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3D Printing 50 Polymer Stand-In Parts for Tokamaks at the PPPL & Elytt Energy
Of all the world’s things, a tokamak is one of the hardest, most complex, expensive and exacting ones to make. These fusion energy devices make plasma, and use magnets to…
Children’s Nebraska Joins Insight Surgery to Bring 3D Printing to the OR
Children’s Nebraska is teaming up with UK-based Insight Surgery to bring personalized surgical planning and device manufacturing in-house. This move could reshape how the hospital prepares for complex procedures. By…
Attracting and Retaining Top Talent in Additive Manufacturing: A Strategic Guide for 2025
In an era where skilled professionals are in short supply and high demand, the additive manufacturing industry faces a critical question: how can employers attract and retain top talent? Insights…
DARPA Backs Research Project to Speed Up Qualification of DoD’s 3D Printed Parts
About a year ago, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a funding opportunity called SURGE: Structures Uniquely Resolved to Guarantee Endurance. As with so much of what the…
AM Research Webinar: How Continuum Turns Nickel Scrap into Cost Savings & Sustainability
Continuum Powders, a supplier of metal additive manufacturing powders, is on a mission to develop solutions that empower industries to optimize resources and reduce waste. And it’s not just lip…
From the Ocean Floor to the Factory Floor: How Framework Robotics is Rethinking Underwater Vehicle Design
Deep beneath the ocean’s surface lies a world that’s unpredictable, pressurized, and profoundly unexplored. It’s a realm where conventional engineering is often pushed to its breaking point — and where…
Ingersoll Machine Tools Makes Deployable 3D Printer for U.S. Army
Amidst the U.S. military’s years-long additive manufacturing (AM) ramp-up, the U.S. Army has frequently turned to Rockford, Illinois’ Ingersoll Machine Tools to help produce custom hardware: most notably, components for…
Verustruct’s Housing-Ready 3D Printing Tech and the Former SpaceX Engineer Behind It
Nick Callegari never planned on building houses. But after designing spacecraft parts at SpaceX, he decided to aim for something a little closer to home. The result is Verustruct, a…
Comau’s Robotic Systems Take on 3D Printing Applications
Lately, Comau, the Italy-based manufacturer of robotic systems owned by One Equity Partners and automaker Stellantis, has formed a growing number of partnerships with companies in the additive manufacturing (AM)…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 4, 2025: Full-Color Slicer, Denture Implants, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start with some software and post-processing news, and then move on to a case report in which digital dentistry was successfully used. Read…
GKN Aerospace Adds Interspectral’s AM Explorer Software to its 3D Printing Workflow
GKN Aerospace, the UK-based leading manufacturer of aircraft components, has adopted AM Explorer, a platform made by Swedish software firm Interspectral, at its Centre of Excellence for Engine Systems in…
TissueLabs Launches Advanced TissuePro Bioprinter for Labs Ready to Scale Up
Swiss biotech company TissueLabs has launched its most advanced bioprinter yet, the TissuePro. Built for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, the new machine features precise multi-material printing, more automation, and…
Talent Needed: EOS’s Fabian Alefeld & the US Navy’s Justin Rettaliata Discuss Why They’re Teaming Up to Train the 3D Printing Workforce
No amount of attention that the additive manufacturing (AM) industry devoted to the challenge of workforce development could be considered “too much” these days. Nowhere is this truer, perhaps, than…
IC3D’s Next Chapter: Scaling Sustainability and Smarter Manufacturing in 2025
This article is part of a sponsored series highlighting America Makes’ member companies and their contribution to the additive manufacturing industry. 3DPrint.com is a proud member of America Makes. The…
ASTM International Launching New Manufacturer Certification Program for 3D Printing Industry
Eight years ago, standards organization ASTM International announced that it was looking for partners to help set up a center of excellence (CoE) in the additive manufacturing field. The resulting Additive Manufacturing…
UltiMaker Launches S6 3D Printer for Applications in Education, Defense, & Manufacturing
UltiMaker launched its professional S5 3D printer back in 2018, and since then has also released the S7 and, just a few months ago, the S8. Today, the company continues…
Remember Fathom? The 3D Printing Name Relaunches with Edgeworks
Fathom is back. The once-leading name in 3D printing and digital manufacturing has relaunched with a new offering: Fathom Edgeworks is a new service that helps companies get their parts…
Philips Offers the Right to Repair with New 3D Printed Replacement Components Initiative
Dutch multinational conglomerate Philips, which manufactures a wide variety of popular consumer goods ranging from toothbrushes and electric shavers to humidifiers, coffee makers, and much more, has announced a new…
BCN3D Files for Bankruptcy Despite Recent Milestones—But Rescue Deal May Be Underway
For the latest updates (as of June 2, 2025), see the end of this article. Spanish 3D printer manufacturer BCN3D has filed for voluntary bankruptcy, according to Crónica Global. Based…
3DPOD 256: DLP AM at Visitech with Øyvind Tafjord, CEO
Øyvind Tafjord runs Visitech, a firm that makes the light engines that power a lot of the DLP machines we use in Additive. We talk to Øyvind about light engines,…
3D Printing with Natural Materials on Display at Venice Biennale of Architecture 2025
The 19th Venice Biennale of Architecture is open to visitors from now until November 23rd, 2025. This year, the exhibition features over 300 contributions from more than 750 participants, including architects…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 31, 2025: Project Call, Consortium, Certification, & More
We’re starting with the latest America Makes Project Call in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and a consortium to promote the adoption of additive manufacturing has been founded in Spain….
3D Printing, AI & the Future of Traceability: University of Illinois’s Bill King on 3D Printer “Fingerprints”
One of the most powerful aspects of academic research is its propensity to lead to discoveries that weren’t even on the researchers’ radar at the start of a given investigation….
3D Printed Microgels from Terasaki Institute Could Help Heal Tissue
In a major step forward for tissue engineering, scientists at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) in Los Angeles have developed a light-based 3D printing technique that guides cells…
