North America
How Farsoon’s Metal 3D Printing Brought a 100-Year-Old Motorcycle Back to Life
Visitors at this year’s RAPID + TCT event in Detroit got to see an unexpected showstopper at Farsoon’s booth: a beautifully restored, vintage-inspired motorcycle known as the Pennsylvania 8. Nestled…
3D Printing News Briefs, April 12, 2025: RAPID Roundup
The news from last week’s RAPID+TCT in Detroit just keeps on coming! That’s why today’s 3D Printing News Briefs is another RAPID Roundup of more exciting announcements from the trade…
Continuum Powders Turns Siemens Scrap Into High-Value 3D Printing Material
Over the last five months of 2024, Continuum Powders turned almost one ton of nickel scrap per week from Siemens Energy into high-quality metal powder, the kind used for 3D…
3D Printed Propulsion Specialist Ursa Major Sells 10 Hadley Engines to Japanese Space Startup
Ursa Major, the Colorado-based specialist in scaling additive manufacturing (AM) for propulsion solutions, has reached an agreement to sell ten Hadley engines to Sirius Technologies, the US subsidiary of Tokyo’s…
Pratt & Whitney Taps DED 3D Printing to Speed Jet Engine Repairs
Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of aerospace/defense giant RTX, has developed a new method leveraging directed energy deposition (DED) additive manufacturing (AM) to repair critical components on its geared turbofan…
Daring AM: 3D Printed Guns Go From Homemade to Heavily Watched
As law enforcement intensifies its efforts and agencies roll out new regulations, 3D printed guns are becoming a bigger part of the ghost gun conversation. In March 2025, the U.S….
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…
Fieldmade and Equispheres Bring Safer Aluminum LPBF to Market
Norwegian containerized 3D printing firm Fieldmade has been letting defense and energy customers take 3D printing to remote places for years now. By putting LPBF, bound metal and polymer 3D…
RAPID 2025: Axtra3D Adds Additive Plus as Reseller, Launches Silicone Material
Axtra3D, the Charlotte-based OEM of additive manufacturing (AM) systems leveraging the company’s proprietary Hybrid PhotoSynthesis (HPS) technology, has announced that Additive Plus, a Los Angeles-based AM service and AM hardware…
RAPID 2025: 3D Systems Rolls Out Smarter Tools for Real-World Production
At this year’s RAPID+TCT event in Detroit, 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) is making a strong statement: additive manufacturing (AM) is not just about new materials or machines, but also about…
3D Printed Pill Could Make Life Easier for Millions with AFib
Chinese pharmaceutical company Triastek gets U.S. green light to test once-a-day anticoagulant pill made with 3D printing. This new kind of blood thinner pill is designed to stay in the…
3DPOD 248: AM in the Marines and Advanced Technologies with Howie Marotto, EWI
I really loved this episode of the 3DPOD with Howie Marotto, Additive Manufacturing Business Director at EWI. A Marine with deep logistics experience gets to tell us how viable 3D…
3D Printing Financials: 3D Systems Looks to Bounce Back in 2025
After a challenging year for the industry, 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) ended 2024 with results pointing to a reset, laying the groundwork for future profitability. The company didn’t post strong…
APES Unveils Vision for 3D Printed Electronics Factory
Advanced Printed Electronic Solutions (APES) is a systems integrator, 3D printing service, and consultancy partner for additively manufactured electronics. 3D printed electronics machines have been around, but a truly scalable,…
Parallax Volumetric Additive Manufacturing Debuts at RAPID via Manifest Technologies
Manifest Technologies is showcasing its take on volumetric additive manufacturing at this year’s RAPID+TCT event, this week in Detroit, Michigan. Manifest, formerly known as Vitro3D, spun out of the University…
Moving Beyond the Hypothetical: the Role 3D Printing Should Play in US Reshoring
Barely two months into President Trump’s second term, it’s already cliché to point out that chaos is the only constant thread running through all of the new administration’s policies. (Indeed,…
PostProcess Technologies Targets Chairside 3D Printing with DEMI X 200 Plus
PostProcess Technologies has released the DEMI X 200 Plus, a vat polymerization cleaning unit that integrates curing, rinsing, drying, and cleaning into a single device. This not only enhances operator…
Desktop Metal Now Officially Part of Nano Dimension
In a deal that’s been brewing for months—and was even contested in court—Nano Dimension (Nasdaq: NNDM) has officially closed its $179 million acquisition of Desktop Metal. The transaction, finalized on…
Continuum Powders’ Recycled Nickel Powders Reduce Carbon Footprint by 99.7 Percent
According to a new independent life cycle assessment (LCA) by the Industrial Sustainability Laboratory at Oregon State University (OSU), Continuum Powders’ recycling process for producing nickel powders from scrap lowers…
Prometheus to Build Massive Rocket Motor Facility in Indiana
In a major move for the U.S. defense industry, Prometheus Energetics will build a massive 550-acre solid rocket motors (SRMs) and munitions facility in Bloomfield, Indiana. Construction is set to…
Supreme Court Says “Yes” to Regulating Ghost Guns—Including 3D Printed Guns
In a major decision today, the U.S. Supreme Court said that the government can treat ghost guns (including those made with 3D printers) like regular firearms. That means kits and…
Puerto Rico University Gets $1.3M for Aluminum 3D Printing in Space
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (also known as Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, or RUM), has received a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Air Force through America Makes to…
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…
X-Bow Now Totals $97M in U.S. Funding for 3D-Printed Propellant and Solid Rocket Tech
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded additional funding to X-Bow Launch Systems to support research and development of solid rocket motors. These motors represent a rapidly advancing area…
