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3D Printing News Briefs, October 24, 2026: Spinal Implant, Digital Dentistry, Recycled PLA, & More
We’re starting with a little business in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then moving on to FDA 510(k) clearance and digital dentistry. We’ll end with 3D printing waste…
What’s Left When a 3D Printing Company Shuts Down?
Several 3D printing companies have closed, sold their assets or restructured in 2026. Some spent years developing new printing technologies and raised millions of dollars along the way. Others built…
NAMIC 2026 GAMS: Working Together in a Divided World
We’re once again in lovely Singapore. This time, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster‘s (NAMIC) Global Additive Manufacturing Summit (GAMS) has a clear focus on AI. Many panels are dedicated…
3D Printing Financials: Prodways Printer Revenue Jumps 130% in Q3
French 3D printing company Prodways (EPA: ALPWG) reported a 130% increase in printer revenue in the third quarter of 2026, driven by growing demand for its MOVINGLight technology for ceramic…
The Two Paths to AM Print Services Market Growth
AM Research New market research: AM Research is building its new Additive Manufacturing Services Market 2.0 model. Learn more about the report and preorder here → Things continue to heat…
Formlabs Enters the $699 Resin 3D Printer Market, Taking on Chinese Competitors
Formlabs is moving into a very different part of the 3D printing market. The Massachusetts-based company, best known for professional resin printers used by engineers, manufacturers, and dental laboratories, has…
Caracol and GADC Want to Print in Greenland
The Greenland Arctic Development Corp (GADC) has bought a Caracol Heron 400 system. The rail-based, six-plus-axis robotic 3D printer is designed to produce large polymer and composite components. It will…
Six Colors, Endless Possibilities: Polymaker Launches CymphoniK
Polymaker now has an in-house color-mixing solution for pellets called CymphoniK. The system combines software, hardware, and colored pellets to let people make specific colors locally. The idea is to…
Push Button Metal: SnowX
In addition to MetalBase and ScrapLabs, we now have a new competitor in the low-cost LPBF space. Chinese firm SnowX aims to release its SnowPod through Kickstarter. The 80 ×…
Solukon Goes Big with New SFM-AT850 Depowdering System
Solukon has released the SFM-AT850 depowdering system. The German depowdering specialist has updated its product line, and this machine replaces the SFM-AT800-S and SFM-AT1000-S. Rather than many small parts, this…
AMPulse Asia: Fresh Funding and Flying Parts Shake Up APAC 3D Printing
China’s latest investment in metal powder production, new 3D printers in Japan, and regulatory approval for 3D printed helicopter parts in Australia lead this edition of AMPulse Asia. The selected…
With Increased Aerospace & Defense Focus, CORE Industrial Partners Buys More Manufacturing Firms
Private equity’s march into manufacturing continues with CORE Industrial Partners’ latest acquisitions. CORE purchased Fathom a few years ago, and later bought 3DXTECH LLC, Triton 3D LLC, and Gearbox3D. It…
AM Investment Strategies 2026 Sets the Stage for AMS 2027
AM Investment Strategies 2026 Nov. 5 · 12 p.m. ET · Free online event RESERVE YOUR SPOT ↗ A one-hour online discussion featuring some of the biggest names in 3D…
Austrian 3D Printed Drone Startup DropForce is Selling Distributed Production
Investors couldn’t stop throwing money at the drone market in 2025, with total investments in the industry setting a record, coming in at just under $4 billion. If anything, though,…
How Should Businesses Find Strategic Fit? Dirk Simon Weighs In — Part 2
In the first part of this story, we looked at how businesses can grow new businesses. Now we look deeper with Dirk Simon into how companies can go about this,…
Deals, Dollars and 3D Printing: What’s Moving in AM
There’s been plenty of business activity in additive manufacturing (AM) lately, with new deals, partnerships and investments in production. One of the bigger moves comes from Sweden, where investment firm…
Oerlikon Adds ATLIX’s xBUILD 5000, Plans More for 2027
Oerlikon has installed a new ATLIX xBUILD 5000 metal 3D printer at its facility in Huntersville, North Carolina, marking the first production deployment of the system worldwide. The machine will…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 10, 2026: Drones, WAAM, Ceramics, & More
We have a packed 3D Printing News Briefs for you this weekend! First, America Makes celebrated the recent National Manufacturing Day with 3D printed drones, and then it’s on to…
PharmaTher Plans U.S. Network to 3D Print Medicines on Demand
3D printing medicines has often been tied to the idea of personalization, basically making a pill in the right dose, shape, or drug combination for a patient. PharmaTher is now…
The Manufacturing Race Behind the Drone Revolution
We are in the middle of a major manufacturing shift focused on the production speed and payload capacity of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), or drones. A recent Manufacturing Dive article…
How Should Businesses Build New Business? Dirk Simon Weighs In — Part 1
Dirk Simon had deep experience in materials and chemistry before joining the 3D printing industry. Instrumental in BASF and Farsoon’s market introduction, Dirk has spent a lot of time thinking…
Kickstarter is Testing the Next Wave of Desktop 3D Printing
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 of…
Why the AM Industry Should Pay Attention to Schneider Electric’s $22.6B PTC Acquisition
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…
How Does Nike’s 3D Printing Approach Fit Into Its Restructuring Plan?
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….
