Business
by Charles Goulding | Sep 23, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Metal 3D Printing
The September/October issue of the Harvard Business Review contains multiple articles on GE’s complete business makeover including an article authored by outgoing CEO Jeff Immelt himself written concurrently with his retirement. Immelt described how as part of...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 22, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Medical 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing
Welcome to the Friday edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, where we are all business, all the time…except for a little news on 3D printing materials, that is. BASF acquires the Solvay polyamide business, OMNI3D names its new CEO, and AP&C has received an...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 22, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Business
We’re seeing a lot of 3D printed eyewear these days. The global eyewear industry is valued at more than $100 billion by some estimates, making the customization offered via 3D printing a major opportunity for the industry as a whole to get ahead. There are 3D...
by Charles Goulding | Sep 21, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Business
3D printers are being used by innovators to produce a variety of products in the wine making industry. The wine related sector in the United States is a large industry; the Napa Valley, California area alone generates over $2 billion in sales around wine making. Wine...
by Clare Scott | Sep 21, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business
By now, there are several companies working in the field of 3D printed construction, offering giant 3D printers capable of laying down foundations and walls faster than human hands can manage. One of the first to make a name for itself, though, was Apis Cor, a startup...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 20, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Medical 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing
In the winter of 2016, medical device manufacturing company Stryker decided to commit to 3D printing and announced the launch of a 3D printed spinal implant, as well as a planned 3D printing manufacturing facility. Soon after, the company’s Spine division...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 20, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Exclusive Interviews
User-favorite SOLIDWORKS recently announced software updates to the frequently-used platform for the 2018 edition. With several big themes and myriad projects bundled into these updates, a quick overview isn’t enough to dive in to all that the industrious team...
by Joris Peels | Sep 20, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Editorials / Opinions, Popular Stories
Selective Laser Sintering is also called powder bed fusion and SLS. The SLS process sees a bed of polymer powder selectively sintered by a laser. A new layer is applied and this is then also hardened with unsintered powder acting as a support. Dominated by EOS Gmbh,...
by Clare Scott | Sep 19, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Medical 3D Printing
Dental procedures are rarely easy or pleasant for patients, but things are getting easier all the time for dental professionals. The dental 3D printer market is growing at lightning speed as practitioners discover how convenient it is to 3D print surgical guides,...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 19, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Education, Medical 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing
We’re going to start off with a little business news in today’s edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, then move right along to a new competition, a little education, and some products that have been, or will soon be, on display at tradeshow events. Module...
by Clare Scott | Sep 19, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Metal 3D Printing
The Höganäs Group has been around for a long time, having been established as a coal mining company in 1797. Since then, the company has gone on to become a global leader in metal powder production – an area that has naturally led to additive manufacturing for...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 19, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews
Silicon Valley, home to all things technology, had its beginnings in a humble garage from which arose one of the best-known names in the digitized 21st century. Standing where Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard developed not only technology but a company that would become...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 18, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business
In the tech industry today, one of the highest growth areas is shared office spaces, also known as coworking spaces – according to the 2017 Global Coworking Survey, nearly 1.2 million people around the world will have worked in a coworking space by the end of...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 18, 2017 | 3D Scanning, Business
Moscow-based 3D imaging company Thor3D has been taking the 3D scanning industry by storm since it first introduced its handheld Thor 3D Scanner and marking system in 2016. About a year ago, the company released its second handheld scanner, the wireless Drake scanning...
by Joris Peels | Sep 18, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Editorials / Opinions, Metal 3D Printing, Popular Stories
Metal 3D printing is a burgeoning area at the moment. Many companies are investing in metal 3D printing systems and the market is growing quickly. There are a number of different metal 3D printing technologies out there. You can find the previous parts of this series...
by Clare Scott | Sep 18, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Medical 3D Printing
It’s been a big week for bioprinting, with news of planned 3D printed organs coming from both Prellis Biologics and BIOLIFE4D. The bioprinting world is one that doesn’t slow down, and a new research collaboration between multiple major players in the field...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 18, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Exclusive Interviews
As autumn rolls in, September brings with it each year a slew of updates, announcements, and introductions from the latest smartphone and car models to the next year’s updates for software platforms. SOLIDWORKS 2018 was unveiled last week, and this week...
by Charles Goulding | Sep 16, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Business
Now that summer is at its end, it’s time to retire that worn out cooler and upgrade to a brand new, accessorized 3D printed cooler. Have you ever been to the beach when your phone dies? Today, most consumers look for specific features when searching for the right...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 15, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Medical 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing
Just like earlier this week, today’s edition of 3D Printing News Briefs is bringing you the latest business news from the 3D printing world. We’ve got an update on the TU Eindhoven 3D printed bridge, and BIOLIFE4D has appointed its Chief Medical Officer....
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 15, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Popular Stories
Carlsbad, California-based Forecast 3D recently made a major investment, bringing in a full dozen HP Jet Fusion 3D printers this summer to form the foundation of its newly-created 3D Manufacturing Center. Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing technology is at the heart of the...
by Clare Scott | Sep 15, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Metal 3D Printing
Cold spray is a technique that is commonly used for metal coatings or repairs. It involves metal powder fed at high pressure through a nozzle and into a heated nitrogen or helium gas stream, where it’s fired at the surface of the part to be coated or repaired....
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 15, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business
In 2015, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore’s public sector agency for economic research, was focused on advancing 3D bioprinting, and last year it was working to improve the stress absorption of 3D printed implants. Now, the...
by Clare Scott | Sep 14, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Metal 3D Printing
It can be intimidating for manufacturers to adopt new technologies, and even more intimidating to implement them at a large scale. Part of the reason that additive manufacturing hasn’t become more widespread is that entry barrier; many companies just...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 14, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business
The Heinz Awards were established in 1993 to honor US Senator John Heinz, and every year extraordinary individuals are recognized for their creativity, determination, contributions, and accomplishments in finding real solutions to critical issues in the world. The...
by Charles Goulding | Sep 14, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Scanning, Business, Medical 3D Printing
3D printers are increasingly being used by dentists, orthodontists and dental labs to print a variety of dental products, tools, prototypes and reference models. CAD laser scanners are used to accurately measure the dimensions of a patient’s mouth or the size of the...
by Joris Peels | Sep 14, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Scanning, Business, Exclusive Interviews
When I first came upon the Tyr3D website it was not very confidence inspiring. And I was not exactly a fan of Tyr3D logo either. Yet, I had been assured that they were at the forefront of 3D printing spare car parts. Where everywhere else people just talked about 3D...
