Sustainability
Sakuu to Go the SPAC Route in Anticipation of Its 3D Printed Batteries Hitting the Market
Back in August, Ursa Major, which uses additive manufacturing (AM) for propulsion components, announced that it plans to go public early in 2027 via the Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation (SPAC)…
WASP Mixes Earth and Plastic to Make Recyclable 3D Printed Composites
WASP has an eco-friendly ethos. Indeed, the firm wants to build houses and communities using local, environmentally friendly, and sustainable materials. WASP works with ceramics, biocement, and earth. The company…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 24, 2026: Spinal Implant, Digital Dentistry, Recycled PLA, & More
We’re starting with a little business in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then moving on to FDA 510(k) clearance and digital dentistry. We’ll end with 3D printing waste…
ETH Zurich Uses Bacteria to 3D Print Facade Elements
ETH Zurich has used bacteria to build facade elements. The living bacteria effectively bind sand together by forming calcium carbonate through the precipitation of calcite crystals. The work was carried…
50,000 Orders and Counting: EPlus3D & Chinese AM Services Provider Are Scaling Liquid Cooling Solutions for AI Servers
An under-appreciated story driving the additive manufacturing (AM) industry this year has been the divergence between what’s driving the market in China and what’s driving it everywhere else. Let’s start…
Metal 3D Printers for the Desktop Are Finally Starting to Feel Like Desktop Products
FDM 3D printing is becoming increasingly accessible, yet metal 3D printers designed for everyday desktop use remain rare on an ordinary workbench. The real challenge is not making a metal…
The Frankenservice Part 2: Have Your Cake and Eat it Too
This series of articles delves into a thought experiment. What if we let go of using a few machines very optimally, but instead use lots of different machines to meet…
Ski Lift Foundations Made With 3D Printing in Hemavan, Sweden
While most of the 3D printed construction hype has been around houses, we’re more bullish on infrastructure. By 3D printing in hard-to-reach areas, remote structures can bring infrastructure to new…
3D Printing News Briefs, September 5, 2026: Electronic Skin, Cartilage, Cookies, & More
We’re starting with standards in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as ASTM has re-launched its Advanced Manufacturing Division as the Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Division. Then we’ll move…
3DCP Group 3D Prints Student Housing in Denmark
Denmark’s 3DCP Group has built 36 3D printed student apartments as part of its Skovsporet project in Holstebro. Designed by SAGA Space Architects and MS+, the project is a single-story,…
Can Metal Recycling Help Scale Additive Manufacturing? Continuum and AM Research White Paper Takes a Look
Metal additive manufacturing (AM) is growing, but making more parts also means using more metal powder. That raises a simple question: where will all that material come from? A new…
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…
RIC Robotics Collaborates with K4k Construction on 3D Printed ADU in Sacramento
In 2024, RIC Robotics, the additive construction (AC) firm based in Denver, completed the build of an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) in Walnut, California, which was apparently an industry first….
Hembased Launches Cold Compostable 3D Printing Filament Made Out of Palm Leaves
Dutch firm Hembased is launching a cold compostable filament. Cold compostable means that the material should return completely to nature in a regular compost bin that you may already have…
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…
Continuum Powders Launches On-Demand Alloy Service for Small-Batch Production
The need to meet demand for high-mix, low-volume (HMLV) production is one of the dominant catalysts driving new manufacturing investment. One explanation for this lies in a rare dual transformation…
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…
Amazon-Backed 14Trees and Tvasta Launch Construction 3D Printer for Remote Sites
14 Trees and Tvasta have launched a new construction 3D printer. The Cedar is a large-format gantry-style printer similar to the COBOD offering. Tvasta is an Indian automation firm founded…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 2, 2026: Soft Robots, Agricultural Waste, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start off with a multi-laser metal powder bed fusion 3D printer and post-processing news. We’ll end with research into soft robotics and…
This New UK Factory Will 3D Print Concrete at Scale
A new factory in North Lincolnshire will use robots to 3D print concrete parts for construction when it opens next June. The facility will focus on producing components like foundations…
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…
3D Printing News Briefs, April 25, 2026: Competition Winners, AI Platform, X2D Printer, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, AMUG announced the winners of its Technical Competition, and Authentise launched AI platform Whisper at RAPID. Bambu Lab wasn’t at RAPID, but launched…
Holcim, COBOD and PERI Print 12 Unit Social Housing Project in France
Holcim has announced that a 12-unit residential structure, ViliaSprint² in Bezannes, France, was finished in a year. Nice to see that people seem to be properly building structures rather than…
Farsoon’s Fine Laser Spot 3D Printing Gives China a Thermal Management Edge
Metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems generally utilize lasers with spot sizes that fall into a range of 80 micrometers (μm) to 100μm, although dynamic beam shaping may soon lead to…
