Sustainability
3D Printing News Briefs, March 19, 2026: 3D Printing Waste, Technical Ceramics, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Meltio announced an official sales partner for Ireland and Northern Ireland, Roboze received an investment from a U.S. venture capital firm, and Future Form…
OCL Architectural Lighting Uses 3D Printing for Luminaries
OCL Architectural Lighting is using material extrusion to make luminaries. The luminaries are intended for commercial lighting and are available in the Printz line. The line is “specification-grade lighting,” a…
With ARPA-E Backing, HRL Laboratories Advances 3D Printed Cooling for More Efficient Data Centers
In the report “AM for Data Centers: a 3D Printing Market Opportunity” that I wrote last year for Additive Manufacturing Research (AMR), I referenced Theodore Maiman, the man credited with…
DOE Backs DMG Mori AI Tool to Speed Qualification of 3D Printed Parts
Since 2015, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded projects that leverage the high-performance computing (HPC) capabilities of the U.S. national laboratories to optimize manufacturing processes. The High-Performance Computing…
6K Additive Lands Long-Term Nickel-Alloy Powders Supply Agreement with Siemens Energy
We’ve still got a month left in Q1, but I’ve already come back to the theme of the role of additive manufacturing (AM) in the ‘sustainability-as-security’ thesis — a topic…
Filamentive’s Recycled MJF Filament Tests the Economics of Circular AM
I’m super glad that Filamentive is making filament from recycled PA 12. We all know that in all polymer powder bed fusion processes, there is waste. Some can be recycled…
Australian Researchers Develop Accelerator-Free Underwater 3D Concrete Printing System
Infrastructure projects are just as important as housing to the additive construction (AC) market segment, and structures used for underwater applications like coastal resilience have steadily become one of the…
Material Hybrid Manufacturing is 3D Printing Conformal Batteries for Drones
Since the beginning of the decade, it seems like at least once a year, there will be a story about VC funds pouring money into some previously unknown startup that…
Additive Drives Raises Funding as Electric Motor Makers Look Beyond Rare Earths
Nordic Alpha Partners has invested in Additive Drives. This will help accelerate the company’s mission to develop better 3D printed electric motors. Through making lighter, rare-earth element-free engines, Additive Drives…
Italy’s First Certified 3D Printed Home is Alive: WASP Completes the Itaca Project
Additive construction (AC) can’t “solve the housing crisis”: that’s too much to expect from one technology. But AC processes have demonstrated that they’re a promising tool for helping to mitigate…
Printerior Launches Circdal to Build a Sustainable Architectural Ecosystem with 3D Printing
Robotic arm systems gradually gained traction for years in the large-format additive manufacturing (AM) space, before experiencing a legitimate breakout year in 2025. Pellet extrusion has been the clear winner…
3D Printing News Briefs, January 28, 2026: Suppressors, 3D Electronics, & More
We’re kicking off 3D Printing News Briefs with some news from last week’s Shot Show in Las Vegas, and then moving on to new 3D printing systems. We’ll end with…
University of Glasgow Researchers Develop 3D Printed Compostable Electronics
Recycling is one of those things that people support, but, for the most part, don’t actually do. If it sounds like I’m being judgmental, let me be the first to…
Creality Quietly Gauging Interest in a Desktop Filament Recycler
Creality is testing the waters on a desktop filament recycling system suitable for home use. The Creality Filament Maker M1 and Shredder R1 are in the engineering stage and can…
3D People Helps Armada Technologies Reduce LNG Tanker Emissions with 3D Printed Air Lubrication System
By now, more or less everyone seems to be aware, in one way or another, that the AI boom is straining global power grids and yielding insatiable demand for new…
Boston’s Additive Edge at Autodesk: Re:3D and the Power of Printing from Waste
This article is part of the “Boston’s Additive Edge at Autodesk” series, highlighting projects and research taking shape inside the Autodesk Technology Center in Boston. At the Autodesk Technology Center…
Top 10 Moonshot Ideas for 3D Printing’s Future
As the year comes to a close, it’s clear that additive manufacturing (AM) is entering a new phase. Costs are falling, supply chains are changing, government spending is rising, and…
Continuum Powders Releases Two New Copper-Nickel 3D Printing Powders
The significance of critical minerals to global geopolitics is showing no sign of slowdown as we approach the new year; if anything, it looks like 2025 was just the very…
Santa Cruz Startup Swellcycle Boosts Surfboard Sustainability with 3D Printing
Athletic equipment is such a ripe area for the additive manufacturing (AM) industry, if only because there are just so many different sports in the world. The factors that drive…
Aectual Launches Boxy: A Modular, Customizable Planter System 3D Printed with Recycled Materials
I do not have a green thumb in even the broadest sense of the term. I have a black thumb. Plants die around me, I cannot keep them alive. But…
New 3D Printed Hydrogen Cell Factory Just Switched On in Catalonia
The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) has opened a pilot plant that 3D prints advanced ceramic devices for renewable hydrogen systems. It’s described as the first facility on the…
6K Additive Goes Public on ASX
After years of negative investor sentiment in public markets, the additive manufacturing (AM) industry has seen a modest resurgence in Initial Public Offering (IPO) interest in 2025. Back in August,…
Boston’s Additive Edge at Autodesk: Rooftop Wind Gets a 3D Printed Spin
Walking through Autodesk’s Technology Center in Boston, I’ve come to expect surprises. One second, it’s MIT engineers pushing concrete printers to their limits, the next it’s Harvard architects stitching stone…
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…
