French nuclear energy business Framatome has inaugurated a 6,000 m2 additive manufacturing center in Romans-sur-Isère, France. The facility, which opened on July 2, produces metal components for the primary circuits of French nuclear reactors using wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) systems supplied by Amsterdam-based MX3D. Named the Amiral Bernard-Antoine Morio de l’Isle Additive Manufacturing Center,…
Helsinki-based health technology firm CurifyLabs has closed a $14 million Series A round to grow its automated system for producing personalized medications. The round was co-led by Sandwater and HealthCap, with Tesi and existing backers including Lifeline Ventures joining, alongside participation from U.S. customers and employees. The company, which also operates out of Jacksonville, Florida,…
Portsmouth-based 3D print contract manufacturer AMufacture has called on the government to overhaul defense procurement, warning that slow, traditional purchasing processes could prevent UK manufacturers from delivering on the Defence Investment Plan’s (DIP) objectives. The response puts a specific industrial lens on a policy document that commits £5 billion to autonomous systems but leaves open…
Researchers at the University of California and National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan have reported two 3D printing-enabled advances in energy storage: a zinc-ion hybrid battery that stores more than seven times the charge of comparable devices, and a low-cost, sealed test cell that delivers markedly more reliable lab measurements than the open-beaker setups most…
A project funded by the Department of Energy‘s NNSA DNN R&D program and based at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has turned to additive manufacturing to produce pixelated plastic scintillator arrays, seeking to cut both the time and expense of fabricating these radiation-sensing components. The contribution from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), part…
A retired Air Force veteran and amputee Francine Goode has returned to the bowling lane with the help of a 3D printed tool built specifically for her by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The project began when a recreational therapist at the Perry Point VA Medical Center in Maryland spotted a shortfall in the adaptive…
Germany’s Fraunhofer ILT and Spanish machine-tool builder Etxetar have signed a memorandum of understanding to broaden the industrial applications of laser metal deposition (LMD) and extreme high-speed laser material deposition (EHLA). The agreement pools the research institute’s process knowledge with the company’s industrial engineering capabilities, aiming at sectors where regulatory change, high-value repair, and the…
British charity STAND has begun a pilot program in The Gambia that applies 3D scanning and printing to the production of prosthetic sockets, the custom-made part that joins an amputee’s residual limb to an artificial leg. The initiative, co-financed by the European Union, is intended to test whether digital fabrication can offer a quicker, simpler,…
3D scanner manufacturer Revopoint has launched the Trackit SR, a wireless, marker-free optical tracking 3D scanner with a stated single-frame accuracy of 0.02 mm. According to the company, the system is designed to address common constraints in traditional metrology workflows, including setup time, cabling, the application of marker points, and limited maneuverability around large or…
ASTM International‘s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) has released a strategic guide addressing how additively manufactured (AM) parts are qualified and certified for defense use. The document, developed in partnership with the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MOD) through Project TAMPA, is available as a free download from amcoe.org. Certification requirements for AM…
Getting a biology experiment into space makes headlines; getting one back with cells intact and data uncontaminated is the part that actually takes years to figure out. Sebastian Feles, technical lead of the Aeromedical FabLab at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), opened his presentation on space additive manufacturing at our AMA: Aerospace, Space, & Defense…
Farnborough International Airshow will bring the global aerospace, aviation, space, and defence industries to the UK from 20–24 July 2026. But before the sector gathers on the show floor, the additive manufacturing community has an opportunity to connect around one of the most important questions facing aerospace and defence manufacturing today: how does AM move…
Eighteen months of casting and welding, compressed into three weeks on a single machine. That is what additive manufacturing in aerospace now means in practice at one of the sector’s largest groups. Safran, the French aerospace and defence manufacturer with revenues of €27.3 billion and a workforce of 100,000 across 27 countries, has additive manufacturing…
The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) said new US import duties of 10% to 12.5% on British exports could become a “tipping point” for manufacturers already facing high industrial energy costs and higher National Insurance contributions. The association warned the added costs could undermine the commercial viability of some contracts in the American market. The MTA…
The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) has confirmed its board of directors for the 2026–2027 term, combining newly elected members with two board appointments. The five incoming leaders join four continuing board members, with terms beginning July 1, 2026, at a moment when several of AM’s most experienced volunteers are stepping into higher-profile roles within…
Interested in the future of manufacturing? Don’t miss Additive Manufacturing Advantage: Aerospace, Space and Defense 2026, taking place on July 9th. Mark your calendar and secure your spot at the event redefining what’s possible in aerospace, space, and defense manufacturing. The drone industry is evolving at a pace that traditional manufacturing simply cannot keep up…
A combustion chamber with undetected flaws, or a nozzle with clogged internal channels observed during a hot fire test, can set a rocket programme back months. At NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center, that risk has pushed engineers to treat additive manufacturing in aerospace as an integrated chain of design, build and post processing steps, where…
Italian bicycle apparel company Elastic Interface launched AURA N3X FL at Performance Days in Munich in March this year, its first cycling shorts pad constructed entirely without polyurethane foam or laminated layers. The launch is the first time the company has removed foam from a production pad, shifting 3D printing from a supporting role in…
Sandvik, a Sweden-headquartered industrial technology group and gas-atomized metal powder producer, has launched Osprey GRCop-42, a copper-chromium-niobium alloy powder for additive manufacturing of space propulsion components. The material is intended for high-heat applications where material traceability and repeatable performance are central to qualification. Originally developed by NASA, GRCop-42 is a copper alloy for components exposed…
The headlines for the AM industry from 2015 and 2016 were specific in their promises. “Additive manufacturing to grow 40% annually, disrupting traditional supply chains by 2020.” “3D printing: the revolution that will change everything.” None of it landed quite the way the industry expected, and the technology has spent the years since stuck in…
