General Industry
ATI Wins Bechtel Contract to Build US Navy Metal 3D Printing Facility
ATI Inc., the Dallas-based manufacturer of metal powders, announced that the company has won a contract from Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc. (BPMI) to support development of advanced manufacturing solutions for…
New CNC Machining Technique from Thermwood Mirrors Layered 3D Printing Processes
Machine manufacturer Thermwood has announced its latest fabrication innovation, a technique it refers to as Cut Layer Additive (CLA). The process is actually a form of CNC machining, Thermwood’s bread…
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…
Indian Metal AM & Injection Molding Supplier Indo-MIM Acquires UK Firm CMG Technologies
Indo-MIM, an Indian metal parts supplier specializing in metal injection molding (MIM) and additive manufacturing (AM), has acquired UK MIM firm CMG Technologies. Based in Woodbridge in southeastern England, CMG…
Parts in the New Apple Watch Ultra to Reportedly be 3D Printed
According to a Medium post by financial analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who covers Apple for Hong Kong investment bank TF International, the next version of the Apple Watch Ultra will feature…
3D Printing Activity in Saudi Arabia Poised to Grow with $15M Immensa Facility
At the end of June, Immensa, a Saudi Arabian additive manufacturing (AM) service bureau, opened a new $15 million facility in Dammam, the fourth-largest city in the Kingdom of Saudi…
Department of Transportation Announces $85M Construction 3D Printing Opportunity
On Tuesday, June 27, the US Department of the Treasury released a brief article highlighting the U.S. manufacturing site construction boom of the last few years, which has been gaining…
With €2B Investment, Siemens Is All-in on Industrial Metaverse & China
Last week, I wrote about how Xi’an Bright Laser Technology’s (BLT’s) activity in 2023 highlights that the identical shift toward digitalization is happening just as quickly in China as it…
Commercial & Defense 3D Printing at the Point of Need with SPEE3D
Australian OEM SPEE3D, which specializes in cold spray metal additive manufacturing (AM) solutions that work under extreme conditions, is one of the more interesting companies in the AM industry right…
US and Australia Form Clean Energy Pact as WTO Head Calls for “Reglobalized” Supply Chains
Amidst the G7 summit in Hiroshima last weekend, CNBC interviewed the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, concerning her general outlook on the current state of international…
Adding Up the Progress: A Year of 3D Printing Evolution on Display at RAPID + TCT 2023
As I was having my traditional panic attack in the Lyft on the way to McCormick Place, I realized something: technically, it hadn’t even been a full year since last…
Former Amazon Exec to Build $81M Advanced Manufacturing Park in Pittsburgh Area
On May 1, 2023, Pennsylvania’s Governor, Josh Shapiro, along with various other state officials and members of Pittsburgh’s business community, held a press conference at the Steelers’ Acrisure Stadium to…
Manufacturing Jigs and Fixtures Through Additive Manufacturing with BASF Forward AM
As Additive Manufacturing continues to grow and expand, numerous industries are embracing the technology along with the innovative materials and methodology used to produce accurate and high-quality parts for industrial…
Killer 3D Printing Applications: Specialty Vehicles, Part One
If we look at the past three decades of deploying additive manufacturing (AM) in the real world, we can find a few killer applications that have commercialized technologies and spread…
Sauber to 3D Print Industrial Parts for Label Maker Manufacturer BOBST
The Sauber Group is most well-known for its decades of work in motorsports racing, where it has won numerous races in numerous competitions. As with every other racing company, it…
