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CORE Digital Manufacturing Consolidation Continues: RE3DTECH+GoProto Buys Stanfordville Machining
Made up of a team of experienced production executives, CORE Industrial Partners is using its large bag of money to bring consolidation and capital to small-to-medium-sized businesses in manufacturing, building…
ADDMAN’s Fifth Acquisition Dinsmore Adds Polymer 3D Printing Potential
Manufacturing powerhouse ADDMAN announced the purchase of leading polymer 3D printing service provider Dinsmore to expand its polymer additive capabilities. The deal not only broadens ADDMAN’s existing additive production potential…
L3Harris to Acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne in $4.7B Deal
Florida-based security technology provider L3Harris (NYSE: LHX) has agreed to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD), a manufacturer of rocket engines and motors for the aerospace and defense industries. Expected to…
Addman Continues Acquisition Spree with Harbec
As Addman Engineering gears up to meet the additive manufacturing demands of aerospace, energy, and space, the company is on a spending spree, buying startups to build up its offering…
New Acquisition Gives Lithoz Three Ceramics 3D Printing Technologies
Austria’s Lithoz is adding to its ceramic 3D printing portfolio though the acquisition of CerAMing, a German startup that has pioneered a process it calls layer-wise slurry disposition (LSD). The…
Redwire’s Acquisition of QinetiQ’s Space Division: a Huge Win for Both
Space infrastructure conglomerate Redwire (NYSE: RDW) will acquire UK security and defense contractor QinetiQ’s space division for €32 million ($31.7 million) in a debt-free purchase. Once the deal is finalized…
Interview: Materialise Acquires Identify3D to Bring Security to 3D Printing Software
Materialise (Nasdaq: MTLS) has bought additive manufacturing (AM) software firm Identify3D and will integrate its security features into its own recently launched CO-AM platform. The company hopes that it will…
Markforged Completes Digital Metal Acquisition: Enters Binder Jet Metal 3D Printing
This article, originally published in July 2022, has been updated as of August 31, 2022 to discuss news of Markforged’s successful acquisition of Digital Metal. In a surprising upset for…
3D Printing News Unpeeled, Live with Joris Peels – Tuesday 9th of August
Today we look at 3D Systems´ acquisition of DP Polar, 3D printing guns for money, revolutionary 3D printed breast implants and more. Below you can see the previous videos.
Covestro Sells 3D Printing Unit to Stratasys
Covestro (FWB: 1COV) has sold its 3D printing business to Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) for €43 million. Additionally, there is a possible earn out of €37 million. This is rather unexpected….
3D Printing News Briefs, July 23, 2022: Metal 3D Printer, 3D Printed Electric Violin, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Kurtz Ersa is offering a new metal 3D printer, and SLM Solutions reported that a major European automotive OEM purchased two more of its…
3D Printing News Briefs, July 9, 2022: Business, Metal Powder Condensate Waste, & More
Starting with business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as E3D has acquired ZODIAC, a nozzle and aftermarket FDM solutions firm, and EVO 3D is partnering with CEAD. Moving…
Nano Dimension Buys Ceramics and Metal 3D Printing Firms Admatec and Formatec
Nano Dimension (Nasdaq: NNDM) announced that it has bought Admatec and Formatec, both formerly part of Precision Surfacing Solutions. This is a brilliant move by the company and extends its…
CORE Acquires GoProto 3D Printing Service
CORE Industrial Partners, the Chicago-based private equity firm, announced that RE3DTECH, a 3D printing service bureau in its portfolio, has acquired GoProto, a 3D printing service bureau in San Diego….
Prototek Adds Polymer 3D Printing Capabilities with ProtoCAM Purchase
Rapid prototyping company Prototek Holdings has purchased Allentown, Pennsylvania-based ProtoCAM Additive Manufacturing. The company will be integrated into Midwest Prototyping, which Prototek acquired last year. John Pless, Partner at TruArc…
Altair Buys 3D Printing Software Startup Gen3D
Altair Engineering Inc., the Michigan-based provider of software and cloud services for advanced manufacturing, announced that it has acquired Gen3D, a creator of additive manufacturing (AM) design software utilizing implicit…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 14, 2022: Earphones, Acquisitions, & More
Kicking off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs is a story from Campfire Audio, which is using the technology to make its new Supermoon earphones. Bharat Fritz Werner launched what it…
3D Printing News Briefs, March 5, 2022: Business, Research, & More
We’ll take care of some business first in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as Sigma Labs has promoted Jacob Brunsberg to the President and COO and one of CORE Industrial’s…
3D Printing News Briefs, February 16, 2022: Awards, Business, Construction 3D Printing, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re sharing good news that the TCT Awards are back this year! Then on to business, as CORE Industrial has acquired another manufacturing company,…
Interview: How HP’s Acquisition Boosts 3D Printing for Eco-Friendly Containers
HP has acquired Choose Packaging, an Edinburgh, Scotland-based startup that makes paper containers that can be used instead of packaging for drinks, laundry detergent, make-up, or food. Key to the…
3D Printing Specialist Wohlers Associates Acquired by ASTM International
There are few groups that have been in the 3D printing industry since near its inception. Among that small collection is Wohlers Associates, an additive manufacturing (AM) expert that has…
Could 3D Printed Metal Made With Scrap Material Solve Our Aluminum Problems?
The additive manufacturing division of 6K Inc, 6K Additive, has purchased the Pennsylvania company Specialty Metallurgical Products (SMP), a specialist in producing titanium and zirconium tablets for the metal alloys…
The Slow 3D Printing Software Revolution with Materialise
While attending RAPID + TCT a few weeks ago, I sat down with Bryan Crutchfield, the Vice President and General Manager – North America at Materialise (NASDAQ: MTLS), to discuss…
3D Systems Acquires Oqton to Drive 3D Printing for Production
In the AM industry’s second acquisition of the day, 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) now has an agreement to acquire software startup Oqton, a global SaaS company founded by manufacturing and artificial intelligence…