worked at NBC Universal…
AMPulse Asia: India’s Orbital Launch Headlines a Busy Second Half of July
The second half of July brought major developments across Asia’s additive manufacturing sector. Highlights included India’s first private orbital launch powered by 3D printed engines, a billion-yuan ownership change at…
Inside Decibel’s Collaboration with SKYLRK at Coachella 2026
There’s a version of Coachella most people never see. Not the stage. Not the crowd. Not even the music. It’s everything built around it: the spaces where artists host, brands…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 1st, 2026: Project Calls, Contact Lenses, Chairs, & More
We’re starting with the winners of two America Makes project calls in this first 3D Printing News Briefs of August! Then we’ll move on to AM quality control for aerospace,…
What I Learned from a Luleå Study on Absorbance in Metal AM
A few weeks ago, I visited Professor Alexander Kaplan at Luleå University of Technology. Originally from Austria, Kaplan has spent more than 20 years at the university working on the…
