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3D printers are raising serious money again. On Kickstarter, that is. Over the last few months, a new group of 3D printer campaigns has attracted millions of dollars and thousands…

By late 2024, there was already enough signaling of the additive manufacturing (AM) industry opportunity in the data center infrastructure market for AM Research to write a report on the…

Shares of Nike stock hit all-time highs in late 2021 but have cratered in the years following, with the company losing nearly 80 percent of its market cap since peaking….

Gordie Folin had deep experience in engineering at Pratt & Whitney, GE, and GE Aviation before becoming the Chief Product Officer at Beehive Industries. Among his achievements, he served as the…

Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series by Xu Fanglei examining the technology and patent issues behind the Stratasys-Bambu Lab dispute. Part 1 looked at the $27.6…

After years of buildup, we’re finally starting to see what the US metal additive manufacturing (AM) market could look like at scale. To be sure, it’s still not quite there,…

The nature of the AI boom seems no clearer despite its persistence, yet it persists. For one thing, as I’ve discussed before, people really seem to dislike data centers. American…

Carbon has successfully defended a key European patent covering its dual-cure 3D printing technology after a multi-year challenge from a competitor. The California-based additive manufacturing company announced on September 28…

AM Research New market research: AM Research is building its new Additive Manufacturing Services Market 2.0 model. View the report and preorder here → In case you haven’t heard, at…

The additive manufacturing market may be growing again, but one of the more interesting numbers behind that recovery has little to do with selling 3D printers. AM services generated nearly…

Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series by Xu Fanglei examining the technology and patent issues behind the Stratasys-Bambu Lab dispute. Part 1 looks at the U.S….

Lagos-based Arridex has purchased and installed a CEAD Flexcube LFAM system at its Omnifactory. Previously, oil and gas MRO firm Arridex expanded its network to Ghana, worked with BLT, got…

For years, simply being a 3D printing company could attract attention from investors. New machines, new materials, faster speeds, and the promise of mass production were often enough to get…

Technology develops in response to forces driving change. That was the starting point for a keynote I presented with Mikael Schuisky at AM Meetup 2026, held in Karlstad, Sweden, on…

Mexico is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the push to diversify manufacturing out of China. This development is perhaps inevitable given the current global trade environment, but even with…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently banned the sale in the US of “almost all” new mobile robots sourced from foreign countries. IEEE Spectrum (the link in the first sentence)…

UPDATE, September 24, 2026: Amaero has postponed its planned U.S. initial public offering, citing adverse market conditions. The company planned to raise about $52.6 million by selling 7.46 million shares…

Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE) HGTech (Huagong Tech) just reported that it achieved record revenue in H1 2026, amounting to just over $1 billion. The company credited the results to success…

Bambu Lab has gone from one X1 printer, which did very well, to entry-level A1 systems, mid-market P2S systems, and larger H3Ds and more. They’ve also made systems that couple…

Money continues to go into additive manufacturing (AM). From a $30 million raise for a Chinese metal 3D printing company to new funding for naval AM and a European company…

Update, September 21, 2026: This article has been updated with a statement from Bambu Lab responding to the verdict, along with additional information about the company’s ongoing patent challenges against…

Dirk Simon had already spent years in the chemicals industry before joining and pioneering BASF‘s 3D printing effort. We get to hear how that firm looked at 3D printing and…

The first half of September brought fresh investment and expansion activity across Asia-Pacific’s additive manufacturing sector. China’s Xinjinghe secured funding for an aerospace AM hub, South Korea’s Lincsolution outlined plans…

Experienced 3D printing executive Neil Glazebrook has started GBI Group. Neil began in machining operations before moving to CAD/CAM sales, Product Management at Cimquest, and launching AB Corp’s 3D printing…