3D Printing
U.S. Army’s Drone 3D Printing Hits Next Phase with 25th Infantry Division’s Lethal FPV System
I recently posted about how the acting commander of the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC), Lt. Gen. Christopher Mohan, told interviewers at the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) Annual…
3DPOD 278: Large Format Polymer AM Services with Austin Schmidt, Additive Engineering Solutions
Austin Schmidt was inspired to start Additive Engineering Solutions after seeing the BAAM 3D printers. His company is now the largest service provider in large-format material extrusion systems. We talk…
BYD U9 Xtreme Hypercar Uses Aluminium LPBF Chassis Components
New details are available on the BYD Yangwang U9. The U9 is a stunning hypercar from Yangwang Auto, a BYD subsidiary. Yangwang specializes in high-end cars, producing a large SUV,…
CustoMED Gets $6 Million for AI 3D Printed Orthopedics — But Can It Deliver on Such a Big Vision?
Israeli startup CustoMED has gotten $6 million to make patient-specific orthopedic devices a reality using AI. The seed round took in capital from the Israel Innovation Authority, Varana Capital, Flag…
Hawkins, Now Printing
“I am on a curiosity voyage, and I need my paddles to travel.” — Dustin Henderson, Stranger Things, Season II. Monsters, bikes, and ’80s nostalgia. Stranger Things has always been…
3D Printing News Briefs, November 1, 2025: Hydraulics, Radiation Resistance, Sweat Analysis, & More
We’re starting with European business news in this weekend’s News Briefs, as ASTM International and CECIMO are collaborating to drive additive manufacturing in Europe, and Farsoon Europe has opened a…
3D Printing Financials: Protolabs Hits Strong Q3 Despite Weak 3D Printing Sales
Protolabs (NYSE: PRLB) had another strong quarter, setting a new revenue record and keeping profits steady. The digital manufacturing company said demand was solid across its key markets, with more…
Inside Prusa Day 2025: CoreOneL, OpenPrintTag & Silicone on the XL Unveiled
The Prusa Day was an event on the 24th of October to showcase the new innovations coming out of Prusa. We can now reveal to you what the company showed…
Cutting 2,048 Experiments Down to 12: How Lean Thinking Is Making 3D Printing Smarter
Experimenting in industrial 3D printing can quickly become intense. Every small change, such as a new material, a slightly higher temperature, or a different surface finish, adds one more variable…
A Textbook AM Use-Case: Materialise & Vocus Partner to 3D Print a Glider Muffler
Quick wins are nice, but slow wins usually mean more. Patience doesn’t always pay off in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry, though when it does, the rewards equal the wait….
Seeking Success in Additive: Be Wooj
Remember when we used to talk a lot about democratizing design and manufacturing? We did do that to a certain extent; you can upload files to Shapeways, Endeavor3D, Protolabs, and…
3D Printing Financials: Another Strong Quarter for Materialise’s Medical Segment — and a New Brussels Listing
See the addendum to this article for an update from October 30, 2025. Materialise (Nasdaq: MTLS) reported its third-quarter 2025 results, remaining profitable with positive cash flow despite weaker performance…
From Hobby to Hustle: How the Prosumer 3D Printing Market Is Rewriting the Industry
When many hear 3D printing, they still think of hobbyists tinkering in garages, making figurines, models, or toys. But that image has changed. A new wave of users exists between…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 30, 2025: EASA Certification, Ultrasonic Metal Atomization, Kickstarter, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, a Fortune 500 company has grown its deployment of 3DPrinterOS. The Aviation AM Centre achieved an important certification for metal additive manufacturing on EOS…
Twisty Turns for Metamaterials Could Lead to Better Protective Structures
Italian researchers from Polytechnic University of Marche, University of L’Aquila, Gran Sasso National Laboratory, and the National Institute for Nuclear Physics, and University of Glasgow’s James Watt School of Engineering,…
Velta’s Ukrainian Operations & the Global Necessity of End-to-End Critical Mineral AM Ecosystems
This isn’t a silver lining: there are no silver linings in war. But what Velta Holding is doing in Ukraine is a story of how industry can help communities stay…
Tiny Bioprinter Could One Day Repair Vocal Cords During Surgery
A team of engineers and surgeons at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, has created the world’s smallest 3D bioprinter, and it could change how doctors repair damaged vocal cords. At…
AFRL Funds Flexible 3D Printed Antenna Arrays With Real Time Correction
Washington State University (WSU), the University of Maryland, the University of British Columbia, and Boeing researchers have completed work on additively manufactured antenna arrays, which have been published in Nature…
Who Buys AM in Government: How Stanford’s Steve Blank & BMNT’s Pete Newell Are Helping Startups Serve USG Customers
What’s the most difficult part about selling to the government market? For a company that has never done it before, the answer quite likely is: knowing how to get started,…
Nanoe and Orano Work on Anti-Corrosion Materials For Nuclear Industry
Ceramics 3D printing experts Nanoe have worked with Orano Tricastin, a $6 billion revenue French Uranium enrichment firm, to make custom-bound filaments for the nuclear industry. The nuclear industry has,…
Boston Micro Fabrication Secures U.S. Patent for Dual-Resolution microArch D1025 3D Printer
The growth of reshoring has catalyzed interest in leveraging additive manufacturing (AM) for very large parts, most notably those used in U.S. maritime applications. As the momentum behind reshoring continues to…
Incus Releases Hammer Pro25, Proving Innovation Doesn’t Need to Be Flashy
Viennese firm Incus is showcasing the new Hammer Pro25. That system is meant to be a scalable Slurry SLA unit created for continuous manufacturing (Incus uses DLP but we refer…
AMS 2026 Healthcare Session to Focus on 3D Printing in Dentistry and Oncology
Our 9th annual Additive Manufacturing Strategies (AMS) event is returning to New York City from February 24-26, 2026. Early registration ends this week, so don’t delay, because you don’t want…
DyeMansion Buys ASM in Smart Move Into Entry-Level Post-Processing
Post processing leader DyeMansion has bought ASM. ASM’s VX1 is a compact, entry-level vapor-smoothing system that could work on or next to your desk. The unit was designed to be…
