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Hominid X: Restoring Stroke Patients with a Firm Grasp, Thanks to 3D Printing
In a time when 3D printing is making significant contributions to the medical sector, Hominid X stands out as a company harnessing this technology to address real-world issues. Recently interviewed…
View from on High: HP’s Ramon Pastor Shares Updates on Company’s 3D Printing Division
Until 2023, the additive manufacturing (AM) sector largely seemed like a fragmented assortment of startups—however much inclination toward consolidation there may have been prior to this year, bubbling underneath the…
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,…
Startup Accelerator – Axtra3D Talks the Best of Both Worlds: SLA + DLP 3D Printing
While the world of vat photopolymerization has undergone some serious evolution over the past decade, it’s likely that we’re only seeing the tip of the iceberg in terms of where…
What Does 3D Printing’s Most Followed Professional Think of the Stratasys Merger?
The 3D printing industry is currently undergoing its biggest change in a decade, with the sector’s most valuable pure-play company, Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS), involved in negotiations to merge one of…
Who is Tuan TranPham, 3D Printing’s Most Followed Professional?
Tuan TranPham is a 3D printing veteran—in fact, an official Additive Manufacturing Users Group DiNO—and is the most followed person in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry on LinkedIn. With an…
More than the Sum of Its Parts: Replique Co-founder and COO Henrike Wonneberger Discusses Company Spin-out
One theme that highlights the additive manufacturing (AM) sector’s overall transition from startup to scale-up is the sheer proliferation of AM-centric software platforms over the last couple of years. It…
The Race to Automate Aerospace: A Talk with JPB Système CEO Damien Marc
I hadn’t heard of aerospace/defense manufacturer JPB Système, based in France with additional offices in the US and Poland, until about a month ago. This isn’t a reflection on JPB…
Metal 3D Printing as Strategic Economics: CTO Steven Camilleri on SPEE3D’s Vision
When writing about emerging companies, especially in tech-heavy spaces, it’s always tempting to try to use Apple as a frame of reference. I try to fight that temptation in terms…
Conflux Looks to Automation to Scale Heat Exchanger 3D Printing
As additive manufacturing (AM) becomes sufficiently industrialized for end part production at scale, the industry has entered a phase in which the technology is being applied to very specific applications…
Stratasys CEO Yoav Zeif Offers Insight into the Desktop Metal Merger
As a maelstrom begins to form around the merger of Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS) with Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM), company CEO Yoav Zeif is at the helm, steering the ship through…
Sawdust, Seaweed, and Coffee? Marvel Labs’ Biomass 3D Printer Can Print it All
Marvel Labs, an innovative technology company founded in 2023, has pioneered an environmentally conscious application of 3D printing technology. Coming out of stealth mode in June, the company aims to…
AML3D Evolves from Contract Manufacturer to 3D Printer OEM: An Interview with Interim CEO Sean Ebert
It’s never easy for a company to reinvent itself, especially regarding strategy—performing tweaks not only to individual details, but to an organization’s entire overall mission. Nevertheless, sometimes opportunities present themselves…
Not Your Granny’s Shop Class: Oak Ridge High Offers 3D Printing Service Bureau Class
It is impossible to separate the history of Oak Ridge, Tennessee from the history of rapid advances in manufacturing. Located in the Knoxville metropolitan area, the town is synonymous with…
3DEO Talks Pure Copper, 3D Printing for Rail and More
California-based 3DEO is a unique firm. Among the first to offer a proprietary metal 3D printing solution as a service, 3DEO has since been followed by the likes of Seurat,…
From Oil to Automotive and Space, Velo3D Brings Repeatability and New Materials to Metal 3D Printing
As metal 3D printing firm Velo3D (NYSE: VLD) expands from its established verticals, like space, oil and gas, and military, the company has had to develop newer materials that suit…
Fabrisonic CEO Discusses New Ultrasonic Metal 3D Printer
Fabrisonic is an ultrasonic additive manufacturing (UAM) pioneer, which moved into a new facility in Lewis Center last winter, not far from its original home with EWI on the campus…
Mark Peng Tackles Both Sides of the SLA 3D Printing Market: Printers and Materials
Anyone who has been involved in stereolithography (SLA) for the past decade or more has witnessed the technology’s rapid evolution. The broader category, vat photopolymerization (VP), has grown to include…
Earth is the Future of the Space Sector: Sidus Space on Why It’s 3D Printing Satellites
It’s easy to misunderstand the purpose of the commercial space sector. For the first few years that they were in the public spotlight, space companies were portrayed almost exclusively as…
A Look Inside the Future of Housing: 3D Printed Homes by Diamond Age
It was a typical sunny day in Casa Grande, Arizona, when I had the unique opportunity to explore a construction site that was anything but typical. Nestled amidst the vast…
Consultant John Barnes on a Stratasys Merger: “We Have to Keep 3D Printing Human”
The additive manufacturing (AM) industry is on the cusp of some momentous merger activity coming to fruition. We do not know what will happen yet, but the consequences will be…
Advancing the AM Industry through Intentional Open Innovation
Authentise is an automation software company dedicated to streamlining and managing the production process for multiple manufacturing technologies, including 3D printing. To learn more about its Open Innovation strategy, we…
3D Systems Brings Flexibility to Large-scale 3D Printing
When it comes to large-format polymer 3D printing, there are a growing number of options, particularly for industrial robotic arms. However, most options on the market don’t tackle all of…
Relativity Space Co-founder Jordan Noone on What it Takes to Run a VC Firm
What does it take to build a space company from the ground up? Jordan Noone, co-founder and former chief technology officer (CTO) of Relativity Space, has some idea. At 22,…