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Firing on All Cylinders: Ursa Major Discusses One of the Most Pivotal Quarters in Company History

It doesn’t make 3D printers, supply additive manufacturing (AM) feedstock, provide design software, or print parts upon request from the general marketplace. But none of this makes Ursa Major any…

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Verustruct’s Housing-Ready 3D Printing Tech and the Former SpaceX Engineer Behind It

Nick Callegari never planned on building houses. But after designing spacecraft parts at SpaceX, he decided to aim for something a little closer to home. The result is Verustruct, a…

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Talent Needed: EOS’s Fabian Alefeld & the US Navy’s Justin Rettaliata Discuss Why They’re Teaming Up to Train the 3D Printing Workforce

No amount of attention that the additive manufacturing (AM) industry devoted to the challenge of workforce development could be considered “too much” these days. Nowhere is this truer, perhaps, than…

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3D Printing, AI & the Future of Traceability: University of Illinois’s Bill King on 3D Printer “Fingerprints”

One of the most powerful aspects of academic research is its propensity to lead to discoveries that weren’t even on the researchers’ radar at the start of a given investigation….

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Back in the Mix: How Continuum’s Powder Platform Fuels the Next Phase of AM

Continuum Powders made headlines in 2025 for its work with Siemens Energy, helping the industrial giant turn aerospace scrap into metal powder for additive manufacturing (AM). That scrap-to-powder model became…

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Nano Dimension’s Post-Acquisition Focus Turns to Profitability

After finalizing its acquisitions of Desktop Metal and Markforged, Nano Dimension (Nasdaq: NNDM) is moving away from aggressive M&A and toward stronger strategic integration and long-term profitability. Julien Lederman, the…

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Recipe for an AM Cluster: ADDIMAT’s Zubizarreta on the Making of the Spanish AM Ecosystem

One of the most significant themes in the global manufacturing sector throughout the last decade has been the nurturing of existing economic clusters and the seeding of new ones by…

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Disruption, as Usual: Rich Garrity on How Stratasys Plans to Capitalize on 3D Printing’s Latest Big Opportunity

Few companies in the history of additive manufacturing (AM) have had as much impact as Stratasys on the overall course of the industry’s development. Stratasys has existed for about as…

Stifel’s AM Forward Fund Launches, Looking for US Manufacturers to Invest In

The need for greater resiliency in the defense supply chain is real and urgent. One area the US government has been focusing on is building a faster and more sustainable…

Betting on Localization: MRCA’s Jason Azevedo Explains Why He Invests in the Future of US Manufacturing

Currently, the general outlook for the manufacturing sector seems to be subject to so many proliferating, often mutually contradictory factors that it can feel hopeless to even attempt to assess…

SWISSto12 and the Rise of 3D Printed Satellites

Satellite manufacturing is entering a new phase, one where complexity meets customization, and traditional production methods are making room for additive manufacturing (AM). At the center of this move is…

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Rob Higby: How Continuum’s Scrap-to-Powder Model Caught Siemens’ Attention

Continuum Powders has spent over a decade working on a bold idea: why mine new metal when high-quality material is already flowing through today’s factories as scrap? Now, thanks to…

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E-Beam Renaissance: Eishin Hayashi on JEOL’s Future in Electron Beam 3D Printing

Japanese company JEOL has been making electron beam equipment, scanning electron microscopes, spectrometers, and electron beam lithography machines for semiconductors for decades now. So their entry into the EBM 3D…

Naomi Nathan, Head of MGA Medical, on EHFAM & Melting 3D Printing Barriers in Medical

MGA is an organization trying to collectively industrialize 3D printing. Member organizations can be service bureaus, machine builders, materials companies or users. All work together on breaking down the barriers…

Bassetti Weaves a Digital Thread through 3D Printing

According to the latest market research report from Additive Manufacturing (AM) Research, “AM Software Markets 2025: Analysis, Data and Forecast,” software is the next frontier for the sector. This segment…

RAPID 2025: Tracing the Real Progress of AI in 3D Printing

Last week delivered a chilly, brisk start to RAPID + TCT 2025 in Detroit. As I walked the show floor, I wandered the booths filled with equipment and printed parts,…

Branch Technology CEO Ryan Lusk on Scaling Additive Construction for Mass Adoption

Chattanooga-based Branch Technology has spent the past decade refining a novel approach to large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) in construction, standing apart from other firms in both LFAM and additive construction…

Backflip Demo Showcases Scan-to-CAD’s Revolutionary Capabilities

Markforged founder Greg Mark’s new startup, Backflip AI, only just came out of stealth and is already making waves in the design and manufacturing industry with its AI-powered CAD tools….

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Australia’s Untapped Potential as a Disruptive Innovator: SPEE3D CTO Steven Camilleri Explains Why He Wants to Make Stuff There

When I first met Steven Camilleri in 2023, the CTO of additive manufacturing (AM) OEM SPEE3D shared a quote with me from Clayton Christensen, the late Harvard professor who popularized…

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AM Coalition’s 2025 DC Legislative Fly-In: The Time Is Now for U.S. 3D Printing Policy

The Additive Manufacturing (AM) Coalition is set to host its third annual DC Legislative Fly-In from May 6 to 8, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The event, which aims to strengthen…

Automation Alley Lays the Infrastructure for Distributed Manufacturing in Michigan and Beyond

For over 25 years, Automation Alley has been at the forefront of Michigan’s technological evolution, helping to reposition the state from its Rust Belt reputation to a modern hub of…

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Concept Laser Pioneer Frank Herzog on the Future of 3D Printing Investment

Few figures in additive manufacturing (AM) possess the breadth of experience that Frank Herzog does. As the founder of metal laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) pioneer Concept Laser, Herzog played…

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Carbon CEO Phil DeSimone on How to Sell 3D Printing Applications

For a company that has historically been one of the most iconic brands in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry, Carbon manages to fly somewhat below the radar these days. The…

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Nikon’s AM Expansion from California to Japan and Beyond: CEO Hamid Zarringhalam Weighs in

As we recently argued in a 3DPrint.com PRO article, Nikon Advanced Manufacturing has quickly gone from a prominent player in the metal additive manufacturing (AM) sector to become one of,…