There is a moment in most product development cycles when the pace of thinking outruns the pace of making. A designer has an idea on Tuesday. The revised part won’t arrive from the bureau until Friday. By then the meeting has happened, and the iteration that might have changed something arrives too late to matter.…
UK-based footwear brand Vivobarefoot has unveiled the Tabi Gen 02, the second iteration of its scan-to-print barefoot sandal, developed in partnership with Carbon and manufactured by Oechsler. Lighter and more precise than its predecessor, the Gen 02 is custom-printed for each wearer using Carbon’s Digital Light Synthesis process and CARBON BL6 PU foam. Available in…
Australian metal additive manufacturing company AML3D and Austal USA have marked a new chapter in their ongoing partnership with the delivery and successful installation of a containerized ARCEMY system at the US Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence in Danville, Virginia. The unit, AML3D’s first portable edition of the ARCEMY platform, arrives pre-mounted inside a…
LEAP 71, a Computational Engineering firm out of Dubai, and Sindan, an AI-driven manufacturing company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, revealed their strategic alliance at the Make it in the Emirates trade show on May 4, 2026. The collaboration targets the full integration of autonomous engineering design with advanced production, collapsing what has traditionally been a…
Formnext Asia Shenzhen, the additive manufacturing trade show organized by Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt Co Ltd, will return to the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center from August 26 to 28, 2026, with a focus on how 3D printing is being used to produce liquid cooling components for AI infrastructure. As higher-density AI server chips…
Rapid Fusion, a manufacturer of large-format additive and hybrid manufacturing systems, has appointed Labostera as its newest reseller, bringing its systems to Lithuania and Latvia for the first time. Labostera, a provider of equipment solutions for medical, scientific, and industrial sectors, will represent Rapid Fusion across both countries. The agreement marks Rapid Fusion’s first entry…
Defense manufacturing startup Firestorm Labs has closed an $82 million Series B round, bringing its total capital raised to $153 million. Washington Harbour Partners led the investment, joined by several backers spanning defense, intelligence, and venture, including NEA, In-Q-Tel, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Booz Allen Ventures, Ondas, Geodesic, Motley Fool Ventures, and Litquidity Ventures. The funding…
Mahdi Naïm Studio, an industrial design practice led by designer Mahdi Naïm, has unveiled AERIS, a bicycle saddle in active development built around a single design hypothesis: additive manufacturing and traditional craft produce a coherent object only when both are conceived together from the first design decisions, rather than combined at the end of the…
Xometry, a company that operates an AI-powered marketplace for custom manufacturing, reported record first-quarter 2026 revenue of $205 million, up 36% from $151 million a year earlier. Marketplace revenue rose 40% year over year to $191.3 million, while gross profit increased 39% to $78.5 million. Adjusted EBITDA reached $10.5 million, improving by $10.4 million from…
Wool Source, a New Zealand ingredients manufacturer developing industrial uses for wool, and KiwiFil, a New Zealand filament producer, have launched what they describe as the first commercial 3D printing filament to use a wool-based colourant. The product, called WoolyFil, uses Wool Source Pigments in place of conventional synthetic or fossil-fuel-derived colour. KiwiFil is selling…
6K Additive, a US manufacturer of metal powders for additive manufacturing and alloy additions for the aluminum melt industry, has appointed Brandon Davis as Chief Operating Officer. He will oversee global operations, including metal powder production and alloy additions, and will report directly to chief executive officer Frank Roberts. In his new role, the Chief…
Researchers have reviewed how chemically modified cellulose could improve the performance and sustainability of fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing filaments. Published in Carbohydrate Polymers, the review examines functionalization strategies designed to make cellulose more compatible with thermoplastic polymer matrices used in material extrusion 3D printing. The paper was authored by researchers from North Carolina…
Ahmedabad-based space research and technology company AAKA Space Studio has 3D printed a physical radiation shield using materials engineered to replicate the chemical composition of Martian soil. The shield was demonstrated at an analog space mission in Gujarat, with raw materials sourced from Salem and Ariyalur from Tamil Nadu. According to a news report, the…
DMG MORI UK, the British division of machine tool manufacturer DMG MORI, has introduced the LASERTEC 65 DED hybrid 2, a second-generation production centre combining directed energy deposition (DED) with 5-axis machining and measurement in a single setup. Launched earlier this year at the company’s open house in Pfronten, southern Germany, the system is designed…
Researchers in Singapore have published a review mapping the country’s recent contributions to biofabrication and biomanufacturing, from waste-derived biomaterials and 3D bioprinting to cultivated food, regenerative medicine, microneedles, and bioelectronics. Published in Bio-Design and Manufacturing, the review examines work led by Singapore-based research groups across three areas: bio-derived materials, enabling manufacturing technologies, and emerging applications.…
Lockheed Martin, the US aerospace and defense company, is advancing laser powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing to enable faster operational readiness for next-generation aircraft, hypersonic systems, and electric propulsion platforms. The effort is tied to supply chain resilience and to shorter design-to-flight timelines for thermal management components used in aerospace and defense manufacturing. High-performance electronics and…
Research from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research shows that ordinary pipetting can leave evaporating water drops carrying enough charge to undergo repeated Coulomb fissions on lubricated surfaces, a result that could inform nanoscale fabrication and other droplet-based…
Meteor Inkjet, a Cambridge, UK-based supplier of industrial inkjet printhead driving solutions, has received a King’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development. One of 36 organisations in the UK recognised this year, the company was honoured for commercially successful products, services, and management that benefit the environment, society, and the economy. Its technology is used…
Researchers from Jiangnan University, a research university in Wuxi, China, and Jiangda Vibration Isolator Co., Ltd., a vibration-control manufacturer based in the same city, have developed a 3D printed silicone rubber lattice designed to resist fungal growth while absorbing vibration and repeated compression in marine environments. Reported in a study published in Advanced Composites and…
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) have tested full-scale 3D printed concrete walls under simulated earthquake conditions and experimentally validated a design framework for seismic applications. Published in the Journal of Building Engineering, the study addresses a procedural gap that has constrained the technology’s reach: no standardised building code specifically addresses…
