Netherlands
Netherlands’ Landré Enters Partnership with Optomec to Distribute LENS 3D Metal Printers in Benelux Region
New Mexico-based Optomec specializes in the technology of 3D printing of micron-scale electronics and laser technology. While they not only innovate and introduce these technologies to their customers, they have an added…
CGI Film, FREEZE! is 3D Printed to Show Each Frame Together in Amazing Presentation
Film making isn’t a simple task, whether it is a blockbuster movie or a simple hand drawn cartoon. It takes time, and a lot of work by a production team…
Builder EXTREME 1000 & 2000 Models Unveiled — Build Height of Over 6 Feet & Multi-Colored Printing
Size does matter, at least in the 3D printing space. One of the top qualities that both businesses and hobbyists look for in a 3D printer is a large build…
The Streamlined Sx2 Simple SLA DLP Resin 3D Printer with IKEA Enclosure is Here
While it’s been been said that direct light processing (DLP) 3D printers are the technology to watch for as the next best thing for hobbyists and anyone looking to 3D…
Flexible Hybrid Slicing Aimed at Optimizing 3D Printing Methods
They call it Flexible Hybrid Slicing, and The Export Office and Ctrl Design say it’s an innovative principle to speed up common 3D printers by using an alternative method of…
Formfutura Rolls Out ClearScent: Odorless and Virtually Transparent 3D Printing ABS Filaments
From 3D printers that are fully enclosed to materials and equipment that are either recyclable or eco-friendly, technology just keeps getting more and more refined to make sure that the…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — February 8, 2015
This week’s 3D printing stories we didn’t cover spans a diverse array of topics. We have the benefits of open source sharing highlighted as we can 3D print race cars and syringe…
Erasmus MC Teams with PCR, Materialise to Create 3D Printed Training Model for Heart Valve Atlas
Medical technology continues to evolve rapidly, and as we’ve already seen, 3D printing is coming along for the ride. Not content to take a passenger seat, though, 3D printing is…
Dutch Artist Designs and 3D Prints Incredible Tekken Model of ‘Yoshimitsu’
As a child, I was quite the collector of action figures and models. Whether it was my vast collection of G.I. Joes, my complete set of every Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle…
3D Printed Mini F1 Drivers’ Creator Tells Us About His Design Odyssey, Plans for Future
Formula 1 racing has fans all over the world — including in the Netherlands, where a man named Alex has loved F1 for two decades. His second love is design, and these two…
Dutch Company EXO-L 3D Prints Custom Ankle Supports for Athletes
Ankle injuries such as sprains and stress fractures are common, particularly with athletes. Around 25,000 people per day — both athletes and non-athletes, adults and children — in the US…
Concrete Plans: CyBe’s Berry Hendriks Describes Plans to 3D Print with Mortar
Netherlands-based CyBe Additive Industries, founded in November 2013, is working on the development of 3D printing using concrete. Not only are they developing 3D printers — like the ProTo R…
Dutch Art Student Shows Off Engineering and Toymaking Artistry with 3D Printed Marble Machine
One of the new and curious things you may see on invitations for kids’ birthday parties lately is a progressive and ‘green’ request (along with the permission to re-gift and re-cycle…
3D Printed Kidney Tumor Model — REshape Center Integrates 3D Printed Models Into Patient Education
The 3D printing community is based on sharing of knowledge, and the innovation and inspiration offered through 3D printing technology has the potential to make a deep and continual impact…
Dutch Designer’s 3D Printed Jewelry Combines Cutting Edge Technology and Haute Couture
We’re excited at the potential for the fashion industry to utilize 3D printing technology to produce custom clothing, footwear, and jewelry. From the frankly bizarre but utterly fascinating creations of Iris…
PYOD Launches Kickstarter: Customize your own 3D printed sex toy
“Nobody knows you like you do,” they say. “They,” in this case, are PYOD, a new company that is so dedicated to personalizing an already quite personal experience that they’ve named…
Dutch Company Tinello Lets You 3D Print Your Future Kitchen — or at Least a Model of it
I’m in the process of constructing a custom home with my soon-to-be wife Heidi. Over the course of the last year and a half we have been trying to envision…
Dutch Man Builds Own 3D Printer out of Colorfabb XT Filament & It’s Amazing
We are constantly seeing new 3D printers hit the market. There are big ones, small ones, wooden printers, metal printers, printers with single extruders or even quad extruders, but we…
Garamond Cookies? Helvetica Cookies? Printmeneer 3D Prints Cookie Cutters in Your Favorite Font
If you’re the sort who has to spell out words in your spoon as you eat alphabet soup, you’ll find that this innovation lands right in your wheelhouse. Yep: 3D…
Dutch Company VormVrij 3D Uses Clay to 3D Print Huge Ceramic Pieces
We’ve seen a lot of material innovations in 3D printing lately, from better plastics to wood to metals; the latest to pop out at us is clay. Dutch company VormVrij…
Janne Kyttanen Teams with 3D Systems & 3D Hubs to Create Incredible 3D Printed Orchid Cloud
3D Printing and art have been gradually coming together for quite some time now. It seems as though we are constantly seeing more and more mesmerizing designs created by artists…
Patient to Receive First 3D Printed Shoulder Prosthesis in the Netherlands
3D printing in the medical field is really beginning to hit its stride lately. Whether it is the use of 3D printing to create models for surgeons to study, using…
Smart Replicas: Bringing New Life to Museum Collections with 3D Printing
Museums that house objects have a particularly difficult task. These objects were created with the intention that they would be handled, and part of the fascination with them lies in…
Dutch Company HEMA Announces Launch of 3D Scan & Print Lounge
Retail chain HEMA made its debut in the 3D printing market last year and is making an even bigger commitment to the medium now, with the introduction of a Scan…
