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In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, SPE announced a collaboration to expand 3D printing education through its equipment grant program. Bambu Lab has retired its X1 Series of FFF 3D...

A consortium of Australian universities, research institutions, and an advanced manufacturing firm has launched a collaborative initiative to tackle a pressing challenge in naval defense: the domestic production of nickel aluminum bronze (NAB), a high-performance alloy essential to marine propulsion systems.  The project, backed by funding from the Queensland Defence Sciences Alliance (QDSA), brings together…

French materials developer FABULOUS and UK-based post-processing specialist Additive Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) have jointly validated a complete workflow for producing food-contact-compliant parts using SLS 3D printing.  The process pairs FABULOUS’s DETECT PA11 bio-based polyamide material with AMT’s PostPro Pure vapor smoothing consumable, and has been confirmed by an accredited independent laboratory against both U.S. FDA…

Azure Printed Homes Opens Denver Factory, Backed by $3.9M State LoanApril 17

RAPID + TCT 2026 wrapped up yesterday, but the show floor proved there’s a lot happening across the additive manufacturing (AM) space, especially when it comes to new hardware and...

In 2024, we wrote about golfer Bryson DeChambeau, who turned to 3D printing to make custom clubs for himself. Rather than find a big-name sponsor (he was temporarily without), he...

Earlier this year, the Department of Defense (DOD) broke ground on its biggest additive construction (AC) project to date, aiming to complete ten new barracks at Texas’s Fort Bliss US...

Researchers from UC Riverside, and Rowan University have developed a bioengineered patch that generates its own oxygen supply, tackling one of tissue engineering’s oldest unsolved problems. The study also saw contributions from UC Berkeley, Tarleton State University in Texas, the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation in Los Angeles. Published in Communications Materials, the work describes…

A NASA-funded collaboration between the University of Utah, the Pennsylvania State University (PSU), and Colorado-based Elementum 3D is working to unlock reliable manufacturing and repair pathways for GRX-810, a high-performance alloy designed for the extreme heat and reactive conditions inside rocket engines.  The project is supported through NASA’s Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I…

At RAPID + TCT 2026, 3D printer OEM Stratasys showcased a series of new materials and software capabilities aimed at widening the scope of its additive manufacturing solutions across key industries. The announcements target both practical usability improvements and application-specific performance, helping manufacturers more readily adopt or scale 3D printing within their production workflows. “These…

US-based manufacturer of premium metal powders and alloy additions 6K Additive has been awarded a roughly $2 million Phase II contract, running 18 months, to recover and repurpose discarded metals from U.S. military depots. The targeted materials, nickel, titanium, tungsten, and niobium, share a common thread: each is either partly or entirely sourced from abroad. …

Nikon AM Synergy has gotten a DLA contract under the JAMA IV IDIQ Pilot Parts Program. The contract with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is a step forward for Nikon...

Engineering and manufacturing company GKN Aerospace has partnered with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), committing $8.4 million to a new initiative called Titanium Industrialization and Technology Advancement for Near-net Additive Manufacturing (TITAN-AM).  The program is designed to utilize wire-based laser metal deposition (LMD-w) for real-world aerospace production, with a particular focus on building…

I’m a fan of trinckle, the German startup that offers super easy-to-use tools for creating customized jigs, fixtures, and other 3D printed products. With trinckle, it’s not just designers who...

No matter how quickly the economy seems to be changing on the surface, there is no escaping the fact that geography is the foundation of economics, and, in case anyone...

Portal Space Systems has raised a $50 million Series A round, valuing the company at $250 million. The startup is developing maneuverable spacecraft designed to operate more dynamically in orbit,...

America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have unveiled two new project calls totaling $14.5 million, both backed by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD ManTech). The funding targets a persistent bottleneck in defense additive manufacturing: qualification,  the rigorous, often slow process of certifying…

Industrial 3D printing firm EOS has completed the acquisition of Austrian metal powder manufacturer Metalpine GmbH, moving from partial shareholder to sole owner after a multi-year investment relationship.  The deal deepens EOS’s strategic commitment to materials, with particular emphasis on titanium, a segment where customer demand continues to outpace supply chain capacity. At the heart…

Heavy industry runs on rotating equipment, turbines, cement mills, rolling machinery, and when those systems stop, the financial impact is immediate. Bearings are the components that keep them turning, and for nearly three decades Italian manufacturer Eurobearings has been building them for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) across energy, oil and gas, marine, defense, and heavy…

Construction 3D printing firm Alquist has introduced its A1 Series robotic arm platform, backed by the first large-scale commercial deployment of the technology. Fourteen units have changed hands through a combined purchase involving equipment dealer Hugg & Hall and full-service general contractor FMGI, twelve of the larger A1X configuration and two standard A1 units earmarked…