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Sandvik Exits 3D Printing: Osprey Powder Business Goes to Mimir in Carve-Out DealSandvik's exit from additive manufacturing reveals the gap between materials expertise and successful part production. Mimir's acquisition of Osprey transfers 2...
Creality's KliTek Targets Multi-Material Printing Bottlenecks with Independent Nozzle ArchitectureCreality's KliTek platform represents a legitimate engineering response to long-standing multi-material printing limitations, using independent nozzle architect...
RIMPAC 2026 Puts Mobile Hybrid Manufacturing to the Test in Pacific ExerciseThe convergence of qualified high-performance materials, containerized hybrid systems, and expanded service capacity signals that industrial AM is moving from c...
Wells Fargo's ICON Deal Signals 3D Printed Housing Has Crossed the Financier ThresholdThis deal resolves the financing bottleneck that has constrained 3D printed housing from reaching volume production • When a major mortgage originator writes lo...
Creality's HKEX Debut: What the First Consumer 3D Printer IPO Tells Us About the IndustryCreality 3D (HKEX: 3388) listed on Hong Kong's Main Board today, raising approximately HK$1 • 272 billion through the issuance of 73,427,550 H-shares • The offe...
Why Your Engineering Decisions Vanish Into Thin AirThis article identifies a structural weakness in how engineering organizations preserve decision rationale versus documented outputs • The implications are seri...
HeyGears Lands $44M to Pivot from Dental Niche to Industrial MainstreamHeyGears' $44M Series C confirms the materials-as-revenue-model trend has fully arrived in industrial resin printing • The company's 70% materials revenue share...
nScrypt Shrinks the Factory: Hybrid Platform Delivers On-Site Electronics Repair in Under an HourAdditive electronics manufacturing remains a reliability challenge, but integrated build-correct platforms are closing the gap toward 100% yield in ways traditi...
SHINING 3D Resumes BSE IPO Quest After Solving Regulatory HiccupSHINING 3D hit a familiar snag in the IPO process • The Hangzhou-based precision scanner manufacturer had to pause its Beijing Stock Exchange review in March 20...
Defense Qualification Framework Launches as AM Supplier Gap Becomes UndeniableThe America Makes program represents the most strategically significant development here. Government funding to standardize qualification pathways for AM suppli...
Utrecht Study Quantifies How AM Shifts Global Manufacturing Advantage Toward Emerging EconomiesThe Utrecht study provides empirical backing for what supply chain professionals have observed during recent disruptions: AM enables distributed manufacturing t...
Electroninks Targets Defense and Prototyping Markets with Desktop PCB PrinterThe CircuitJet IV consolidates five PCB fabrication steps into one benchtop system, targeting engineers who need rapid prototyping and defense contractors facin...
DoW Bridges Additive Manufacturing Skills Gap with AMTrain Phase 2 LaunchThe DoW's AMTrain platform addresses a critical fragmentation problem in additive manufacturing workforce development, creating standardized pathways from train...
DTI's 3D-Printed Robot Skin Cuts Space Mission Costs by SolvingDTI's ESA-funded project shows additive manufacturing moving from prototyping to functional multi-system integration in robotics • The real value is the design ...
Stratasys Snaps Up Markforged for $42.5M: What the Deal Actually MeansStratasys just executed the cleanest acquisition in additive manufacturing's recent history, buying Markforged at roughly 0.6x annual revenue while leaving redu...
Creality's $177M HKEX IPO Tests Whether Desktop 3D Printing DeservesCreality's $177M HKEX IPO is a referendum on whether desktop 3D printing is a real business or a hobby market. • Revenue growth has stalled — the consumer FDM ...
YouTuber Builds $250 Pipetting Robot to Undercut $18,000 Lab EquipmentA $250 3D printed pipetting robot won't replace industrial lab automation, but it exposes how much of that $18,000 price tag is ...
ETH Students Fire Up 3D-Printed Rotating Detonation Engine in RareETH Zurich undergraduates have demonstrated that university teams can now build and test rotating detonation engines — technology previously reserved for nation...
YouTuber Builds Working Microfluidic Logic Circuits on a $300 DesktopA YouTuber has built working microfluidic logic circuits on a $300 desktop 3D printer — proving that lab-on-chip technology doesn't require million-dollar clean...
3D Printing Cuts Irrigation Downtime from Weeks to DaysThe Problem: Supply Chains Fail When Farms Need Them Most Irrigation systems do not break on schedule. • Traditional supply chains for pump components — impell...
Colossal Hatches 26 Chicks in 3D Printed Eggs, Proving AdditiveManufacturing Has a Place in the Incubator The Problem: Nature's Incubator Is Hard to Copy A bird eggshell looks simple. • This is why Colossal Biosciences' la...
Aibuild's FETS Cuts AM Simulation Time from Days to SecondsThe Problem: Simulation Bottlenecks Stall Large-Format AM Adoption Additive manufacturing engineers have long faced a brutal trade-off. • It handles both metal...