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EOS Looks Back at a Good Year and Introduces a New 3D Printer
When it gets to be this late in the year, especially as the holidays approach, most people start looking back at the previous year and assessing what went well and…
INTAMSYS to Unveil More High-Performance 3D Printing with the FUNMAT PRO HT 3D Printer at formnext
Shanghai-based 3D printer manufacturer INTAMSYS, whose name stands for Intelligent Additive Manufacturing Systems, is known for its FUNMAT series of 3D printers. FUNMAT stands for Functional Materials, and the machines…
Materialise, ECN and Simufact Present 3D Printing Software and Metal Solutions at formnext
In less than two weeks, formnext will be kicking off in Frankfurt, Germany. Many of the big players in the 3D printing industry will be there, and they have a…
Solukon Offers New Systems for Removing Powder from Metal 3D Printed Parts
Most 3D printing processes come with their own post-processing requirements, and those for metal powder bed additive manufacturing can be especially involved. Not only do supports have to be removed,…
atum3D to Debut New 3D Printer, Software, Industry Excellence Packs at formnext
One of the biggest annual events in additive manufacturing is formnext, which begins in Frankfurt, Germany in just two weeks. With all of the international attention the conference garners, many…
First Look at Two New Professional 3D Printers from Sharebot
Earlier this week, Italy-based Sharebot, which manufactures professional 3D printers, announced that it had welcomed two new shareholders, both of which already distribute the company’s 3Delux dental 3D printer. Now,…
ACEO Introduces Multi-Material 3D Printing for Silicones
It was only a little over a year ago that silicone 3D printing became an industrial technology for the first time. Wacker Chemie introduced its ACEO brand and ACEO Imagine Series…
Stratasys Seeing “Confirmation That 3D Printing is Finding Usage Among a Variety of Sectors”
I first met Stratasys‘ Andy Middleton, President EMEA, at formnext 2016, where he led a presentation regarding the company’s growing technologies and applications partnerships. Over the last year, Stratasys has…
Renishaw Launching New Products at formnext to Make Additive Manufacturing More Mainstream
Like so many others in the 3D printing industry, Renishaw, headquartered in the UK, attended the TCT Show in Birmingham last month; Renishaw Iberica was also at IN(3D)USTRY last week….
Fraunhofer ILT Researching Green Lasers for 3D Printing Copper
I remember how surprised I was when I first learned that a laser was not only a light-emitting device, but also an acronym for “light amplification by stimulated emission of…
GE Additive to Introduce ATLAS: World’s Largest Laser-Powder Additive Manufacturing System
Last year at formnext, GE introduced GE Additive. Set for formal unveiling at formnext 2017, GE today introduced its development project, ATLAS. With a build envelope of one cubic meter,…
Around the World in 3D Printing: 2016 in Review
Throughout the last 12 months, we’ve been following growth in every aspect of the 3D printing industry, from hardware introductions to software developments to new materials set to bring new…
3YOURMIND’s San Francisco Office Becomes Permanent as Company Announces an Expansion of Services in the US
Fresh off their first place win at the formnext Start-up Challenge last month, and now that Inside 3D Printing San Diego is over, leading software provider for 3D printing 3YOURMIND is…
Hardware Updates from formnext 2016: 3D Platform, EnvisionTEC, Nano Dimension, OR LASER, Roboze
3D printing is taking off, and so are the events surrounding the industry. With formnext 2016 now having concluded two weeks ago, we’re wrapping up our coverage of this mighty…
Software Updates from formnext 2016: 3YOURMIND, MachineWorks, Materialise, Sigma Labs
As we continue to look back to Frankfurt and the incredible amount of news relayed from formnext, it’s easy to see in the rearview mirror that the conference certainly lived up…
Business Updates from formnext 2016: 3D Systems, 3D Hubs, DyeMansion, HP
Through my week in Frankfurt, I moved from one booth to the next at formnext, where I had the fantastic opportunity to speak to executives and representatives from some of…
Opiliones 3D at formnext: It’s Time to Go Bigger in 3D Printing
Formnext 2016 was big, busy, and full of news from some of the biggest names in 3D printing today. But that’s not all that trade shows such as this are…
BeAM at formnext: The “Beginning of a Great Metallurgical Industry Story”
Last week at formnext, France-based BeAM was on the scene in Frankfurt to present its industrial 3D printing machines – MOBILE and MAGIC 2.0, along with the latest machine, MODULO, which…
XJet at formnext: Focus Now is on the Materials for NanoParticle Jetting 3D Printing Technology
About a year ago, we first heard about Israel-based XJet, which promised to take metal additive manufacturing technology in a wholly new direction with inkjet printing. Since their emergence as…
3devo at formnext: Desktop Materials Extrusion Opens Up the 3D Printing Market
While 3D printing at the desktop may not have yet reached the sales that had been projected some years ago during the early maker craze, desktop 3D printing activity has…
formnext 2016 in Review: Growth in 3D Printing Industry Demonstrated in Expanded Conference
I’m finally back to my desk following a very busy week in Frankfurt, following the latest in 3D printing news right from the showroom floor at formnext 2016, organized by…
Stratasys Shows Off Next Generation of Fortus 900mc 3D Printer, Announces Partnership with SAP at Formnext
As formnext moved ahead full-steam in Frankfurt last week, as to be expected, we were seeing one magnificent unveiling after another. Stratasys is of course on top of their game there too as…
3D Printing: The Stories We Missed This Week — November 19, 2016
On this week’s edition of “3D Printing: The Stories We Missed This Week,” we’ve got a whole array of stories from around the industry, from pizza-delivering drones to startup challenge…
Leuven, Belgium: The HP Jet Fusion 3D Printer Soon to Arrive at the Materialise Factory
While Materialise is a company we follow often, as they offer us everything from software upgrades and new tools to news regarding their latest expansions, we can actually say again…





























