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The ‘creator economy’ is probably most easily recognized in the spheres of media, art, and fashion. New platforms with tools that seriously reduced marketing campaign expenses, amplified reach, and enabled…

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Update: Velo3D Enters Forbearance Agreement as Debt Challenges Intensify

See the addendum to this article for an update from 12/12/24. Velo3D is set to lay off an additional 46 employees by the end of 2024 as part of its latest…

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AM Under Trump, First Thoughts: Reshoring

Constrained resources and the need to fight climate change have led to a new era of manufacturing focused on re- and nearshoring paired with supply chain resilience. In the battle…

Wayland Additive Expands Electron Beam 3D Printing to Central and Eastern Europe

U.K.-based Wayland Additive has been growing significantly since its public launch in 2021, including an increasingly strong presence in North America and Asia. The latest leg of its journey is…

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ADDIMETAL to Debut First French Metal Binder Jetting 3D Printer at Formnext 2024

ADDIMETAL, a French original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of additive manufacturing (AM) hardware, will debut its first product, the K2-2 metal binder jetting (MBJ) printer, at Formnext 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany…

NAMIC’s Global Additive Manufacturing Summit: Innovation, Sustainability, and Strategic Collaboration in Singapore

Once again, we joined business people and researchers from around the world in Singapore for Global Additive Manufacturing Summit. Singapore’s national 3D printing partner, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster…

Visitech Opens First US DLP Light Engine Factory in Texas

Norwegian digital light processing (DLP) system manufacturer Visitech has opened its first professional DLP light engine factory in the United States. The facility, located in Allen, Texas, is set to…

ORNL Combines 3D Printing and HIP to Create Large Metal Parts

As the demand for large-scale metal parts continues to rise across sectors such as clean energy, aerospace, and defense, the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is spearheading…

Pratt & Whitney to 3D Print Engine Parts for the F-35

US defense contractor Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of RTX, told Breaking Defense that the company plans to use additive manufacturing (AM) for the F135 engine, which powers Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint…

AM Data Slice: 3D Printing Materials to Reach $3.9B in 2024

“AM Data Slice” from Additive Manufacturing Research (“AMR”) is a regular segment that offers readers an insightful dive into the additive manufacturing (AM) landscape, showcasing pivotal statistics and trends derived from…

3D Printing & the Military: It Takes a Village to Make a Nuclear Bomb

In previous installments in this series, we explored how the U.S. military is preparing to utilize additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. Then, in another article, we discussed the idea that possessing…

How Will 3D Printing Impact Supply Chain Resilience in 2024?

At the end of 2023, the Biden Administration announced the development of a task force dedicated to supply chain resilience. A month later, the Department of Defense (DoD) published its…

ExxonMobil and BP Latest Energy Giants to Join Fieldnode’s Digital Parts Inventory Project

In January 2023, a group of five oil & gas giants — ConocoPhillips, Equinor, Shell, TotalEnergies, and Vår Energi — signed an agreement to participate in the development of a…

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3D Printing Resilience: the Case of Fiber Lasers

Since at least 2020, additive manufacturing (AM) has become more and more synonymous with the concept of supply chain resilience. In 2024, there is almost guaranteed to be a striking…

Scanning for Planning: How 3D Scanning Contributes to Supply Chain Resilience

The week after Thanksgiving, the Biden administration provided the world with major insight into what will be driving the White House’s activities in 2024 (beyond Biden’s campaign for reelection). The…

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Biden Admin Announces Flurry of Reshoring Actions, Including Council on Supply Chain Resilience

Yesterday, I posted about the over $6 billion in new funding for US advanced manufacturing related to batteries and semiconductor packaging announced by the Biden administration to be awarded in…

Oerlikon Expands AM Footprint with Fourth Metal 3D Printer from 3D Systems

The roots of the Swiss tech group Oerlikon date back to the 1850s, when the first pieces of the business were being established, including Leybold Vacuum in Cologne and the…

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Consumers Overwhelmingly Support More Investment in 3D Printing-Driven Reshoring, Survey Says

As the additive manufacturing (AM) sector has accelerated its shift into scale-up mode, the increased activity has simultaneously catalyzed an AM info boom. Still, much of the publicly available data…

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US and Australia Form Clean Energy Pact as WTO Head Calls for “Reglobalized” Supply Chains

Amidst the G7 summit in Hiroshima last weekend, CNBC interviewed the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, concerning her general outlook on the current state of international…

Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Says US Needs to Strengthen Defense Industrial Base

At the recent Defense Logistics Agency [DLA] Supply Chain Alliance Conference and Exhibition in Richmond, Virginia (5/3-5/4), head of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) and former deputy secretary of…

Ethical 3D Printing: The Bomber Will Always Get Through

Supply chain resilience via additive manufacturing (AM) is a wonderful thing, especially if you’re an outside nation, like North Korea. Supply chain resilience has become buzz word, but is also…

3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: February 5, 2023

There are plenty of webinars this week, including one on supply chain resiliency, another on SLA product development, one about 3D printing and robotics, and more. There are also a…

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3D Printing Central to White House’s New National Strategy on Advanced Manufacturing

On Friday, October 9, 2022, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released the National Strategy for Advanced Manufacturing (NSAM). It is the second update to A National Strategic…

3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: September 11, 2022

We’ve got several in-person events to tell you about in today’s roundup, as SMASIS, IMTS, and more will be held this week. Webinars will focus on topics including post-processing, using…