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NOVUM Project Developing Cellulose 3D Printing Pilot Line

As discussed in our series on the relationship between 3D printing and climate change, fossil fuel companies anticipating any regulation in response to global warming have warmed up to the…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Expand DED Metal 3D Printing Line

Slowly, but surely, mainstream industrial manufacturers are taking over the 3D printing space. While there was talk maybe eight years ago about whether or not HP would be acquiring Stratasys…

3D Printing News Briefs, December 3, 2020: Continuous Composites, AIMS, ULTRAWAVE, Digital Building Technologies, QOROX, Disney

In this edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, Continuous Composites has opened a new manufacturing facility, while Kickstarter device AIMS was designed to fully automate 3D printing with an AI…

Interview: Satori and Moroccan Designer 3D Print “Work From Home” Office Goods

London-based startup Satori, which means “enlightenment” in Japanese Zen, recently entered the 3D printing market with the launch of its new professional 3D printer, the compact, resin-based ST1600. The system,…

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Formnext Connect: Aerospace 3D Printing Remains Resilient

This year’s digital edition of Formnext managed to gather the additive manufacturing (AM) community in an unprecedented event. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the leading exhibition transformed into a…

Formnext: Ecosystem Approach Key to Growing and Developing the Niche 3D Printing Market

At Formnext this year, Dr. Wilderich Heising (Partner and Co-leader of BCG’s Additive Manufacturing unit in operations for Europe) and Dr. Thomas Kruger (Project Manager in BCG’s Additive Manufacturing unit)…

Nexa3D CEO Avi Reichental on Growing Amid COVID-19 and the Future of 3D Printing

When it comes to venture investments and exponential technologies, serial entrepreneur Avi Reichental has created brands and reinvigorated digital manufacturing, helping shape the narrative of what people think when they…

Connecting at Formnext Connect, Part One: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 3D Printing and More

The industry’s biggest trade show made the crucial decision to take its world-renowned event and host it online, potentially disrupting countless networking opportunities and business deals. Given the fact that…

Formnext 2020 Roundup: New 3D Printing Hardware, Materials and Partnerships

In a typical year, the Formnext event sees people travel from all over the world to Frankfurt for a four-day showcase, loaded with breakout sessions and networking events, highlighting the…

Formnext Connect: Nexa3D and Castor Announce New 3D Printing Material and Software

As the second day of the 2020 virtual trade show, Formnext Connect drew to a close, ultrafast polymer 3D printer manufacturer Nexa3D and 3D printing software company Castor announced new…

Analysis: Additive Industries and Makino Partner for Metal 3D Printing Post-Processing

At Formnext Connect, metal 3D printer manufacturer Additive Industries has announced a partnership with Makino to develop process chains for integrating milling operations into a metal 3D printing workflow. To…

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12-laser Metal 3D Printer from SLM Solutions is 20X Faster than Competition

After months of work developing a new model of metal additive printing system, selective laser melting pioneer SLM Solutions finally introduced its NXG XII 600 machine during the 2020 Formnext…

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How to Use Formnext Connect to Connect to Everyone in 3D Printing

In a virtual world, our largest trade show is now thundering onward, a global collision stream of bits and bytes that brings the entire 3D printing universe to your den…

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…

3D Printing Webinar and Virtual Event Roundup, November 9, 2020

With the exception of just a few online offerings, most of this week’s roundup is dedicated to Formnext Connect, taking place virtually this week from November 10-12. Read on to…

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Siemens to Present Virtual Reference Factory at Formnext Connect with EOS and DyeMansion

With Formnext 2020 coming up next week, Siemens is set to announce new developments and innovations in industrial additive manufacturing through its partnerships and collaborations, in particular with EOS and DyeMansion….

HP Increases Focus on 3D Printing Automation, Implementation, & Post-Processing

Last week, we told you about HP’s Universal Build Manager Powered by Dyndrite, the first commercial application resulting from their existing partnership. Built on Dyndrite’s core Accelerated Geometry Engine, the…

New Automated System for Unpacking & Cleaning Powder 3D Printed Parts Announced by Solukon

Solukon Maschinenbau GmbH develops and supplies high-quality powder removal and processing systems for metal and polymer additive manufacturing, providing them to a variety of industrial users, including NASA, CERN, Lockheed Martin, Siemens,…

Formnext 2020 Cancels Physical Show, Shifts to All Digital 3D Printing Event

Against all odds, Formnext 2020, the largest annual event in the additive manufacturing industry, had still been planning to hold an in-person, if somewhat watered down, trade show in Germany…