With the launch of Custom Foundry Runtime (CFR), Continuum Powders is making its plasma-gas atomization infrastructure available to manufacturers, researchers, and advanced materials developers on their terms, covering everything from specialty alloy development and small-batch production runs to the processing of high-value and precious metal materials. The offering formalizes a capability Continuum has long applied…
Israeli firm XJet has formalized a Value-Added Reseller agreement with 3D-Werk Black Forest GmbH, positioning the Black Forest-based firm as the primary point of entry for German manufacturers looking to adopt the company’s NanoParticle Jetting technology. The move grants manufacturers in aerospace, defense, and medical devices a local partner with hands-on evaluation capability, including access…
Norwegian additive manufacturer Norsk Titanium has signed a Cooperation & Research Agreement (CRA) with Airbus, moving their relationship from program-specific supply into a structured, multi-year industrialization effort. The agreement targets the qualification of Norsk Titanium’s proprietary Rapid Plasma Deposition technology for fatigue-critical structural titanium parts, a category that represents some of the most demanding certification…
At the Baton Rouge refinery in Louisiana, ExxonMobil faced a recurring challenge: protecting instrument cabinets from oil contamination traveling up thermocouple wires. The component responsible — an anti-wicking device — had design limitations that made it expensive and slow to produce through conventional machining. Switching to Meltio’s wire-based Laser Metal Deposition (LMD) system, the M600,…
Italian aerospace tooling specialist Eligio Re Fraschini partnered with robotic additive manufacturing company Caracol on a co-funded pilot project to test whether wire arc additive manufacturing could viably replace conventional methods for complex aerospace tooling components. The target was a spar tool used in carbon fiber lamination processes, a component defined by tight tolerances, complex…
Small modular reactor startup NX Atomics has announced a partnership with Sciaky, to apply Sciaky’s Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing process, known as EBAM, to components for NX Atomics’ SMR platform.The collaboration aims to reduce both the upfront capital cost and operating cost of SMR deployment by producing nuclear components faster, at lower cost, and in…
Mineral exploration company Scandium Canada has signed a mutual non-disclosure agreement with the University of Waterloo to establish a research collaboration focused on additive manufacturing of aluminum-scandium alloys. The partnership pairs Scandium Canada’s Scandium+ division with Waterloo’s Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing Laboratory, known as MSAM, one of Canada’s leading AM research centers, operating from Catalyst137 in…
Machine tool manufacturer DMG MORI Federal Services (DMFS) has been selected for the US Defense Logistics Agency’s (DLA) Joint Additive Manufacturing Accelerator (JAMA) IV Pilot Parts Program. The program’s performance period began February 25, 2026. For DMFS, the selection marks the company’s first project focused on AM parts production. DMG MORI has built its reputation…
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a fabrication method for soft magnetic hydrogels that can be 3D printed into structures smaller than 1mm and activated remotely by an ordinary magnet. According to the research paper published in Matter, the study also saw contributions from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the…
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) have built light-emitting living materials by embedding a marine microorganism inside 3D printed alginate scaffolds and activating its bioluminescence chemically. Published in Science Advances, the constructs were made using the dinoflagellate Pyrocystis lunula, and maintained functional light output through four weekly stimulation cycles without structural breakdown.…
A team at Northwestern University has developed printable artificial neurons capable of triggering real neural activity in living tissue, according to a study published in Nature Nanotechnology. The finding matters because lab-built hardware isn’t just simulating brain signaling but producing responses indistinguishable enough from biological signals that actual neurons react to them. Led by professor…
The Nordic Additive Manufacturing Alliance (NAMA) marks the first time Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark have formally united their expertise in additive manufacturing under a single cooperative framework. Backed by Nordic Innovation through the Nordic Forward: Competitiveness and Resilience for 2050 program, the initiative runs from 2026 to 2028 and brings together four national pillars:…
Semiconductor manufacturing sits at the foundation of modern electronics, yet the barrier to entry is so extreme that meaningful research remains out of reach for most institutions. Extreme Ultraviolet lithography, the dominant technology for printing circuits onto silicon, relies on machines costing upward of $200 million that occupy entire rooms. Faculty at the University of…
Hamburg-based 3D Spark GmbH has obtained ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for its information security management practices. The company’s SaaS platform serves industrial organizations navigating manufacturing, procurement, and supply chain decisions — converting 2D inputs into 3D models, evaluating production technologies, estimating costs, lead times, and environmental impact, and helping teams determine make-or-buy strategies for components. As…
US company Superfeet has expanded its ME3D platform to allow consumers to generate personalized, 3D printed insoles directly from an iPhone scan on superfeet.com, no specialist equipment, no clinic visit required. The underlying technology is driven by a proprietary algorithm built on podiatric data and biomechanical research. After completing a guided foot scan, users can…
Researchers at Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a 3D printing method capable of producing hair-thin filaments that bend, twist, expand, or contract in response to temperature, behaving, in essence, like programmable artificial muscles. The work, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, comes from the lab…
Kila has launched Version 2.0 of its custom running insoles, built around NanoPEBA — a proprietary foam compound from the same Peba material family used in elite carbon-plated racing shoes. Runners scan their feet at home via iPhone FaceID technology, and the insoles are manufactured at Kila’s new San Diego facility before being shipped directly…
A team of engineers at the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) has demonstrated a manufacturing pathway for copper rocket nozzles using high-pressure cold spray (HPCS) technology. The results point to the technique’s potential as a faster, more scalable alternative to conventional production methods, one that could reduce costs and lead times for high-performance aerospace components,…
3D Printing for Healthcare is the topic of our next event, AMA: Healthcare 2026 on June 4th. A French collaborative team presented the case for 3D printed surgical simulators at AMA: Healthcare 2025, walking attendees through the development of Otosurg, a multi-material ear surgery training model that combines clinical realism, anatomical customization, and validated competency…
Sandvik AB has announced the sale of its Additive Manufacturing business unit to Mimir, a Sweden-based global investment firm. The unit, which sits within Sandvik’s Machining business area, produces metal powders for additive manufacturing, metal injection molding, and hot isostatic pressing, along with controlled expansion alloys for niche industrial uses. The transaction is expected to…
