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Spanish Researchers Use Meltio’s Metal 3D Printing to Create Titanium Implants

A group of Spanish researchers is rethinking how titanium implants are made, and they’re doing it with 3D printing. The team behind the ATILA Project has used Meltio’s metal additive…

2.5D Mouse Muscle Tissue Made on Vomit Comet

In space, manufacturing has always been an area with much speculation but little actual progress. The idea is simple: zero or reduced gravity environments may be a better place to…

3D Printing News Briefs, November 6, 2025: Filament Drying, Personalized Medicines, Cricket Arm Guard, & More

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Thought3D has upgraded its filament drying system. Moving on to dental and medical news, LuxCreo received a strategic investment to help develop next-generation 3D…

Metalysis, Skyrora & Thermo-Calc to Develop Tanbium Alloy Powder for ESA-Funded Project

Metalysis is to develop Tanbium alloy powder for launch vehicle manufacturer Skyrora. Metalysis uses an FFC solid-state electrolysis process, originally developed at Cambridge University and known as the FFC Cambridge…

3D Printing News Briefs, November 1, 2025: Hydraulics, Radiation Resistance, Sweat Analysis, & More

We’re starting with European business news in this weekend’s News Briefs, as ASTM International and CECIMO are collaborating to drive additive manufacturing in Europe, and Farsoon Europe has opened a…

A Textbook AM Use-Case: Materialise & Vocus Partner to 3D Print a Glider Muffler

Quick wins are nice, but slow wins usually mean more. Patience doesn’t always pay off in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry, though when it does, the rewards equal the wait….

3D Printing News Briefs, October 30, 2025: EASA Certification, Ultrasonic Metal Atomization, Kickstarter, & More

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, a Fortune 500 company has grown its deployment of 3DPrinterOS. The Aviation AM Centre achieved an important certification for metal additive manufacturing on EOS…

Twisty Turns for Metamaterials Could Lead to Better Protective Structures

Italian researchers from Polytechnic University of Marche, University of L’Aquila, Gran Sasso National Laboratory, and the National Institute for Nuclear Physics, and University of Glasgow’s James Watt School of Engineering,…

Velta’s Ukrainian Operations & the Global Necessity of End-to-End Critical Mineral AM Ecosystems

This isn’t a silver lining: there are no silver linings in war. But what Velta Holding is doing in Ukraine is a story of how industry can help communities stay…

DyeMansion Buys ASM in Smart Move Into Entry-Level Post-Processing

Post processing leader DyeMansion has bought ASM. ASM’s VX1 is a compact, entry-level vapor-smoothing system that could work on or next to your desk. The unit was designed to be…

Bayern Innovativ’s Next Generation Manufacturing 2025 Conference

On the 23rd and 24th, Bayern Innovativ organized the Next Gen Manufacturing conference. Taking place at the Science Congress Center in Munich, this conference covers Additive Manufacturing, AI, software toolchains,…

Generative Machine Company Makes 5 Axis Desktop 3D Printing a Reality

Amidst many copycats, the Generative Machine Company is doing something truly innovative. This British startup is bringing to market 5 Axis Desktop Material Extrusion systems with help from software toolchain…

UK Digital Inventory Platform 3D People Prints Agri-Robotics Parts On-Demand

The robotics industry is in the midst of a long boom cycle, as industrial robot installations more than doubled over the last decade. Simultaneously, the AI frenzy has driven interest…

A Circular Way to Print: Turning Tornado Fighter Jets Into 3D Printing Powder

In a lab in Lancashire, engineers are doing something that sounds almost poetic: turning pieces of retired fighter jets into raw material for the next generation of aircraft. British company…

3D Printing News Briefs, October 15, 2025: Thermal Simulation, Ceramic Fuel Cells, & More

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Dyndrite and Ansys are collaborating on reducing risk in metal AM, and researchers from the Technical University of Denmark are 3D printing ceramic, coral-inspired…

$40M Round Propels Caracol’s Large-Format 3D Printing Ambitions

Italian deep-tech manufacturer Caracol has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round to accelerate its international expansion and scale up its large-format 3D printing business. The investment marks…

3DPOD 275: AM in Spain with Naiara Zubizarreta, ADDIMAT

Naiara Zubizarreta heads up ADDIMAT, Spain’s 3D printing industry association. Representing Spanish Additive Manufacturing users, OEMs, materials firms, and research institutes, she’s come to tell us about 3D printing in…

Inside Adina Krausz’s Blueprint for Investing in 3D Printing

Adina Krausz has spent two decades moving between banking, family offices, and innovation hubs. Today, she leads InnoSource Ventures, the innovation arm of family office Toledo Capital, where she and…

Safran Buys Three Lithoz 3D Printers for Casting Cores

Safran Aircraft Engines has bought three Lithoz CeraFab System S65 for its Gennevilliers site. Gennevilliers is a main site for Safran to make cast and forged parts for aero engines….

3D Printing News Briefs, October 8, 2025: CSAM Research, 3D Printed Product Warning, & More

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Florida International University acquired a WarpSPEE3D printer from SPEE3D for rapid production of large-scale metal parts. QuickParts announced an extension to its 3D printing…

We’re Skeptical About Vittori’s AI Hypercar With Additive Parts

Vittori is said to be a new Hypercar company. The company has just teased a prototype of its car, designed by Pininfarina. Vittori was founded by Carlos Cruz. Cruz is…

3D Printing News Briefs, October 4, 2025: Dental Resin, Ceramic Ear Molds, Placenta Organoids, & More

We’re kicking things off today with a little business news, as Raplas appointed Multistation as a sales partner, and Carbon announced commercial availability of its dental FP3D resin in the…

Italy’s WASP Debuts CUBO HDP, Turning Shredded Plastic into Large-Scale Prints

Italian 3D printing company WASP has introduced its latest machine, the CUBO HDP, a large-scale pellet 3D printer built for industrial production and sustainability. The debut took place last week…

Caracol Acquires Weber’s 3D Printing Assets

Italian large-format 3D printing specialist Caracol has acquired the additive manufacturing assets of Germany’s Hans Weber Maschinenfabrik GmbH, a long-standing leader in extrusion technology. The deal includes Weber’s intellectual property…