In this edition of SLICED, the 3D Printing Industry news digest, we track how additive manufacturing is moving through governance changes, reseller expansion, software-backed education, service launches, and new applications in sport, design, and art. Read on for updates from AMGTA, Materialise, Carimatec, Axtra3D, Dyndrite, Sculpteo, adidas, and more. Governance and portfolio shifts at AMGTA…
The 2026 edition of our AMA: Energy online conference returns on April 30th. Register now! Hangzhou-based metal 3D printing manufacturer Eplus3D has withdrawn its application for an initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s Science and Technology Innovation Board. The SSE formally terminated its review after the company and its sponsor, CITIC Securities, jointly submitted the…
The 2026 edition of our AMA: Energy online conference returns on April 30th. Register now! The Additive Manufacturing Green Trade Association (AMGTA) has published its 2026 Vision Paper laying out an evaluative framework for assessing AM’s resource efficiency across entire production systems. The paper’s central argument is that organizations consistently get the math wrong when they try…
With AMA: Energy 2026 just around the corner, 3D Printing Industry is taking a closer look at the role of additive manufacturing in the energy sector. In this critical industry, a missing forged component does not just delay a shipment. It can ground an entire maintenance operation for the better part of a year. Forging…
Researchers from Skoltech, part of the VEB.RF group, and collaborating institutions in Russia and India have turned their attention to one of additive manufacturing’s most closely watched material frontiers: copper alloys. Their work shows that with carefully tuned process parameters, laser powder bed fusion can produce aluminum bronze components that match, and in certain cases…
U.S.-based provider of advanced all-domain drone and robotic solutions Red Cat Holdings has announced a new collaboration between its maritime arm, Blue Ops, and robotic manufacturing company HADDY, signaling a new push to bring large-scale 3D printing into the production of military-grade Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs). A New Manufacturing Blueprint for Maritime Defense Blue Ops,…
