Venus Aerospace has secured $91 million in Series B funding led by Houston-based venture capital firm Mercury Fund, with additional backing from Lockheed Martin Ventures, MESH, PEAK6, Starboard Star Venture Capital, Green Sands Equity, and other investors. The raise follows the company’s May 2025 milestone: the first successful flight test of a high-thrust rotating detonation…
3D foundation model developer Tripo AI has closed a $150 million Series A3 funding round, drawing investment from companies across the automotive, gaming, internet, and technology sectors. Geely Capital was among the automotive-side backers, joined by other strategic investors from that sector. Gaming companies 4399 Network, Tanwan, and Giant Network also joined the round, alongside…
Industrial 3D printing firm EOS has entered an agreement with aluminum alloy developer Constellium adding a new material to its lineup and rebranding an existing one as part of the collaboration. The German 3D printing systems maker will introduce Constellium’s Aheadd CP1 alloy under the name EOS Aluminium Constellium CP1, while its existing Al5X1 material…
The Tech Lab of Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has completed a six-meter-tall 3D printed model of an air traffic control tower, produced for the practice’s ZHAviation exhibition stand at Passenger Terminal Expo 2026 in London. Built from an original ZHA tower design, the installation ranks among the most technically demanding fabrication efforts the Lab has…
Ferrita Sweden AB is a Swedish company that develops and manufactures advanced technical solutions in sound attenuation, vibration, thermal insulation and exhaust gas purification, such as catalyst and particle filter purification. The metal additive manufacturing technology developed by Meltio—which involves using a laser to melt a metal wire using a welding technique—has been validated by…
Formnext Asia Shenzhen is adding a dedicated maker day and an international dealer matching session to its 2026 program, both aimed at communities that sit outside its traditional industrial exhibitor base. The event runs August 26 to 28, 2026 at the Shenzhen World Exhibition and Convention Center. Messe Frankfurt, which organizes the event, will present…
German medical startup BellaSeno has enrolled 30 patients across two Australian trials of a polycaprolactone breast scaffold designed to regenerate tissue without leaving a permanent foreign body. The 30 patients are spread across a first-in-human safety study that ran from 2021 to 2023 and enrolled 19 patients, and a pivotal trial launched in January 2026…
Auxilium Biotechnologies, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, has bioprinted kidney and liver tissue aboard the International Space Station (ISS), marking the first time either tissue type has been manufactured in orbit. The tissues, along with cartilage and 28 nerve repair implants, were produced using the company’s AMP-1 bioprinting platform during Mission AXLM-3, which launched on SpaceX-34…
Additive Manufacturing Advantage: Aerospace, Space, and Defense 2026 is now live and in progress. Taking place online today, AMAA 2026 brings together leading voices from across aerospace, defense, space, advanced manufacturing, research, and industrial production to discuss how additive manufacturing is moving from promising technology into mission-critical applications. The free online event features presentations and…
George Mason University and North Carolina company Phase Inc. have been awarded a National Science Foundation STTR grant to develop a new class of 3D printed microfluidic devices. The goal is to carry the technology out of the research lab and into wider use, yielding a more dependable route to the tools that organ-on-a-chip development…
A pilot installation at Morningside Park in Miami is examining whether the concrete barriers lining South Florida’s shoreline can do more than hold back water. A team from Florida International University’s Institute of Environment has mounted a set of 3D printed tiles, produced at the university’s Robotics and Digital Fabrication Lab, onto an existing seawall.…
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. Lincoln Electric, 130 years old and generating over $4 billion in 2024 revenue, entered the…
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,…
