Electronics
3D Printed Electronics Market to Explode to $7.9B by 2033
According to the new “3D Printed Electronics 2023: Market Study & Forecast” report from Additive Manufacturing Research (“AMR,” formerly SmarTech Analysis), the 3D printed electronics sector is on the verge…
Indiana University Makes Landmark $111M Investment in Microelectronics Advanced Manufacturing to Support Naval Crane DivisionCrane
Indiana University (IU) has announced that it will invest at least $111 million over the next several years into emerging technologies, including a variety of advanced manufacturing techniques, with a…
Construction and Electronics 3D Printing: Specialty AM Applications at AMS 2024
The 2024 Additive Manufacturing Strategies (AMS) event is rapidly approaching, and anticipation is reaching fever pitch within the 3D printing community. Scheduled for February 6-8, this seventh edition of the…
DoD Announces $270M in New Funding for US Advanced Manufacturing
The US Department of Defense (DoD) made two announcements in the last couple of weeks that together amount to about $270 million in public spending on the US production base,…
How Can 3D Printing Impact the Semiconductor Supply Chain?
Just as AM as a whole is being used as a tool to ensure more flexible, sustainable supply chains, 3D printing will be used to do the same for microchip…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 23, 2023: Sales & Distribution, Parametric Modeling, & More
In business news today, nano3Dprint announced its latest strategic distribution partnership in Asia, Snowbird Technologies is Meltio’s newest sales partner, and EOS North America launched its AMTurnkey Service. Continuing with…
How Has the Microchip Shortage Impacted the 3D Printing Supply Chain?
It’s no secret that issues related to the semiconductor supply chain have impacted industry globally, including the additive manufacturing (AM) sector. The exact effect on AM has yet to be…
Reshoring Electronics Manufacturing with 3D Printing: A Conversation with NextFlex
While much of it takes place behind the closed doors of corporate labs, electronics 3D printing is quietly revolutionizing the way goods are manufactured in the U.S. and abroad. And,…
3D Printing Firm Boston Micro Fabrication Lands $24M in Series D Round
Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF), a 3D printing original equipment manufacturer (OEM) specializing in microscale platforms, raised $24 million in its Series D financing round, following its $43 million Series C…
Coherent Corp. Develops Ceramic 3D Printing for Semiconductor Thermal Management Systems
Coherent Corporation, a manufacturer specializing in lasers headquartered in Saxonburg, PA, announced that the company has developed a ceramic additive manufacturing (AM) process that is the equivalent of its existing…
NASA’s Latest Mission Centers Around 3D Printed Circuits
NASA recently highlighted a successful space mission exploring the capabilities of hybrid 3D printed electronic circuits for NASA’s spacecrafts. The launch flew on April, 25th, 2023 and was led by NASA’s…
Transparent Display 3D Printing for AR Developed in Korea
In June, 2023, the materials science journal ACS Nano published a study by a research team at the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI), on the development of 3D printing technology…
3DPOD Episode 161: Automated Wire Harness Manufacturing with Stephen Bennington, CEO of Q5D
Found in 3D printers, busses, airplanes, cars and a lot of electronics worldwide, wire harnesses are often made by hand, a country or two over from where the end system…
Apple Holds First Smart Manufacturing Forum for South Korean Businesses
In 2021, Apple allocated $55 million to build an R&D and training center at Pohang University of Science and Technology (known as POSTECH), in Pohang, South Korea. Reportedly the first…
Red Flags Raised by the Actors Involved in Nano Dimension-Murchison Fight
A central character in the narrative that built up around the merger of Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS) with Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM) is that of Israeli electronics 3D printing firm Nano…
Intel’s $25B Investment in Israel Highlights that the New Manufacturing Supercycle is Global
Intel Corp., one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers, announced its latest investment, related to a chip plant in Kiryat Gat, Israel, that will ultimately run the company $25 billion….
Lockheed & Raytheon’s First Joint Investment: $12.5M for Composite 3D Printing Startup Fortify
Fortify, a Boston-based additive manufacturing (AM) company, announced that it has received $12.5 million in the latest round of funding for its Digital Composite Manufacturing (DCM) platform. Significantly, two of…
Fuji Introduces Electronics 3D Printer to J.A.M.E.S. Consortium
While the rest of the additive manufacturing (AM) industry is focused on the potential merger between Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS) and Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM), the exciting world of electronics 3D…
Seurat and Siemens Energy to 3D Print 59 Tons of Metal Parts
In March, the Biden Administration unveiled the $6 billion Industrial Demonstrations Program to decarbonize industrial manufacturing within a broader strategy to shift toward cleaner energy and more resilient supply chains….
Biden’s Plan for National Semiconductor Technology Center is a Treasure Trove of 3D Printing Opportunities
Whether the Biden administration’s CHIPS Act will truly succeed at transforming American manufacturing is a question that can only be answered years from now. Nevertheless, it is already clear that…
Wiring Automation Unleashed with Q5D CY1000 3D Printing Robotic System
Wiring is not sexy, but, several times in 3D printing, I’ve seen production grind to a halt over essential wire guides and holders. Just recently, production at several large vehicle…
Horizon Microtechnologies Develops Micro 3D Printing Solution for Functional Electronics Packaging
Horizon Microtechnologies, a German additive manufacturing (AM) company specializing in micro-scale components, announced that it has developed a process for series production of functional packaging for microelectrical-mechanical systems (MEMS). The…
Lithoz Launches 3D Printable Quartz Glass
Lithoz, the Austria-based original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and leader in ceramics 3D printing, announced that the company has launched a new quartz glass-based slurry for 3D printing applications. The product,…
Former Xerox CTO to Drive Growth for Impossible Objects’ Composite 3D Printing
Impossible Objects has developed one of the more exciting technologies in the 3D printing industry. Not only is its composite based additive manufacturing (CBAM) unlike any other method from a…
