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Rolls-Royce, Baker Hughes, and More Team up for £1.1M Large-scale 3D Printing Project
The UK government, through its public-private innovation fund Innovate UK, has awarded £1.1 million (about $1.4 million) to a venture called the ‘Evo One large format additive manufacturing (LFAM)’ project….
Gender Diversity: 3DPrint.com’s Research on Women in Leadership Roles in the 3D Printing Industry
In recent years, the drive for gender diversity in leadership positions has extended to various industries, including the traditionally male-dominated field of technology. Recognizing the advantages of a diverse and…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: Metal 3D Printing Pen, Shell Wall 3D Printing
Korean researchers have developed a new 3D Printing Metal technology. The technology uses an arc plasma heat source but continuously deposits molten droplets of metal letting one print overhangs and other…
Medical Goes Additive: How Social Networks Are Humanizing the 3D Printing Industry
It seems so obvious that it shouldn’t need to be said, but the activities of machines can only ever be, at most, half of what defines a technology. The remainder…
3D Printing Media Outlet 3Dnatives Bought by Largest Plastics Organization, SPE
In one of the latest moves in the 3D printing industry, the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) has acquired the French online media platform 3Dnatives. The move comes as the…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: December 11, 2022
We have another busy week of webinars and events for you, starting with ASTM International’s AM Safety Certificate Course. Velo3D continues its roadshow, and HP is holding a virtual tour,…
NextFlex Announces $8.45M in Funding for Semiconductors and Electronics 3D Printing
NextFlex, a Department of Defense (DoD) Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII), announced that the organization will fund nine new projects related to flexible hybrid electronics (FHE). NextFlex is providing $4.2 million…
BMW Begins Production of Hydrogen-Powered iX5 Vehicle with 3D Printed Parts
BMW Group announced that the auto giant has begun small-scale production of the iX5, touted by the company as the world’s first “sports activity vehicle” powered by hydrogen fuel cells….
Ursa Major and EOS to Disrupt Space Production with 3D Printed Copper
“Let’s build some engines!” That’s essentially what Ursa Major is doing. Based in Colorado, this space technology business is racing to improve humanity’s quest to explore the universe – several…
Art Basel Visitors Can Purchase Zero-Waste 3D Printed Furnishings
Art fairs are getting creative and launching new experiences for visitors. For example, during the 20th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach – the centerpiece of the city’s widely acclaimed…
Penn State’s OriginLabs Receives $1.5M in Funding for 3D Printers and More
OriginLabs, a new prototyping and R&D facility that is part of the Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub at Pennsylvania State University (PSU), recently received a $1.5 million grant for new…
Naval Information Warfare Center Enlists MatterHackers to Test 3D Printing for Navy & Marines
MatterHackers, the Southern California-based additive manufacturing (AM) original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and retailer, announced that it has entered into a partnership with the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific. Under…
MMX 2022: Ask America Makes Anything about 3D Printing
America Makes is the United States’ leading public-private partnership for additive manufacturing (AM) technology and education, working to not only accelerate adoption of the technology in the country, but also to…
First Study of 3D Printing’s Impact on Trade Finds It Has Positive Effects
A recent study in the Journal of International Economics argues that additive manufacturing (AM) has had “positive and significant effects” on international trade for a number of sectors that have…
Wohlers Launches New Website & Releases Executive Summary of 2022 3D Printing Report
Wohlers Associates, one of the world’s leading additive manufacturing (AM) consulting firms, announced the launch of its new website. In a press release touting the enhanced interactivity facilitated by the…
Building DED Metal 3D Printer Domestically Cuts Costs 2-3 Times for Indian Team
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur recently announced that the university has developed a new directed energy deposition (DED) metal printing system. Aside from the machine’s laser, as well…
Bioprinted Wood Approaches Reality Thanks to MIT Team
In the most recent decade of the 3D printing industry’s history, the bioprinting sector has gone through a somewhat repulsive transition from human organs and tissue to animal meat. At…
3D Printing News Briefs, March 19, 2022: Business, Education, & More
We’re starting out with plenty of business in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Sinterit has has expanded its executive team in the US, while Additive Manufacturing Austria is looking for…
Biodegradable Soft Robot Finger Provides Peek at Circular Economy with 3D Printing
Last week, while discussing a new printing filament partially made from wheat bran waste, I mentioned that greater exploration of biodegradable printing materials could be the best long-term solution for…
MIT 3D Prints Objects with Lenticular Surfaces
When I was a kid, I really liked optical illusions. I think all kids do: they’re more or less the most basic element to any magic trick; and what kid…
High School Student 3D Prints Large-Scale Brain Using AI SpaceFactory’s Robot
It’s fair to say the pandemic changed everything we knew, from how we work to how we communicate to how we learn. However, it didn’t stop the need for any…
AML3D Inks Deal to Create Alloys for WAM 3D Printing Technology
Australian large scale metal 3D printing company AML3D Limited, specializing in providing commercial large-scale “Additive Metal Layering” 3D printing services to defense, maritime, automotive, and resources sectors, will partner with…
Redwire Acquires Space Bioprinting Firm Techshot to Scale In-Space Manufacturing
Space technology company Redwire has acquired Techshot, a commercial operator of microgravity manufacturing equipment, in a move designed to broaden the commercialization of in-space fabrication. Techshot devices have flown aboard…
AML3D to Develop 3D Printing Facility at Upcoming “Factory of the Future”
Australian large scale metal 3D printing company AML3D will expand its manufacturing operations to the Tonsley Innovation District in Adelaide, where Flinders University and defense company BAE Systems Maritime Australia…
