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EOS Loves it Too, Yeah! Aluminium CP1 For All
EOS is adding Constellium Aheadd CP1 to its materials offering. In EOS-land, the material will be called EOS Aluminium Constellium CP1. In addition to the new CP1, Constellium’s Al5X1 material…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 18, 2026: Reseller, Relocation, Metal Space Powder, & More
We’ll start with business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as XJet appointed a value-added reseller in Germany, BIO INX is expanding its presence in the Italian market, and…
Sandvik Leaves 3D Printing: Analysis
Global materials company Sandvik has left the 3D printing market; the Osprey must now fly from the Sandy Bay. Sandvik started engaging with the 3D printing market in the mid-2010s….
Continuum Powders Brings in Jon Cozens to Scale Its Circular Metal Model
Continuum Powders has named Jon Cozens as its new chief executive officer, a move that points to a shift in where the company is headed. After spending the past few…
Industrial Applications on Display at RAPID 2026: CERATIZIT & 3D Systems
Applications are where it’s at in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry. At the recent RAPID+TCT in Boston, I met with a few companies to learn about some of their very…
RAPID 2026: 6K Additive’s Domestic Metal Powders & Consolidation Plan
6K Additive (ASX: 6KA), a U.S. supplier and manufacturer of metal powders for additive manufacturing (AM), has been very busy lately. I caught up with CEO Frank Roberts and Chief…
6K Wins $1.95M DLA Award to Recycle Defense Metals
6K will receive $1.95 million from the Defense Logistics Agency under the Recovering Strategic Value project. The Phase II award aims to reduce the US’ dependence on Nickel, Titanium, Tungsten,…
Cheap Printers Make Metal Powders Costly
Last year, on stage at AM Strategies, the argument was simple: additive manufacturing had to stop chasing elegance and start chasing economics. The 3D printing community had spent decades refining…
Adoption of Advanced Powder Metal Manufacturing in the Global Small Arms Space – SHOT Show 2026 Additive Manufacturing Analysis
Back in 2013, I remember being completely blown away when a company called Solid Concepts reportedly additively manufactured nearly a complete firearm as a proof of concept. Although desktop polymer…
Low-Cost LPBF Leader Xact Metal Reports Order Growth is Up 30% Year to Year
Xact Metal is the pioneer in low-cost LPBF. The US-based firm was the first to sell sub $100,000 LPBF machines. Through value engineering, gumption, and a focus on cost, the…
Photopolymer Resins, Metal Powders, & More 3D Printing Material News at Formnext 2025
It’s the final day of Formnext 2025! If you’re still on the show floor today, make sure to visit the following companies to see all of their latest AM material…
HP’s Formnext Announcements Show Its Dedication to Building a Global 3D Printing Network
HP typically makes its announcements in clusters when it’s time for a major additive manufacturing (AM) industry event, and the company has continued that pattern against the backdrop of Formnext…
A Vision for Powder Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing’s Next Chapter
In the advanced manufacturing world, the phrase “center of excellence” gets thrown around a lot. But what does it really mean? Is it just a catchy tagline — or can…
MacLean-Fogg & Fraunhofer ILT Make 156 Kg 3D Printed Toyota Tooling Insert
Fastener & tooling firm MacLean-Fogg Company and Fraunhofer ILT have created a 156 kg conformally cooled die casting insert, made out of the firm’s own L-40 tool steel powder. This…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 20, 2025: Tool Steel Alloy, Microstructure Control, & More
Today’s 3D Printing News Briefs is all about materials, from recycled metal replacements and a new high-strength alloy to microstructure control in nickel-based superalloys and more. Read on for all…
IperionX Receives SBIR Phase III Contract for Titanium in Defense Applications
IperionX has obtained a SBIR Phase III Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The potential value of the contract is $99 million, and not surprisingly is focused around “Low-Cost Domestic…
Metalpine & Renishaw Partner to Develop CuNi Powders for Naval Use
UK-based LPBF OEM Renishaw has worked with Austrian powder firm Metalpine to make a copper-nickel alloy (CuNi) powder that will enable marine parts. The powders have been developed for the…
3D Printing News Briefs, April 19, 2025: Material Extrusion Standard, Metal Powder, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re covering a proposed standard for material extrusion, before moving on to business and metal powder. We’ll end with a commercial store’s robotic 3D…
K-TIG Merges with Metal Powder Works Ahead of Australian Stock Exchange Listing
According to a recent announcement, additive manufacturing (AM) material firm Metal Powder Works (MPW) will soon go live on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), as a result of a successful…
3D Printing News Briefs, January 18, 2025: Executives & Materials
We’re starting today’s 3D Printing News Briefs off with some business news, as RadTech announced a new president and board members, Xometry appointed a president and Chief Marketing Officer, and…
Luxembourg’s AM 4 AM Lands €1.3M for 3D Printing Powder Push
Amid a surge in demand for high-performance metal powders for 3D printing, Luxembourg-based developer of 3D printing materials AM 4 AM closed a €1.3 million seed round to expand its production…
Attending the ASTM F42/ISO TC 261 Meetings: The Nitty-Gritty of Additive Manufacturing
I never thought I’d be so excited about an event focused on additive manufacturing (AM) standards, but here we are! When I learned that the recent biannual ASTM F42/ISO TC…
3D Printing News Briefs, December 16, 2023: Software, Light Engine, Wool, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start with business news from CNPC POWDER, and then move on to software stories from AMSIS and HYBRID Software. Then it’s on to…
3D Printing News Briefs, December 2, 2023: Metal Powder, Additive Construction, & More
We’re kicking things off with business in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as Mintek, South Africa’s national mineral research organization, has acquired an AMAZEMET machine. Then we move on to…
