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Bambu Launches A2L: What the New Printer Reveals About Its Strategy
Bambu Lab continues its relentless march for 3D printing domination with the launch of the A2L. The 330 × 320 × 325 mm printer will have a nozzle temperature of…
Asia AM Watch: Creality Launches $177M Hong Kong IPO as HKEX Trading Debut Nears
Creality has formally launched its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO), marking one of the biggest public market moves by a 3D printing company in 2026 and offering a new…
3DPOD 300: Celebrating 300 Episodes with a Look at the Next Year in 3D Printing
In the 300th episode of the 3DPOD, we take a look at what we think will happen over the next 12 months; for instance, what will happen with Bambu’s dominance,…
AMPulse Asia: APAC 3D Printing Market Roundup
Key Takeaways Coverage window: April 27 to May 10, 2026. Roughly 30 additive manufacturing (AM)-relevant announcements were tracked across eight Asia-Pacific countries. Largest disclosures: Farsoon Technologies (688433.SH) filing a RMB…
3D Printing News Briefs, April 25, 2026: Competition Winners, AI Platform, X2D Printer, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, AMUG announced the winners of its Technical Competition, and Authentise launched AI platform Whisper at RAPID. Bambu Lab wasn’t at RAPID, but launched…
Bambu Lab’s 3D Printed Drone Add-On Helps Measure Whales from the Sky
Bambu Lab has helped Tandem Ventures develop the WHASER, a 3D printed attachment for a drone that can measure whales. This seems like a nifty tool for researchers. It is…
3D Printing News Briefs, April 18, 2026: Educational Grants, Bambu X1, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, SPE announced a collaboration to expand 3D printing education through its equipment grant program. Bambu Lab has retired its X1 Series of FFF 3D…
3D Printing News Briefs, April 2, 2026: Reseller, Submarine Parts, & More
We’re starting off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs with business from Materialise and RapidFit, and Axtra3D and MULTISTATION. Then we’ll move on to a contract for submarine components, and end…
Asia AM Watch: China’s 5 Million-Printer Export Year Signals Desktop AM at Scale
For years, a lot of the discussion around China and additive manufacturing has focused on industrial competition. Can Chinese companies move into higher-end markets? Can they challenge Western machine makers…
3D Printing News Briefs, March 26, 2026: AMUK, IP Dispute, Asbestos, & More
We’re kicking off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs with an America Makes Project Call, and then moving on to additive manufacturing in the UK. Then we’ve got some legal news…
At TCT Asia 2026, China’s AM Industry Looked Ready for Scale: Part 2
At TCT Asia 2026, the shift did not stop at metal production. It extended into the consumer and prosumer side of the market, where the same logic of scale, integration,…
Bambu Lab 3D Prints Miniature Playground City for Kids in China
Bambu Lab has partnered with meland to open what they describe as China’s first 3D printing creativity center for children. The new space, officially named “meland x Bambu Lab,” launched…
Bambu Lab Says 2025 Was a Breakout Year: 10 Million Monthly Users and Real Business Growth
Chinese 3D printer maker Bambu Lab reported strong results for 2025, showing that the company’s push into community and small-business 3D printing is working. The numbers suggest consumer 3D printing…
Hardware is Dead. Here’s What Actually Wins in Additive Manufacturing.
Hardware is rapidly commoditizing across additive manufacturing. Specifications have converged. Price competition has intensified. Margins have compressed. For companies attempting to scale additive manufacturing beyond prototyping, this shift has profound…
Will Desktop Firms Push Shoe 3D Printing Forward?
Recently, Bambu Lab announced that it was working with FORMISM by SCRY on releasing shoes. These six designs will be shared and printable through its Makerworld platform. Using the platform,…
2026: The Year of the Low Cost Print Farm
The rise of high-speed, reliable desktop Material Extrusion and Vat Polymerization systems by Creality, Bambu, Elegoo, and Prusa Research, the onward march of Formlabs in Pro LPBF and VP, as…
DEFEND3D Founder Barrett Veldsman Explains Why AM is On the Brink of Its Cybersecurity Moment
Cybersecurity has been something of a blind spot for the additive manufacturing (AM) industry. In the second half of this year, this started to change: in September, leading prosumer brand…
A New 3D Printing Megaverse Is Forming — Who Will Lead?
The desktop 3D printer market may soon look less like a hobby and more like a serious, high-stakes race. Between rumors of mega-investments, changing alliances, and a boom in consumer…
Bambu Lab Starts Lets Make it Fund
Bambu Lab is starting up the Let’s Make It Fund. The company will donate up to a total of $300,000 to makers who do “bold, world-changing projects that are exceptional,…
3D Printing News Briefs, November 22, 2025: Rebranding, Integration, Electronic Eyes, & More
We’ll start with a new software tool from AON3D in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then we’ve got a lot of business, from Conflux Technology and Prima Additive to…
Bambu Releases H2C With Vortek System Upgrade
See the addendum to this article for an update from 11/25/2025. Bambu Lab releases its H2C with the new Vortek system on board, debuting the machine at Formnext 2025. Vortek…
Bambu Lab Launches P2S: Expanding the P1 Legacy with Smarter, Faster Printing
See the addendum to this article for an update from 11/25/2025. Just two years after shaking up desktop 3D printing with the P1 Series, Bambu Lab is back with the…
Trust Bambu
Bambu Lab‘s relentless rise has galvanized the industry into a furious response, making desktop 3D printers much faster and more reliable. Other competitors are in denial and, like deer in…
Creality K2 and K2 Pro: Print Farm Ready?!
Disclosure: The K2 and K2 Pro were provided to me by Creality free of charge for the purpose of this review. I have not received any other compensation. All opinions…
