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Lunia 3D, a Cardiff-based 3D printing company, has marked its fifth anniversary with a major investment in Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) technology. The move positions the Welsh firm for its next stage of growth, bringing high-volume powder-based production in-house for the first time. Founded in 2020 by childhood friends Ken Pearce and Yousef Ahmed, Lunia […]

Polish compact selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printer specialist Sinterit has announced that FIT Additive Manufacturing Group in Germany, one of its key shareholders, has placed an order for more than thirty Lisa X and Suzy 3D printers. In addition, FIT has provided a working capital loan to support Sinterit’s next growth phase. Carl Fruth, […]

3D printer manufacturer Formlabs is preparing to launch Form Now, an on-demand 3D printing service that enables users to upload designs, select from a range of professional-grade materials, and receive finished parts without owning a 3D printer. Turnaround times are expected within five days, making 3D printing more accessible for individuals and businesses looking to […]

Irish orthopedic manufacturing specialist Croom Medical has introduced Biofuse, a 3D printed porous ingrowth technology for orthopedic implants. Developed using laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing, the platform allows OEMs to integrate lattice structures directly into implant geometries, in line with ASTM F1854 standards. “By combining dense and targeted porous regions in a single manufacturing […]

Pac-Dent, a manufacturer of preventive care, has acquired Ackuretta Technologies, a Taiwan-based developer of dental laboratory and chairside 3D printing hardware. This acquisition supports Pac-Dent’s goal of creating an open, interoperable ecosystem that integrates materials, software, and hardware—including printers, companion devices, and workflow tools—to streamline 3D printing for clinicians and labs globally. “The most important […]

When Lake Erie College junior Abby Butcher rescued Zelda, a goat with devastating leg injuries, she didn’t stop at saving the animal’s life. After Zelda’s amputation surgery, Abby turned to...

In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start with standards news from ASTM. Then, we’ll move on to a new 3D printable alloy from QuesTek Innovations, and Autodesk Research...

This week, Bambu Lab announced a new integration with Polar3D, the Cincinnati, Ohio-based creator of the Polar Cloud platform. This educational fleet management system enables schools and districts to more...

The space industry has always attracted systems thinkers, and it’s pretty obvious why that’s the case. You have to be able to view the world in terms of a “big...

If you’re trying to sell expensive boxes, then the current market and global uncertainty will make this difficult for you. But, additionally, you are making it difficult for yourself as...

In a speech he gave at the U.S. Army’s Global Force Symposium back in March, General James Rainey, the head of U.S. Army Futures Command, said the branch was in...

Caracol AM, the Italian developer of large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) solutions, has officially opened its U.S. headquarters and production facility in Austin, Texas. The new 6,000 sq. ft. site will function as a hub for assembling, testing, and delivering the company’s robotic AM platforms to the North American market. It also includes a production and […]

Boeing Develops 3D Printed Solar Array Substrate to Cut Production Time by Six MonthsSeptember 19

Dr. Mansoor Khan, researcher of Texas A&M University is advancing the use of 3D printing to produce medications tailored for children, addressing long-standing challenges in pediatric dosing. By creating dose-flexible tablets, his approach ensures that children receive the exact amount of medication required for their age and weight, eliminating the need for pharmacists to manipulate […]

Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an, working with Wuhan University of Science and Technology, the National University of Singapore, and Trinity College Dublin, has demonstrated a non-contact ultrasound method for laser additive manufacturing. Published in Nature Communications, the work shows that transmitting ultrasound below 20 W·cm² through a gas medium refines grains and enhances mechanical performance […]

The U.S. Department of War has awarded $39.6 million to three companies to strengthen the nation’s solid rocket motor (SRM) production base. The funds, granted under Title III of the Defense Production Act (DPA), go to additive manufacturing specialist Materials Resources LLC (MRL) of Ohio; materials processing specialist ICF Mercantile LLC (ICF) of New Jersey; […]

Your seat at the Additive Manufacturing Advantage awaits! Register free for AMA: Automotive & Mobility. Particle-free metal ink producer Electroninks has partnered with Manz Asia introducing a silver ink formulation for digital inkjet printing in semiconductor packaging.  Curing under LED-UV light at 365 nanometers, the material is designed for 2.5D and 3D structures where precision and […]

Carnegie Mellon University has presented LLM-Drone, a system that combines large language models (LLMs) with drones to expand additive manufacturing into settings where conventional 3D printing cannot operate. Published in Springer Nature, the study shows how drones equipped with magnetically interlocking blocks can assemble structures described through text prompts, achieving 90 percent build accuracy in […]

A review published on ResearchGate by researchers at the University of Windsor analyzes how machine learning (ML) is being applied to direct energy deposition (DED) and wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM). Covering studies published between 2010 and mid-2025, the review shows that research activity expanded rapidly after 2020, with methods such as deep learning, fuzzy […]

Researchers at Aalen University’s LaserApplicationCentre (LAZ) are refining process monitoring for powder bed-based laser melting of metals (PBF-LB/M), a central additive manufacturing technology for producing complex, high-performance metal parts. The team uses high-speed and high-resolution cameras from IDS Imaging Development Systems to analyze dynamic and static aspects of the melting process, enabling early detection of […]