Automation
Additive Manufacturing Strategies 2025: Consensus on the Road Ahead for 3D Printing
The 2025 edition of Additive Manufacturing Strategies was a more serious, down-to-earth event, with decisions and pronouncements rooted in data rather than conjecture. Stratasys CEO Yoav Zeif kicked it off…
Analysis: Additive Manufacturing Strategies Spotlights Vertical Value Creation
A slowdown in the industry and particularly a tightening of access to capital following the additive manufacturing (AM) industry’s peak special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) phase in early 2021 is…
Practical AI to Industrialize Additive Manufacturing
AI is revolutionizing industries, and additive manufacturing is no exception. With its complexity in design, materials, and processes, AM is ripe for transformation. Yet, while startups like Backflip—recently raising $30…
AI in Additive Manufacturing: Underestimated Potential or Misplaced Hype?
The union of artificial intelligence (AI) with additive manufacturing (AM) is sparking both excitement and skepticism. While many tout AI as a game-changer for precision and efficiencies in advanced manufacturing,…
Hike Medical Adds AI to AM to 3D Print Custom Orthotics
As companies like Backflip and 1000 Kelvin have demonstrated, artificial intelligence (AI) may be a key enabling technology for increasing the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) at an exponential rate….
Google’s Eric Schmidt Has Invested in Relativity Space’s 3D Printed Rockets
In November 2024, Bloomberg reported that Relativity Space, the Long Beach, California company leveraging additive manufacturing (AM) to produce rockets, was “running low on cash”, citing an anonymous source. Now, the financial…
3D Printing Predictions for 2025: Software
Many new software startups are emerging, while big players aim to make their platform products indispensable. Authoring, platform, workflow, and slicing are converging as standalone packages vie for attention and…
3D Printing Predictions for 2025: Industrial Production
The prevalence of 3D printing in manufacturing and industrial component production is steadily increasing. Significant strides are being made in producing end-use parts and advancing into full-scale manufacturing. Industries are…
AM Rewind: The Biggest News and Trends of 2024
After a sluggish 2023, driven by persistent inflation and geopolitical tensions, 2024 has seen some recovery. Economic growth climbed from about 2.8 percent in 2023 to a modest 3.2 percent…
The Future of Manufacturing Is on Display at Prof. Ping Guo’s Northwestern Lab
Northwestern University’s Ping Guo is at the forefront of advanced manufacturing research, exploring innovative technologies that are shaping the future of additive manufacturing (AM) and beyond. From intelligent metrology and…
BMW Receives Full-automated Sand Core 3D Printing Line from Laempe
Laempe Mössner Sinto GmbH has introduced a fully automated, high-volume 3D printing line for sand core production, now operational at BMW Group’s Landshut foundry in Bavaria. This development marks a…
Formnext 2024: Sustainability, Large-Format 3D Printers, & More
The doors have closed on Formnext 2024, but we still have more news to bring you about what was introduced on the show floor this year. WASP had several product…
Formnext 2024 Day Four: Placid
Day four is calmer than the others, offering the perfect soothing atmosphere to reflect on the week. It’s also an excellent opportunity to explore stands and engage in deeper conversations…
3D Printing News Briefs, November 23, 2024: Formnext Awards, Batch Production, & More
We’re covering a variety of stories in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, from the Formnext Awards to metal additive manufacturing for batch production and more. Read on for all the…
Farsoon at Formnext: What’s New in 3D Printing for 2024
With Formnext 2024 underway in Frankfurt, Farsoon Technologies (SHA: 688433) is showcasing a series of developments unveiled in the lead-up to the event. From advancing food-safe 3D printing for the…
1000 Kelvin’s Latest Physics-based AI Software Could Change 3D Printing Forever
Just a year ago, German startup 1000 Kelvin introduced AMAIZE, its groundbreaking AI co-pilot for metal laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) 3D printing. At a time when many companies were…
Dyndrite Forms Strategic Partnership with Nikon SLM Solutions for Metal 3D Printing
Dyndrite, the Seattle-based software provider specializing in solutions for digital manufacturing technologies, has announced a strategic partnership with Nikon SLM Solutions to integrate Dyndrite’s LPBF Pro software with Nikon’s metal…
Authentise Launches Generative AI Extension ThreadsDoc to Automate Document Creation
Manufacturing workflow software provider Authentise has announced its latest releases ahead of next week’s Formnext 2024 in Frankfurt. Building on its generative AI exploration, the startup is launching ThreadsDoc, a…
Supernova to Launch Viscous Materials and 3D Printer at Formnext
Ahead of Formnext 2024, Supernova has launched a new ecosystem for polymer additive manufacturing (AM), with the introduction of its proprietary Viscogels materials and the Pulse Production Platform. The ecosystem…
3D Printing Financials: Xometry’s Diverse Strategy Pays Off in Q3
Despite a challenging manufacturing landscape, Xometry (Nasdaq: XMTR) keeps gaining traction. Xometry’s third-quarter 2024 earnings report reveals standout growth, a clear example of the importance of its diversified manufacturing model….
Zero Gravity, Big Impact: Ken Savin Talks Redwire’s Space Bioprinting Breakthroughs
In space, microgravity isn’t just a challenge—it’s an advantage. Redwire, known for pioneering space-based biomanufacturing, made history by sending the first bioprinter to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2019….
NAMIC’s Global Additive Manufacturing Summit Tackles AI & AM
On day two of the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC)’s Global Additive Manufacturing Summit, the focus is on AI, design, design for additive manufacturing (DfAM), and more. Many are excitedly exploring…
Hyundai Motor Group and Singapore Sign 3D Printing Joint Research Agreement
Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have signed an agreement to collaborate on research into hydrogen energy systems, as well as an agreement to jointly develop…
ADNOC Gas and Immensa Develop Digital Library for Thousands of 3D Printed Spares
A division of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), ADNOC Gas, announced it has been cultivating a digital file catalog to support its additive manufacturing (AM) efforts. In partnership…