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The Role of Private Equity in 3D Printing Service Consolidation
Amid looming concerns about a shaky economy, rising inflation, and climbing interest rates, private equity (PE) is stepping into the spotlight as a major player in the 3D printing world….
Do SPACs Reflect the Performance of the 3D Printing Industry?
In recent years, the use of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) as a way for companies to go public has seen a significant increase, leading to a so-called “SPAC craze”…
3D Printing Bureau Fast Radius Acquired by SyBridge Technologies For $15.9M
SyBridge Technologies, an advanced manufacturing company based in Detroit, announced that, pending the approval of federal courts, it will purchase Chicago-based additive manufacturing (AM) service bureau, Fast Radius, for $15.9…
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy: Who Will Buy Fast Radius?
To confront the larger economic downturn taking place globally, the U.S. Federal Reserve has increased interest rates as a means of tamping down on skyrocketing inflation. Among those feeling the…
3D Printing News Briefs, July 21, 2022: Layoffs, Heat Exchangers, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, starting with business, manufacturing company Fast Radius recently cut 20% of its workforce. Then, Xometry has introduced new digital sourcing tools and more. A…
Three Production Opportunities for 3D Printing
While the additive manufacturing process has been around for 30 years, its use for production applications has recently accelerated because of improvements that enable faster production, high-quality materials, and larger…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: May 8th, 2022
We’ve got another busy week of webinars and events in the AM industry ahead of us, with topics covering 3D printed housing, robotics, the supply chain, multimaterial 3D printing, generative…
Fast Radius Trades on NASDAQ Against Backdrop of 3D Printing SPAC Pessimism
Cloud manufacturing and digital supply chain company Fast Radius rang the NASDAQ closing bell on February 16, 2022, in New York to celebrate the company’s listing on the exchange as…
Digital Manufacturing Company Fast Radius Goes Public with $1.4B SPAC Agreement
Another day, another SPAC in the additive manufacturing community! While our Executive Editor Joris Peels had originally wondered if BASF might acquire Fast Radius, the cloud manufacturing and digital supply…
Rawlings, Carbon and Fast Radius Use 3D Printing to Revolutionize Baseball Glove Design
Since the 2021 Major League Baseball season began, New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor has been seen sporting Rawlings next-generation glove in stylish, eye-catching neon green and black design. Meticulously…
3D Printing Webinar and Virtual Event Roundup: April 10, 2021
We’ve got another packed week of webinars and virtual events for you, starting with Hannover Messe 2021 on Monday. What else is coming up this week: ASTM CoE’s personnel certificate…
Formnext Connect 2020: Carbon & Fast Radius Expand Strategic 3D Printing Partnership
Formnext 2020, called Formnext Connect this year, has officially begun, and will last through Thursday, November 12th. Today during the virtual event, Carbon announced the expansion of a strategic partnership…
Axial3D & Fast Radius Offer DICOM-to-Print Anatomical Model 3D Printing Service for Surgical Planning
We’re still in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it seems like there’s at least a small light at the end of the tunnel as businesses and services begin…
HP Announces Release of Polypropylene for MJF and More
HP’s interim head of 3D Printing, Ramon Pastor, announced in a press conference that the company was “doubling down on driving adoption for 3D printing.” He called the COVID crisis…
Zeus 8 Electric 3D Printed Motorcycle: Curtiss Partners with Fast Radius
The electric Zeus 8 motorcycle, representing the culmination of an ongoing, dynamic collaboration between Curtiss (Leeds, AL) and Fast Radius (Chicago, IL), will be hitting the market in 2020. Not…
Airbus Subsidiary Uses Full-Color Multi Jet Fusion for Maintenance Tooling
Among the most exciting aspects of HP’s Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) technology when initially unveiled was the ability to 3D print functional objects in a full range of color. Though…
3D Printing News Briefs: December 11, 2019
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re looking at auditory, instrumental, and performance 3D printed and scanned innovations, starting with an EnvisionTEC case study on its work fabricating hearing aids…
3D Printing News Briefs: October 25, 2019
We’re talking about art and business in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. An art installation at Millennium Park was created through the use of 3D printed molds, provided by Fast…
RAPID 2019: Metal 3D Printing Interview with Desktop Metal
At the recent RAPID + TCT event, held in Detroit, the 3DPrint.com team saw many new products and innovations and spoke with many companies about what they were currently working…
3D Printing News Briefs: April 12, 2019
We’ve got news about a contest to start off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, followed by some business news and 3D printed jewelry. Weerg has announced the second edition of…
Steelcase Calls on Fast Radius and Carbon to Create a 3D Printable Redesign of its SILQ Chair
From chairs and tables to sofas and stools, we here at 3DPrint.com love a good piece of 3D printed furniture, and many furniture companies all around the world are on…
3D Printing News Briefs: August 31, 2018
Welcome to this month’s last edition of 3D Printing News Briefs! Today, in honor a new month starting tomorrow, we’re starting with stories about everything new. BEEVERYCREATIVE will soon launch…
Carbon Continues Focus on Production-Scale 3D Printing with New Bulk Materials Pricing
Carbon is known not only for its industry-changing CLIP 3D printing technology, but for the materials that work with that technology. Carbon’s resins are engineering-grade and programmable, and together with…
The Where and the Who in 3D Printing
A lot of progress has been made in 3D printing over the last five years. But much of that has been focused on the “what.” What printing technology? What materials?…
