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Kupros Launches Cu29 V2, Announces Process for Embedded Electronics from Desktop FFF & FDM
In addition to its more traditional uses, the centrality of copper to an unusually large number of high-growth industries has led more than a few observers to argue that it…
3D Printing Financials: 6K Additive Reports Record Quarter as Demand Grows for U.S.-Made Metal Powders
Demand for metal powders made in the United States continues to grow, particularly from aerospace and defense customers. That was one of the biggest takeaways from 6K Additive‘s (ASX: 6KA)…
Lyten’s Graphene Filaments Power Modovolo’s US-Made 3D Printing Platform
Drone manufacturer Modovolo has selected Lyten as the primary filament supplier for its industrial 3D printing platform, a move the companies say will strengthen U.S.-based manufacturing for aerospace, defense, and…
Continuum Powders & AM Research White Paper Argues that Circular Economics is Central to Scaling Metal AM
Pretty much everyone is aware that, over the last several decades, Western nations have continuously ceded control over manufacturing supply chains to China. It has been less widely appreciated that…
R3 Printing Bets on American-Made Industrial FFF 3D Printers
For years, co-founders Paul Sieradzki and Petra Wood ran a 3D printing service bureau in New York. As they worked day to day with the printers, they experienced firsthand the…
Beehive Industries Invests $70M in Ohio to Support Its Advanced Manufacturing Buildup for Propulsion
Beehive Industries and the state of Ohio have each been killing it in the metal 3D printing game. Naturally then, it was only logical for Beehive and Ohio to combine…
IperionX Raises $50 Million to Expand U.S. Titanium Production
IperionX has raised about $50 million through a public offering to speed up the commercial rollout of its U.S. titanium manufacturing business. The company sold 2.275 million shares at $21.98…
3D Printed Packaging OEM XTPL Adds Another Japanese Customer
These things can change at any moment nowadays, but the biggest economic story of the year might not be elevated energy prices, after all. Elevated prices for memory chips may…
VulcanForms Lands Major State Backing in Massachusetts Manufacturing Push
Massachusetts is making a major bet on industrial 3D printing. As part of a new $52 million package of state tax credits to support business expansion, the Massachusetts Economic Assistance…
SPEE3D’s Steven Camilleri Proposes a National Resilience Test for Australia
In 1947, that fun-loving bunch, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, unveiled a concept called the Doomsday Clock, an attempt to measure how close humanity is to “a human-made global…
3DPOD 302: Digital Inventory for AM with Mikhail Gladkikh, Würth Additive Group
Mikhail Gladkikh has worked in oil and gas for many years. With this background, we obviously talk about energy market turbulence and the adoption of AM in oil and gas….
TDK Makes Sound AI Infrastructure Bet with Fabric8Labs Acquisition Worth Up to $400M
As I described in a recent PRO article, the bulk of global investment is currently premised on a bet that an AI infrastructure buildout can eventually result in a workable…
The University of Utrecht: “3D Printing Could Change Who Gets to Become a Manufacturing Power”
For decades, manufacturing has mostly been controlled by countries with huge factories, lower labor costs, and industrial systems that took years, sometimes decades, to build. But Utrecht University human geographers…
Stratasys Acquires Markforged, Analysis of AM’s Latest Consolidation Move
A very long time ago, in 2023, the additive manufacturing (AM) industry was enraptured over the attempts by a large chunk of its publicly traded original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to…
AM Drilldown: the Beginning of 3D Printing’s Next Phase in the Energy Sector
For much of the last decade, many have pushed an unjustifiably optimistic view of global energy consumption, along the lines of, fossil fuels are “on their way out.” Sadly, this…
ORNL Continues Research Into Making Large Format Metal Parts by Combining AM and HIP
This can’t be stressed enough: the US needs to secure its supply chains for energy and power generation components. And, while the US needs to prioritize that objective across the…
6K Energy Secures 7-Year Agreement to Supply CRG Defense with Battery Materials
Last year, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a ban on certain components sourced from foreign suppliers, including Chinese firms, used in unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Meanwhile, the FY…
Semicap Insurrection Revisited: APES Demonstrates Matrix6D Live at RAPID + TCT
I didn’t attend RAPID + TCT this year, so I missed getting to see the Matrix6D platform operating live on the show floor. Thankfully, the CEO and founder of Advanced…
Digital SEA: Austal USA Launches Secure 3D Printing Platform Hosted by US Navy
So far in 2026, the most significant shift in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry is also the subtlest: after years in which various enterprises, organizations, and government agencies have trended…
Caracol Taps CNC Robotics to Build and Support Its UK Systems
No matter how quickly the economy seems to be changing on the surface, there is no escaping the fact that geography is the foundation of economics, and, in case anyone…
HADDY’s Large-Format Robotic 3D Printing to Power Red Cat’s Drone Boat Production
In May 2025, Joris Peels, as is his custom, wrote a prescient article about Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) and Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), i.e., drone boats. Listing a multifaceted range…
Resetting the Role of AM in Defense, and the Role of Defense in the Economy
The Trump administration recently revealed that it is requesting a $1.5 trillion defense budget for FY2027, confirming Trump’s initial announcement of that topline number at the beginning of 2026. So…
Leading Chemical Manufacturer Kureha Makes Strategic Investment in Z-Polymers’ Advanced 3D Printing Materials
Aside from rising gasoline prices, the US still hasn’t seen much direct economic impact from disruption to Strait of Hormuz maritime traffic. However, it’s only a matter of time before…
EOS to Spotlight AI, Robotics, and Industrial Tooling at Hannover Messe
The US-Israel war on Iran is already catalyzing the sorts of major shifts to global supply chains that will effectively amount to permanent economic changes. In this context, the nations…
