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Supply Chain Expert Weighs in 3D Printing’s Role in Resilience
Additive manufacturing (AM) experts have understood for at least a decade that the technology could prove vital for digital inventories and the production of spare parts. However, it wasn’t until…
Solize Debuts on the Tokyo Stock Exchange: A Milestone for Japan’s 3D Printing Industry
In the dynamic landscape of Japan’s engineering and manufacturing sectors, Solize Corporation has emerged as a beacon of innovation, particularly in the realm of 3D printing technologies. On February 7,…
3D Printing Consolidation or Collaboration? The Driving Theme of AMS 2024
One of the defining features of the Additive Manufacturing Strategies (AMS) business summit has been its emphasis on the financial aspects of the 3D printing market. That was no different…
Wilson Shoots for the Hoop with First-Ever, 3D Printed Basketball… at $2,500
In an unprecedented move, Wilson Sporting Goods Co. has announced the release of the Wilson Airless Gen1, the first-ever 3D printed basketball. This bold product, which has the potential to…
Charting the Future: 3D Printing Investments at AMS 2024
As the Additive Manufacturing Strategies (AMS) 2024 event unfolds, a central theme has been navigating the investment landscape in 3D printing. The event digs into the areas of venture capital…
AMS 2024: A New Era of 3D Printing Unfolds in New York
The annual Additive Manufacturing Strategies (AMS) summit has once again opened its doors in New York City. This year’s event, AMS 2024, has already begun delivering a mix of insights…
Chinese Premier Calls for More Manufacturing Research Spending as US Congress Weighs Bringing Back R&D Tax Incentives
In 2017, the US Congress enacted the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA), a bill reducing certain US tax revenues between 2018 and 2025 by over $100 billion annually. The…
Bambu Lab Issues Recall on A1 3D Printer
What was once being heralded as a game-changer for home 3D printers, is now being labeled a cautionary tale. Bambu Lab has announced a recall of its A1 3D printers….
Velo3D CEO and CFO Discuss Metal 3D Printing Firm’s Prospects
Velo3D (NYSE: VLD) initially made a significant impact with its breakthrough approach to laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) for metals, which involved controlling more variables and employing a novel recoating…
First Metal 3D Printer in Space Heads to ISS
French OEM AddUp, in collaboration with Airbus, has delivered the first metal 3D printer for space to the European Space Agency (ESA). This printer was launched on NASA’s Mission NG-20,…
White House Announces $530M Investment in U.S. Innovation Clusters
After numerous efforts to drive advanced manufacturing in the U.S. over the course of the past several years, the White House has announced a groundbreaking investment of over $530 million…
Poll of the Week: Would You Eat 3D Printed Meat or Fish?
While 3D printed cultivated meat is definitely still a very novel concept, there have been significant milestones in the pioneering alternative meat industry over the past decade. So in our…
Everything Must Go? Arevo’s 3D Printing Assets up for Auction
Arevo was among the first startups to develop a method for continuous carbon fiber 3D printing at large scales. With investments from Khosla Ventures and In-Q-Tel, among others, the Silicon…
A Great Transformation: Advanced Manufacturing’s Future is in the National Defense Industrial Strategy
One of my favorite books was written against the backdrop of World War 2, centered around an argument aiming to explain the long-term causes for that conflict. Karl Polanyi’s The…
Hyliion Begins 3D Printing Generator Parts amid Strategic Shift
Hyliion Holdings Corp. (NYSE: HYLN), a developer of electricity-generating technology, has announced that is has begun 3D printing parts for its KARNO generator product. Based in Austin, Texas, the publicly…
Printing Money Episode 14: Manufacturing Markets and 3D Printing Deals, with AMT’s Chris Chidzik & Dayton Horvath
For Printing Money’s first episode in 2024, Danny is joined by returning guest Dayton Horvath, Director of Emerging Technology at AMT, and by Dayton’s colleague, Chris Chidzik, Principal Economist at AMT. …
The Red Sea Supply Chain Disruptions: an Opportunity for Distributed 3D Printing
Starting in October 2023, militants backed by Iran and based out of Yemen — referred to as the ‘Houthi movement’ because of their association with the Houthi tribe — began…
EPSON and Development Bank of Japan Bet on 3DEO’s Metal 3D Printing Tech
Japanese investment into the additive manufacturing (AM) sector is increasing and it’s bringing new, powerful players to the table. Los Angeles-based 3DEO announced a substantial investment from the Development Bank…
BMW’s €650M EV Retooling Brings Opportunities for 3D Printing
BMW plans to invest €650 million in converting its Munich car plant for electric vehicle production. This move is part of the global trend towards electrifying plants and vehicle fleets….
Design Software Mega-Merger: Synopsys Plans to Buy Ansys for $35B
A funny thing happened on the way to all of the hypothetical additive manufacturing (AM) mega-mergers floated throughout 2023: none of them ended up taking place. Despite the fact that…
Zeda Officially Opens Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Ohio with Velo3D Happy Hour
A month after PrinterPrezz and subsidiary Vertex Manufacturing rebranded as Zeda last year, I had the opportunity to visit the company’s new advanced manufacturing digital foundry in Ohio. At the…
Is Uniformity Labs out of Business? Metal 3D Printing Equipment up for Auction
According to a recent article from 3DAdept, a substantial amount of metal 3D printing equipment—including machines for printing, processing, and manufacturing metal powders—is up for auction via Tauber-Arons Inc. and…
3D Printing Resilience: the Case of Fiber Lasers
Since at least 2020, additive manufacturing (AM) has become more and more synonymous with the concept of supply chain resilience. In 2024, there is almost guaranteed to be a striking…
3D Printing Savvy Rocket Lab Lands $515M Space Force Defense Contract
After reaching a new annual launch record with its 10th Electron mission in December 2023, Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) announced a contract with the Space Development Agency (SDA) – a…
