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$500M Round Enables VulcanForms to Add 3 New AM Factories, Double Its Workforce
With its latest funding round of $500 million, following a funding round just 10 months ago in which it brought in $220 million, Massachusetts-based VulcanForms now has cumulative all-time funding…
Stratasys and Nano Dimension Cancel $42.5M Markforged Deal
Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS) will no longer acquire Markforged from Nano Dimension (Nasdaq: NNDM) after the two companies agreed to cancel their $42.5 million deal. The decision, announced on November 12,…
3D Printing Financials: Stratasys Doubles EPS YOY, Aerospace & Defense Revenue Grows 35%
Third-quarter earnings results in the AM industry have been quite instructive: every area of the industry tells us a slightly different story, but when you take them all as a…
Rosswag Engineering, qualloy & EPlus3D Launch Validated Metal Powders
EPlus3D, Rosswag, and qualloy have had a partnership in place since April 2026, with an MOU that focused on trying to build a manufacturing tool chain together. Now the trio…
How Haddy Landed Disney, and Why That Matters for 3D Printing
The Walt Disney Company relies on a wide network of partners to build its parks and attractions. But bringing a new way of making things into that system—and putting it…
3D Printing Financials: Velo3D Revenue Jumps but Profitability Moves Further Away
Velo3D (Nasdaq: VELO) is showing signs of a stronger business, with increasing sales, better profit margins, and growing demand for its metal 3D printing technology. The company is also in…
3D Printing News Briefs, November 11, 2026: Financing, Distributor, Kickstarter, & More
We’re starting off with exciting AMUG news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as Neil Hopkinson was selected for the 2027 Innovators Award. Then we’ll move on to business, with…
AM Investment Strategies 2026: Where 3D Printing Investment Is Going
Which parts of the 3D printing industry are growing, who’s buying, and where’s the money going? At the AM Investment Strategies webinar on November 5, executives discussed how customer orders…
Do You Know How Your Customer Makes Money with AM?
This article is Part III of a five-part series by AMPOWER, Gold Sponsor of Additive Manufacturing Strategies 2027. Application understanding begins where the datasheet ends. Western AM suppliers claim to know…
Arkema & Carbon’s Longtime AM Partnership Highlighted by Vivobarefoot Collab
The rising demand for and technical maturity of metal additive manufacturing (AM) has been so striking that it’s easy to forget that the catalysts for polymer AM are still just…
Printing Money Episode 43: Additive Manufacturing Deal Analysis with Arno Held
Welcome to Printing Money Episode 43. Arno Held returns to join Danny Piper (Principal, NewCap Partners) for this episode. Arno is freshly independent from AM Ventures, as Principal at Held…
3D Printing News Briefs, November 7, 2026: Repair, Acquisition, 3D Models, AI, & More
We’re starting off this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs with military news, then on to business and compliance. We’ll end with a 3D model partnership. Read on for all the…
3D Printing Financials: Nikon’s Digital Manufacturing Revenue Grows 77% as Sam O’Leary Moves to Supervisory Board
Nikon (TYO: 7731) just announced its earnings for Q2 (fiscal year ending March ’27), and we learned that the digital manufacturing business grew revenue by 77 percent to ¥17.4 billion…
3D Printing Financials: 3D Systems Still Posting Losses, But Sees 2027 Tailwinds
3D Systems announced in August that Dr. Jeff Graves, the company’s CEO since early 2020, is planning to retire, and Joris Peels wrote an excellent post at the time of…
The AM Production Gap Is Real. So Is the Progress
Additive manufacturing (AM) has become very good at proving what is possible. Companies can print complex metal parts, reduce weight, combine multiple components into one, and produce designs that are…
3D Printing News Briefs, November 5, 2026: Tungsten, Color Mixing, Prosthetic Socket, & More
We’re starting with business from Xact Metal, 3D Systems, and Freemelt, and moving on to materials from Snapmaker and hybrid manufacturing with Eplus3D. We’ll end with a custom prosthetic socket,…
Beyond the Prototype: How TPM3D Is Putting Industrial SLS to Work on the Factory Floor
A structural component for an autonomous police patrol vehicle in Dubai went from weighing 27 kilograms to just four. Delivery time dropped from seven days to two. The component was…
Beehive Industries Tests Frenzy 6 Engine
Beehive Industries has tested its 100 lbf (450 Newtons (N) or 0.45 kN) Frenzy 6 engine and wants to fly it in 2027. That engine, meant for UAVs and extended-range…
3D Printing Financials: Yet Again, Xometry Sets a New Revenue Record
Earlier this year, on the day that Xometry (Nasdaq: XMTR) reported its Q1 earnings, the company’s share price rose dramatically — a trading session that still accounts for a huge…
Two Days Until AM Investment Strategies 2026: What Will Industry Leaders Have to Say?
AM Investment Strategies 2026 Nov. 5 · 12 p.m. ET · Free online event RESERVE YOUR SPOT ↗ With Formnext 2026 just around the corner, the 3D printing industry has…
Nikon SLM Solutions and PanOptimization Team Up on Metal AM Simulation
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…
AMPulse Asia: The Push to Scale Up 3D Printing
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 Brings Additive Manufacturing Expertise to Brazil’s BIZU Space
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…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 31, 2026: Hybrid Manufacturing, Contract Manufacturers, Nitinol, & More
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…
