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3D Printing Unpeeled: Bikes and Volkswagen
Volkswagen buys a second Additive Industries MetalFab system after getting the first in 2018. An example of things that they are doing is a tooling nozzle for the VW Tiguan…
Volkswagen Adds Metal 3D Printing Capacity with MetalFAB System
Though the automotive industry was one of the earliest adopters of additive manufacturing (AM) for prototyping purposes, the cost of the technology has been too high to apply it to…
Volkswagen Doubles 3D Printing Capacity at Bentley
Volkswagen Group’s Bentley Motors is doubling the additive manufacturing (AM) capacity at its factory in Crewe, England, responsible for assembly of all Bentley models. Thanks to an investment of £3m…
Partnering with L’Oréal, HP Scales 3D Printing Network
At Formnext 2021, HP (NYSE: HPQ) has announced that it was expanding its Digital Manufacturing Network (DMN) of part 3D printing bureaus as it attempts to meet demand for agile…
Volkswagen Aims to 3D Print 100,000 Car Parts Annually by 2025
Upon previously announcing itself as one of HP’s partners for MetalJet 3D printing, Volkswagen has revealed that it is now using the technology to make end parts at its primary…
AMS 2020 Panels: HP’s Binder Jetting Technology, New Metals for 3D Printing
This year’s Additive Manufacturing Strategies, held in Boston and co-hosted by SmarTech Analysis and 3DPrint.com, featured a Startup Competition, interesting keynotes, multiple panels and presentations, and industry forecasts by SmarTech. But…
Weekly Roundup: Ten 3D Printable Things – Model Car Kits
When I was younger I used to love buying model car and airplane kits and assembling them. That kid would have loved having a 3D printer and being able to…
Access Begets Innovation: 3D Printing & Opportunity
ROBO 3D recently conducted a Survey with Northrop Grumman. In it, engineers, analysts, and product support staff were asked if they would prototype more often if 3D printing were more…