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3D Systems and Daimler Buses Team up for Spare Part Production
3D Systems and Daimler Truck and Buses have introduced a new way to produce spare parts using 3D printing. Their solution decentralizes production, allowing parts to be printed on-demand, closer…
Investing in Tooling Innovation is Key to Reshoring Success
Outsourcing and retirement have dramatically shrunk the manufacturing workforce in the U.S., creating a challenge to efforts at reshoring production production. Pictured here is a toolmaker assembling an injection mold,…
Additive Manufacturing’s Opportunity: The Agile Solution to the US Manufacturing Crunch
The US manufacturing sector is bracing for what could be a perfect storm of supply shortages and surging demand. This ‘storm’, driven by reshoring efforts, potential tariffs, and ongoing manufacturing…
Finding Solutions in an Uncertain Market: The impact of reduced material providers and trade tariffs on filament supply
The additive manufacturing market has been an ever-changing market with rapidly evolving technological advancements and growing dependencies on material innovation. The recent wave of material suppliers shuttering operations and the…
3D Printing Financials: Stratasys Delivers Q3 Earnings, Focuses on Long-Term Growth
Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS) posted earnings for the third quarter of 2024, showing a promising path ahead for the company. The company increased its profits and gross margins by cutting costs…
3D Lab Awarded US Patent on Ultrasonic Atomizer for Metal 3D Printing Powders
3D Lab is a Polish firm that manufactures the ATO line of compact sonic atomizers. The company began with a lab-sized machine and has since expanded its range of equipment….
3D Printing’s Financial Challenges and Opportunities in 2024
As we step into 2024, the 3D printing industry reflects on a year of significant financial challenges. From supply chain disruptions to inflationary pressures, 2023 tested the resilience and adaptability…
3D Printing News Briefs, November 12, 2022: Composites, Bioprinted Breast Tumors, & More
Business, aerospace, bioprinting, and more are on the agenda for today’s 3D Printing News Briefs! APG adopted Tritone’s MoldJet Technology, Austal USA is overseeing an AM Center of Excellence in…
3D Printing Financials: 3D Systems Posts Q3 Losses, Narrows Full-Year Guidance Once Again
Macroeconomic headwinds continue to impact many companies negatively. For its third quarter ending September 30, 2022, 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) reported losing $37.4 million, and revenue decreased 15.3% to $132.3…
MMX 2022: Ask America Makes Anything about 3D Printing
America Makes is the United States’ leading public-private partnership for additive manufacturing (AM) technology and education, working to not only accelerate adoption of the technology in the country, but also to…
Can 3D Printing Make You Antifragile? 3D Print Your Way to Antifragility
Previously, we’ve looked at antifragility as a concept in itself, as well as if 3D printing can make a business antifragile and whether additive manufacturing (AM) as an industry could…
