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$50M to Boost Fabric8Labs’ Electrochemical AM Capacity in the U.S.
Additive Manufacturing Research (AMR) and Cantor Fitzgerald recently wrapped up AM Investment Strategies, and thermal management applications, specifically for the AI infrastructure market, were at the center of the discussion….
AIM3D Opens Voxelfill to Everyone
German medium-format pellet extrusion company AIM3D is creating its own slicing software, SlicEx, for its systems. But, through Create it REAL, you can now use AIM3D’s Voxelfill process on standard…
Boston’s Additive Edge at Autodesk: Harvard Researchers Turn Mining Waste into Masonry
When most people look at piles of mining waste, they see rubble. For Maddie Farrer and Chenming He, two researchers at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (GSD), those rocks look…
New Materials and Curing Unit at Formlabs
Formlabs is showcasing new SLA materials and a new curing solution. The new Tough 1000 Resin, with a tensile modulus of 1000, a Tough 1500, and an improved Tough 2000…
Carbon’s DLS 3D Printing Tech Boosted by $60M in Latest Funding Round
At Additive Manufacturing Strategies (AMS) earlier this year, I had the opportunity to interview Phil DeSimone, co-founder of Carbon and currently part of the company’s office of the CEO. One…
Stratasys Makes Navy Parts for Trident Warrior 25
The US Navy’s Trident Warrior 25 is a live fire manufacturing exercise hosted by FLEETWERX, an organization that wants to bring together companies and academia to drive Navy innovation, along…
3D Printing News Briefs, November 8, 2025: Distribution, Prosthetics, Dental Restoration, & More
We’ll start off this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs with a little business, as Spectroplast appointed a new CEO, Meltio appointed a new distributor, and WOL3D inaugurated what it says…
Boston’s Additive Edge at Autodesk: MIT Experiments with 3D Printed Concrete
At the Autodesk Technology Center in Boston, experiments don’t stay on paper for long. Ideas are tested at full scale, sometimes overnight. Among the largest machines in the space is…
U.S. Army’s Drone 3D Printing Hits Next Phase with 25th Infantry Division’s Lethal FPV System
I recently posted about how the acting commander of the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC), Lt. Gen. Christopher Mohan, told interviewers at the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) Annual…
Seeking Success in Additive: Be Wooj
Remember when we used to talk a lot about democratizing design and manufacturing? We did do that to a certain extent; you can upload files to Shapeways, Endeavor3D, Protolabs, and…
Velta’s Ukrainian Operations & the Global Necessity of End-to-End Critical Mineral AM Ecosystems
This isn’t a silver lining: there are no silver linings in war. But what Velta Holding is doing in Ukraine is a story of how industry can help communities stay…
Tiny Bioprinter Could One Day Repair Vocal Cords During Surgery
A team of engineers and surgeons at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, has created the world’s smallest 3D bioprinter, and it could change how doctors repair damaged vocal cords. At…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 25, 2025: Strategic Investment, Inner Ear Organoids, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start off with some business news, as Xact Metal announced continued double digit growth in Q2 and Q3 of 2025, and the…
When Bioprinting Enters the Room: Wyss Institute’s Chris Chen Joins the National Academy of Medicine
Christopher Chen, one of the architects behind Harvard’s 3D Organ Engineering Initiative, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), a rare honor that points to just how…
“We Can’t Wait” – U.S. Head of Army Materiel Command Signals Further 3D Printing Ramp Up
The vast majority of people in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry concerned with defense seem to be focused on the Maritime Industrial Base (MIB), for valid reasons. But all year,…
3D Printing Helps Create Narcan Dispensers to Prevent Overdoses
A North Texas team is using 3D printing to make smaller, low-cost Narcan vending machines, helping more communities get access to a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses and save…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 22, 2025: AMUG Innovator, Corrosion, Recycling Initiative, & More
Exciting news to kick off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs: Formlabs Co-Founder and CEO Max Lobovsky is the recipient of the 2026 AMUG Innovators Award. Then, America Makes announced a…
From SpaceX to Portal: Jeff Thornburg on 3D Printing’s Space Edge, Part II
Jeff Thornburg has worn many titles: SpaceX propulsion chief, Amazon Kuiper executive, and now CEO of Portal Space Systems. In the first part of this series, he explained how falling…
Scientists 3D Print a Functional Human Colon Model to Study Cancer and Drug Response
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine), and the New York Institute of Technology have 3D printed one of the most realistic models of the human colon ever…
AML3D Lands $3M 3D Printer Deal with Newport News Shipbuilding
Over the summer, Australian additive manufacturing (AM) original equipment manufacturer (OEM) AML3D announced that the U.S. Navy had issued a letter of intent (LOI) to the company which signaled the…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 18, 2025: Software Integration, Glass Bone Substitute, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Velo3D and Dyndrite have announced an integration partnership. NCDMM announced the Director for the new Youngstown Innovation Hub for Aerospace and Defense, and…
Raiders of the Lost Parts: Jeff Thornburg’s Playbook for Space, Part I
Jeff Thornburg knows what it’s like to get the phone call. In 2011, Elon Musk rang him at home and asked him to come to Hawthorne, California, to help build…
Velo3D Gets a Boost, and So Does Its Stock, Amid iRocket Partnership Expansion
In an era when national security increasingly depends on technological strength, Velo3D (Nasdaq: VELO) and Innovative Rocket Technologies (iRocket) have once again joined forces to strengthen U.S. aerospace and defense…
Firefly Aerospace Buys SciTec for $855 Million, Expanding into Defense and Data
Known for using 3D printed components in its rockets and lunar landers, Firefly Aerospace is now scaling up its ambitions with an $855 million acquisition of defense-tech firm SciTec. While…
