UK 3D printing

UK Ministry of Defence Buys Two Metal 3D Printers for Royal Navy MRO

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has purchased two metal 3D printers from UK supplier Additive X, in a contract valued at £383,000 (~$483,000). The Royal Navy will use the…

£4.2M Supports Wayland Additive’s E-Beam 3D Printing Platform in Latest Funding Round

The UK’s Wayland Additive, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) that makes the Calibur3 electron beam additive manufacturing (AM) platform, has raised £4.2 million (about $5.33 million) so far in its…

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Reshaping Global Supply Chains: The UK’s First Advanced Manufacturing Plan

The day before the Biden administration announced around 30 broad-sweeping economic actions planned by the White House for 2024 and beyond — all surrounding the establishment of a new Council…

Autonomous Manufacturing & Babcock to 3D Print NATO Spare Part via UK’s Project TAMPA

Autonomous Manufacturing (AMFG), a UK developer of manufacturing execution software (MES) for advanced production processes including 3D printing, announced that a consortium led by the company has won the Spiral…

DigiTool Project: UK Consortium Aims to Revolutionize Tool & Die Sector with Additive Manufacturing & Industry 4.0 Practices

While 3D printing may be growing into a billion-dollar industry on its own, large companies around the world are putting this historically disruptive technology into place next to conventional machinery…

Encouraging STEM Learning: Laser Lines Gifts MakerBot 3D Printer to UK Primary School

One of the most predictable questions an adult will ask a child in making conversation is what they want to be when they grow up. Kids come up with such…

AXA: Despite Skepticism, 3D Printing Will Be Adopted by Small Businesses in the UK

AXA, a $57 billion insurance company based in France, recently released a survey on the UK’s startup ecosystem and the vision of entrepreneurs. In its report, AXA revealed that many…

Design Firm Calls on Ogle Models to Create 3D Printed British Telecom Telephone Model

Who would have thought that when the famed British singer Adele dropped her smash hit “Hello” in 2015, that maybe someday she could be calling her long-lost lover from a…

Peak Production Improves Tooling Process and Manufacturing Efficiency With Stratasys Fortus 450mc 3D Printer

After a string of rather dismal financial numbers in 2015, 3D printing titan Stratasys and their new CEO Ilan Levin have spent the better part of 2016 working to improve the…