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When creating highly detailed resin prints, speed only matters if the finished result still captures the details that made the model worth printing in the first place. The HeyGears Reflex RS Turbo is designed to combine high-efficiency resin 3D printing with precision, helping creators produce detailed models more efficiently without making print quality an afterthought.…

Shenzhen-based 3D scanning technology provider SHINING 3D has launched ShiningSpace, a browser-based digital platform designed to give 3D scanning users a single, organized place to store, view, edit, and share their models after the scan is done. The launch addresses a problem that has followed the 3D scanning industry as the hardware has gotten more…

OpenAI has released GPT-6 Astra, and among the benchmarks in a broad capability launch covering coding, cybersecurity, and computer use is one aimed squarely at 3D geometry: BenchCAD, which tests whether the model can reconstruct a 3D object as editable CAD code rather than a static mesh, working only from a handful of photos.  While…

OTR Engineered Solutions (OTR) has launched OTR3DLab, a service that uses large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) to produce full-scale prototypes of off-the-road tires, wheels, tracks, and related components. The company says prototypes can be delivered in a few weeks instead of months, so customers can review a design before paying for production tooling. More broadly, the…

British software-first manufacturing startup Isembard opened its new global headquarters and factory in Southwark, central London, on September 14, 2026, calling it the largest factory to open in the capital since the Second World War. The launch caps a year in which the company grew from 4 factories to 16 across the UK, Europe, and…

DEEP Manufacturing, a specialist in wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) for safety-critical structures, has become the world’s first and only fully DNV-approved wire arc additive manufacturer for pressure vessels for human occupancy (PVHOs), pressure hulls, and related equipment and materials, 18 months after launching in January 2025. The company now operates two facilities, in Bristol,…

Prosthetics centers in northwest Syria have begun using 3D printing to produce custom limbs for amputees, offering a partial answer to a shortage of prosthetics capacity in a country where nearly three million people have been wounded since the conflict began in 2011. Two centers in Idlib province now rely entirely on the technology and…

Israel-based Massivit, has expanded its RapidWings composite tooling platform into North America through a partnership with Artek, a manufacturing and design firm based in Portland, Oregon. Under the arrangement, RapidWings will provide on-demand large-format tooling, prototyping, and demonstration services for aerospace and defense (A&D) customers at Artek’s facility, adding to operations the platform previously launched…

Digital manufacturing firm VulcanForms and Massachusetts-based aerospace startup Specter Aerospace have partnered to produce airbreathing hypersonic weapons at scale, establishing what the companies describe as a first-of-its-kind domestic manufacturing capacity for the sector. The deal pairs VulcanForms’ metal additive manufacturing platform with Specter Aerospace’s hypersonic vehicle development work, aiming to scale production of low-cost hypersonic…

Faculty, staff, and student workers from Stephen F. Austin State University‘s Makerspace are creating a 3D printed replica of a moon rock from the Apollo 14 mission, working with a genuine NASA-loaned lunar sample housed at the Naranjo Museum of Natural History in Lufkin, Texas. The museum requested the project so it can send the…

A team spanning Auburn University‘s College of Veterinary Medicine and Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has developed a 3D printed, camera-equipped laryngoscope designed to help veterinary students learn to intubate large animals like goats and pigs. The device, which costs about $150 to produce, displays the procedure in real time on a screen, addressing a…

University of Mississippi researchers have entered a new agreement with pharmaceutical ingredient company Colorcon to build an artificial intelligence-powered database designed to help pharmacies and drug manufacturers produce personalized, 3D printed medications. The project is led by Mo Maniruzzaman, chair and professor of pharmaceutics and drug delivery at Ole Miss, whose lab will develop a…

I have been visiting China for more than a decade and have seen first-hand how its 3D printing industry has changed. Alongside a tropical shirt suitable for Shenzhen in August, I packed a notebook full of preconceptions to put to the test as I returned to report at Formnext Asia Shenzhen. China is still routinely…

Fives AddUp, the additive manufacturing arm of the Fives Group, announced plans to establish U.S.-based manufacturing for its FormUp 750, a next-generation large-format laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) machine. Industrialization activities are set to begin in 2027 at Fives Machining Systems Inc.’s existing facility in Hebron, Ohio, with U.S.-built units serving the North American market…

A 3D printing technique developed by Stanford mechanical engineering professor Natalie Larson is being applied across an unusually wide range of fields, from lab-grown meat to structural vehicle batteries to defense-funded metamaterials, all built on a method that lets multiple materials be extruded and controlled within a single printed strand.  Larson, an assistant professor in…

Caracol, a robotic additive manufacturing (AM) company focused on large-format AM (LFAM), has recently joined America Makes, the national AM innovation institute within the Manufacturing USA network. The company mentioned the membership in a press release dated September 8, ahead of its participation in the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2026, held September 14 to…

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), a nonprofit organization that oversees standards and conformity-assessment activities in the United States, has approved Model-Based Characteristics (MBC) v1.0, Persistent Identification and Related Digital Practices as an American National Standard. Developed by the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC), a nonprofit organization that develops standards for digital metrology, MBC 1.0…

TDK, a Tokyo-based electronics manufacturer, has agreed to acquire Fabric8Labs, a San Diego company developing metal 3D printing technology, for up to $400 million in cash. The price includes an upfront payment and a multi-year earnout, though neither amount was disclosed. The electronics group plans to use the acquisition to expand its data center business,…

A custom cable-driven 3D printer has produced a physical 3D Benchy in under 60 seconds after its developer replaced the machine’s motion platform and reduced its moving mass. Yan Roetz documented the result on Roetz 4.0, his YouTube channel covering prototyping, 3D printing, and machining. The print concludes a two-year attempt to move Minute Man…

German surgical device manufacturer KLS Martin has made patient-specific ceramic implants built from Lithoz‘s calcium phosphate material LithaBone TCP a standard offering on its IPS Gate platform, and the company expects to reach 500 delivered implants by the end of 3Q 2026. IPS Gate is KLS Martin’s web-based platform for planning, ordering, and delivering its…