Sustainability
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…
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…
A Circular Way to Print: Turning Tornado Fighter Jets Into 3D Printing Powder
In a lab in Lancashire, engineers are doing something that sounds almost poetic: turning pieces of retired fighter jets into raw material for the next generation of aircraft. British company…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 15, 2025: Thermal Simulation, Ceramic Fuel Cells, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Dyndrite and Ansys are collaborating on reducing risk in metal AM, and researchers from the Technical University of Denmark are 3D printing ceramic, coral-inspired…
Breezm 3D Printed Eyewear Arrives in the U.S.
Last month, 3DPrint.com received an invite to test out Breezm’s personalized 3D printed eyewear experience. We accepted with eyes wide open and came away with eyes comfortably shaded, clad in…
Portal Becomes First to Test 3D Printed Solar Thermal Thruster for Multi-Orbit Spacecraft
In the race to build the future of spaceflight, first milestones have big meaning. For Portal Space Systems, a young spacecraft company based in Washington, that milestone arrived this September…
3D Printed Habitat Prototype Encourages Natural Regeneration of Marine Ecosystems
Recently, the World Design Organization (WDO) and the UK Design Council hosted the World Design Congress (WDC) 2025 in London. The tagline for the event was “Design for planet,” and…
Italy’s WASP Debuts CUBO HDP, Turning Shredded Plastic into Large-Scale Prints
Italian 3D printing company WASP has introduced its latest machine, the CUBO HDP, a large-scale pellet 3D printer built for industrial production and sustainability. The debut took place last week…
Building Homes From Plastic: How Azure is Changing Construction
In recent years, the construction world has started looking closely at 3D printing. Builders want ways to save time, cut waste, reduce costs, and be more flexible with design. But…
3D Printing News Briefs, September 27, 2025: Large-Format Pellet Printing, Recycled Polymers, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with metal coatings for polymer micro 3D printed parts. MELD is releasing its next generation of machines, Modix announced serial production…
3D Printing Waste Into Function: A Look Inside the Air Force’s Container Project with re:3D
A group of airmen at an Air Force Special Operations Command wing recently tested a new type of 3D printing setup, one that fits into a shipping container, operates off-grid,…
3D Printing News Briefs, September 20, 2025: Standards, Floor Slabs, Wastewater Treatment, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start with standards news from ASTM. Then, we’ll move on to a new 3D printable alloy from QuesTek Innovations, and Autodesk Research…
Deutsche Bahn To Work With 3D Spark to Measure CO₂ Footprint for 3D Printed Spare Parts
Sustainability in some places is a detail, something for the PR people and occasional campaigns. In other companies, countries, and industries however, there is a remarkable awakening going on. Companies…
BMW Makes 4,000 3D Printed Sand Cores Per Day
A LinkedIn post concerning BMW’s new Gen6 electric engine at the IAA Mobility (Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung) show in Munich has made a lot of people speculate if it was made with…
Beyond Cement: Rethinking Materials in Additive Construction
When people think of 3D printed buildings, they usually picture layers of concrete stacked up like a giant piping machine. But Stephan Mansour, a consultant and global expert in additive…
