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Five Global 3D Printing Pioneers Inducted at the Inaugural TCT Hall of Fame Awards

It was a busy week at the 22nd TCT Show in Birmingham, which just ended yesterday. Many innovative companies used the international trade fair event as an opportunity to showcase…

3D Pioneers Challenge Winners from Rapid.Tech + FabCon 3.D. Announced

The Rapid.Tech trade show and conference, recently held at Messe Erfurt in Germany, was pretty busy – CRP Technology discussed the construction of the prototype for a 3D printed Parrot Bebop…

The Latest 3D Printers, 3D Scanners, and Software: So Much to See at Hannover Messe 2017

While we’re currently focusing on the Materialise World Summit taking place this week in Belgium, next week it’s all about Germany, and the Hannover Messe trade show. Hannover Messe will run from…

3D Printing: Stories We Missed This Week – February 11 2017

Oerlikon is investing an additional $54,000,000 in 3D printing, American Elements expands its metal powders for 3D printing, Dremel and 3DPrinterOS partner, the MakerBot Replicator+ wins an award, e-Xstream Engineering…

Silicon Valletta Club Launched in Malta, Connecting Its Growing Startup Scene and Digital CEOs

I’m sure you’ve heard of Silicon Valley, located in the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California, and home to big-name, innovative companies like Apple and Google. Some 3D technology…

Shining 3D Wins Prestigious Electronics Award, Invites the World to Share Art Through 3D Scanning

It’s been a good year for Chinese 3D printer and scanner manufacturer Shining 3D. They began the year by introducing two new products, and in recent months they expanded their…

American Standard Wins Coveted Platinum A’ Design Award for Artful, 3D Printed DXV Bathroom Faucet Line

Do you have a thing for fancy kitchens and bathrooms? While it would seem that some lucky folks engaged in home spending sprees which border on something akin to lives of…

voxeljet Wins Coveted ‘Component of the Year’ Award for 3D Printed Wheel Upright That Offers Superior Rigidity & Light Weight

Voxeljet has been experiencing a major growth trend lately, continuing to move up, onward, and all over the globe, and we’ve been following as earnings have continued on a positive note,…

The First Ever 3Doodler Awards for Eight Thematic Categories Has Arrived!

The 3Doodler is an amazing device, and the folks there always make sure they give you plenty of project ideas and activities you can do with that pen. (For example,…

EOS Honored as a Game Changer in the 3D Printing Industry

You’ve probably heard 3D printing described as a “game changer” in any number of industries. Medicine, fashion, aerospace – the list goes on. It’s a term that tends to lose…

The Father of Selective Laser Sintering 3D Printing is Awarded as UT’s Inventor of the Year

The Office of Technology Commercialization at the University of Texas is responsible for taking any scientific or biomedical discoveries made at the university and transitioning them into the marketplace. They…

Making PCBs–And Fast! University of Waterloo Grads Win Dyson Award for Voltera V-One, Inspired by 3D Printer

It’s the future. It’s fast. And it’s all about power, quite literally. The Voltera V-One, created by a group of graduate students from the University of Waterloo, Canada shows the…

Make: Magazine’s 2016 Buyers Guide Names TAZ 5 “Best Overall” & “Outstanding Open Source” 3D Printer, Rostock MAX v2 “Best Value”

By far the most important publication that helped the maker movement explode is Make: Magazine. Not only did they help popularize the movement thanks to their print publication started all…

The Ecuadorian Film Festival Turns to 3D Printing for Their Awards

This is the seventh year of the Ecuadorian Film Festival, which was started in Washington, D.C. to promote Ecuadorian film, culture and food, and its inaugural year in New York….

AMBIT Laser Cladding AM Device Wins Largest 3D Printing Award in History, $100,000

The AMBIT multi-task system is a series of heads and docking systems capable of transforming nearly any CNC machine into a device capable of running non-traditional processing heads for manufacturing,…

Award-Winning XYZPrinting Offers New Lines of Eco-Friendly 3D Printing Materials

XYZPrinting announced today that they’ve released a new line of new PLA filaments as well as refillable ABS filament cartridges for their devices which provide a biodegradable option. Two colors…

i.materialise Chooses Surrealist Danny van Ryswyk as 3D Printing Designer of the Year 2014

The i.materialise jury has spoken. And they have made their decision on the first choice for the i.materialise Designer of the Year 2014 award. Leaning toward the bold, dark, and…

Dublin’s Trinity College Receives Funding from ESA to Develop Cold Spray 3D Printing Technology

When you think of Ireland, you might think of leprechauns, tall glasses of Guinness beer, and thick wool sweaters. You most certainly think of the color green. But what about…

MCor Technologies Takes GeekBeat.tv’s Best of CES 2015 Award

Mcor Technologies Ltd makes the only line of desktop paper-based 3D printers in the world, and the company received the Best of CES 2015 award in the category of 3D…

US & German Manufacturing Associations Launch International Additive Manufacturing Award for 3D Printing Innovation

Great work and innovation should be recognized and awarded — and now there’s a new way in the 3D printing world to do just that. An annual competition has just…

3D Printed WiFi Headphones Won People’s Award in Virgin’s Annual Pitch to Rich Competition

Pitching your new business idea to a friend over lunch, or explaining it to your parents at home can be exciting and nerve-wracking — but imagine flying to Sir Richard…

WebMD Health Heroes Announced, Receiving 3D Printed bronzeFill Awards: Michael J. Fox, Carson Daly, Martha Stewart, & Others

Customization is one of the key reasons why I feel that 3D printing technology will become so huge, no matter which industry we are talking about. Whether it is the…

New Details Emerge on the $3,999 Sintratec SLS 3D Printer

Back in August, we reported on Sintratec, a Swiss start-up working on the world’s most affordable consumer selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printer. It certainly seemed an exciting prospect when…

3D Printing Added as Category For 2014 Golden Mousetrap Awards

Every year industry experts meet to hand out awards in what has come to be known as the Golden Mousetrap Awards. The Awards celebrate ” the companies, products, and people…