3D Printing

Bambu Lab has released its latest 3D printer, the $2,499 H3C, an awaited Bambu answer to Prusa INDX and Snapmaker. The printer comes with a nine toolhead Swaptek exchanger, which…

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Additive friction stir deposition (AFSD) has a lot of promise, but when it comes to expanding its adoption, AFSD also faces even more challenges than does the broader AM industry….

Nikon SLM Solutions is partnering with PanOptimization to integrate PanX into its build preparation software. This is great news for PanOptimization, as it will introduce its technology to a myriad…

Last week I wrote about how a return to less strained relations between the US and the rest of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and a related resumption of…

Ryan DeHoff is the Director of the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. We talk with Ryan about the great people at the MDF and the different things…

China’s latest metal AM investments, Japan’s new hybrid manufacturing systems, and Australia’s defense-related projects lead this edition of AMPulse Asia. The 12 stories also cover advances in single-crystal 3D printing,…

EOS is working with BIZU Space on space propulsion. Brazil-based BIZU Space makes liquid rocket engines and is involved in the MLBR (Brazilian Microlauncher), an independent Brazilian path to Low…

Superhero armor, fantasy swords, sci-fi helmets, and costumes that look like they came straight out of a movie. Los Angeles Comic Con is full of them this Halloween weekend, and…

Happy Halloween! There’s nothing scary in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, except for how much news there is to share! We’ve got stories about an IPO, additive manufacturing (AM) quality…

As is true concerning the growth of any market, increasing AM adoption happens primarily through industrial clusters, hubs of economic activity which harness and accelerate innovation. While Indiana may not…

Australian metal 3D printing company Aurora Labs (ASX: A3D) is raising A$6 million ($4.2 million) to expand production of its small turbojet engines for defense and aerospace customers. The financing…

In Q3 2025, Protolabs‘ 3D printing revenue fell by around 6 percent year-over-year (YOY), and in Q2 2026, it declined another 2.6 percent to $20.7 million. In Q3 2026, however,…

The Additive Manufacturing CRC (Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre, or AMCRC) is a cooperative research and implementation organization dedicated to making additive happen in Australia. Headed by Simon Marriott, it…

Align Technology (Nasdaq: ALGN) is expanding its use of direct 3D printing beyond orthodontic treatment with a new line of custom sports mouthguards, while reporting third-quarter 2026 revenue of $1…

We’re starting with metallized polymer micro-AM components for satellites in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then moving to a new facility, an award-winning gas storage manufacturing project, and Snapmaker…

Most companies that scale a production prepare for the wrong failure. They usually budget for more machines, more people, more square footage. Essentially, they budget for capacity problems. What they…

Most everyone who’s concerned with the scarcity of industrial materials is focused on rare earths, and rightfully so. But aside from the direct impact resulting from tighter supplies of rare…

Materialise (Euronext Brussels & Nasdaq: MTLS) is seeing continued growth in its medical 3D printing business and signs of a recovery in manufacturing, but that progress has not been enough…

In just a few weeks, it will be time for the biggest trade show extravaganza in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry. Soon, we’ll all be hopping planes bound for Frankfurt…

In part one of this series, I discussed the declining productivity growth rate in US manufacturing through the lens of Michael Porter’s 1990 text The Competitive Advantage of Nations, and…

BigRep GmbH has been on a bit of a roller coaster recently, but with this latest news, I’m hoping that means the ride has stopped. Reporting approximately 45% revenue growth…

Additive manufacturing (AM) funding has shifted in China and the United States over the past five years, but in different ways. In China, metal 3D printing companies accounted for a…

If we’re inclined to organize our thoughts about history into decades for reasons other than the fact that we use a base-10 number system, it’s because in so many contexts,…