i3D Manufacturing, a business unit within the BTX Precision group, has completed the acquisition of Burloak Technologies, a metal additive manufacturing specialist based in Oakville, Ontario. The move adds technical depth to i3D’s existing capabilities and marks BTX Precision’s first footprint outside the United States. Jason Ball, VP & General Manager of Burloak, framed the…
Italian advanced manufacturing company ROBOZE has acquired key assets from Dimanex, a Dutch software platform that filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. The deal brings Dimanex’s platform together with ROBOZE’s existing software tools, Pandora and SlizeR, closing a persistent gap in its ecosystem: connecting physical machines directly to digital inventory management and decentralized supply chains…
French additive manufacturing providers 3D Prod and Sculpteo have announced a merger, with 3D Prod, backed by injection moulding firm Platex, acquiring Sculpteo from BASF New Business GmbH, which had held the company since its 2019 purchase. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The combined entity aims to establish itself as a reference point…
A New York-based physicist has made history as the world’s first above-elbow amputee to be fitted with a full-length, 3D printed bionic arm. Born with an amputation following a circulatory complication eight days after birth, Gowtham spent most of his life without a functional prosthetic. The fitting was carried out by UK-based prosthetics company Open…
The European Space Agency has appointed a pan-European consortium led by Danish Technological Institute, a Denmark-based research and technology organization, to develop a protective covering for robotic arms used in space. Called Smart Skin for Exploration Cobots, the €1.65 million project will run for 24 months from 2026 to 2028 and aims to produce two…
Custom-fit 3D printed footwear company FITASY has updated its production platform to allow customers to order a single shoe rather than a pair, priced at exactly half the cost. The option, now live at fitasy.com, is aimed at people who need only one shoe, including prosthetic users, and marks the first time a custom-fit 3D…
The 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment concluded FlyTrap 5.0 in Lithuania this month, wrapping up a nearly month-long multinational exercise testing counter-drone systems, electronic warfare, and unmanned ground vehicles under live force-on-force conditions. Close to 1,000 troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, and allied nations took part. Among the most consequential outcomes was a…
UltiMaker, a manufacturer of desktop and industrial 3D printing systems recently, launched the Factor 4 Plus, a new industrial platform designed for continuous production in manufacturing and defense. Built as a faster version of the standard Factor 4, the new system delivers up to twice the print speed and targets applications including custom jigs, fixtures,…
Shenzhen-based desktop 3D printer manufacturer Snapmaker has hired Radu “Ratdoux”, the original developer behind the experimental Full Spectrum color-mixing slicer, to help lead a new multicolor 3D printing initiative. Announced in May 2026, the move will see Snapmaker begin work on officially integrating Full Spectrum’s virtual color-mixing technology into upcoming versions of Snapmaker Orca, the…
The Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC) has approved its first five industry-led CORE research projects, unlocking more than $11 million in combined investment for additive manufacturing research across Australia. Announced in Melbourne on 21 May 2026, the projects represent the first major R&D investments under AMCRC’s Commonwealth-backed program to strengthen manufacturing competitiveness, productivity, and…
French elastomer specialist Lynxter has launched SIL-004, a platinum-cured liquid silicone engineered specifically for direct-contact use in food and beverage environments. The company positions SIL-004 as the world’s first 3D printable silicone to carry FDA CFR 21 177-2600 certification, a standard governing rubber articles intended for repeated food contact. Free of BPA and PFAS, SIL-004…
U.S. additive manufacturing innovation institute America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM), a defense manufacturing and machining organization, have named six winners for the Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment, Supplier Qualification project call. Funded through the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Manufacturing Technology Office, the $1.7 million JAQS-SQ…
Nearly half of all adults in the United States live with hypertension, and for roughly one in ten of them, conventional drug treatments simply don’t work. A research team at Pennsylvania State University (PSU) has developed a potential answer: a soft, 3D printed bioelectronic device that attaches directly to one of the body’s most critical…
Researchers at Tampere University have developed a 3D printed ceramic implant that closely replicates the composition and internal architecture of natural human bone. Published in Materials Today Bio, the work advances the case for patient-specific bone regeneration without the need for donor tissue, synthetic drugs, or growth factors, and may offer a more accessible path…
Researchers at the CU Anschutz School of Dental Medicine are investigating whether multimaterial inkjet 3D printing could reshape how dentures are designed and manufactured. Led by Jeffrey Stansbury, PhD, senior associate dean for research and professor of dental medicine, the team is developing photo-curable polymer materials intended to improve on current prosthetic performance, in durability,…
Researchers at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) have developed a 3D printing approach for shaping living mycelium materials that can self-assemble functional particles during growth. Published in Advanced Functional Materials, the study demonstrates how fungal networks can be printed, grown, and selectively functionalized to create biohybrid living materials with tunable electrical properties. The work…
Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder and Columbia University have developed a bio-inspired approach to improve the 3D printing of earthen construction materials. Published in Nature Communications, the study introduces a multiscale optimization framework that uses biopolymers to improve the printability, stability, and processing speed of natural earth materials. The researchers tested how different…
Chinese 3D printer manufacturer Bambu Lab sent a cease-and-desist letter to Polish developer Paweł Jarczak, forcing him to remove a fork of OrcaSlicer that restored cloud printing features the company had locked to its own software. Within days, YouTubers with audiences in the millions had pledged $20,000 in legal defense funds, rehosted the code, and…
US-based space systems company Rocket Lab has completed production of its 1,000th Rutherford engine at its Long Beach, California facility, a milestone that reflects the maturation of additive manufacturing as a viable industrial process in orbital spaceflight. The Rutherford is the world’s first 3D printed, electric pump-fed orbital rocket engine, and its production volume now…
Additive Industries, a Netherlands-based manufacturer of industrial metal 3D printing systems, has announced that K3D, a Dutch metal 3D printing service provider, has added two more of its MetalFab systems. The expansion brings the company’s total MetalFab installation to six asystems across two manufacturing sites, with a combined capacity of nine additive manufacturing cores. Materials…
