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3D Printing News Briefs, October 25, 2025: Strategic Investment, Inner Ear Organoids, & More

In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start off with some business news, as Xact Metal announced continued double digit growth in Q2 and Q3 of 2025, and the…

Soft Robotics is Finally Coming Together: Northwestern Researchers Make Strides Towards a Better Actuator

Soft robotics for a long time was a lot of nice videos, papers, and very little in the way of useful technology. It was kind of an engineering Esperanto: a…

Stratasys and Shin-Etsu to Offer Silicone for Origin DLP 3D Printers

Stratasys announced that P3 Silicone 25A, developed and produced in collaboration with Japanese firm Shin-Etsu, has been commercially launched and is now available for the company’s Origin DLP systems. Shin-Etsu,…

Siraya Tech Introduces New Elastomer 3D Printing Materials, Including Foaming TPU

California company Siraya Tech, founded in 2019 with a focus on material science, customer focus, and agility, develops high-quality 3D printing materials that meet the needs of creators, hobbyists, and…

Formnext 2022: 3D Printing Materials Roundup

While additive construction is being deployed at this very moment to aid in a military conflict between India and China, the additive manufacturing (AM) industry is focused on Germany. We’ll…

Desktop Metal Focuses on Industrial 3D Printing with New ETEC Brand

At the very beginning of 2021, Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM) announced that it had acquired photopolymer 3D printing leader EnvisionTEC for $300 million in stock and cash. At the time,…

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BMW Leads Seed Round for Rubber 3D Printing Startup Rapid Liquid Print

Boston 3D printing company Rapid Liquid Print (RLP) is working to make a new class of 3D printers that can effortlessly build large-scale, high-resolution, soft, and stretchable products using industry-grade…