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We’re starting off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs with business from Materialise and RapidFit, and Axtra3D and MULTISTATION. Then we’ll move on to a contract for submarine components, and end...

Army Opens 50-Printer Additive Makerspace at Picatinny ArsenalApril 2

A new 3D design platform called Prompt2CAD is enabling users to convert plain-language furniture descriptions into parametric 3D models, without requiring CAD experience. The platform connects natural language to parametric geometry through Claude AI, which interprets plain-text descriptions and converts them into structured 3D models rendered in real time via Three.js. A user can type…

For years, a lot of the discussion around China and additive manufacturing has focused on industrial competition. Can Chinese companies move into higher-end markets? Can they challenge Western machine makers...

3D printer manufacturer Raise3D has partnered with Additive Manufacturing Technologies (AMT), a specialist in automated post-processing for industrial 3D printing, to extend professional finishing capabilities to users of its RMS220 selective laser sintering (SLS) system. The move signals a deliberate push toward closing the gap between prototyping and true end-use part production. “Our partnership with…

A new chapter in human spaceflight began today as NASA launched Artemis II from Kennedy Space Center, sending astronauts on a journey around the Moon for the first time in...

The US-Israel war on Iran is already catalyzing the sorts of major shifts to global supply chains that will effectively amount to permanent economic changes. In this context, the nations...

From Printing Objects to Shaping Materials Desktop 3D printing has made on-demand creation more accessible than ever. Yet one critical part of the process remains fixed: the material itself. Most...

During the last few weeks, I spent time on the ground at both the Additive Manufacturing Strategies Forum (AMS) and the Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) meeting. What stands out...

Elon Musk essentially functions as a human loophole in the antitrust regulatory system. Whether or not it’s the deliberate purpose of why he runs his businesses this way, I don’t...

Shenzhen-based 3D printer manufacturer Creality has introduced the Filament Maker M1 and the Shredder R1, a paired desktop system that lets users shred 3D printing waste and extrude it back into usable filament on Indiegogo. Anyone who has spent serious time around a 3D printer knows the guilt that comes with it. Failed prints pile…

Argonne National Laboratory, a research center operated by UChicago Argonne, for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has submitted the first draft of an ASME Code Case proposing Laser Powder Bed Fusion as a permitted manufacturing process for high-temperature nuclear reactor components.  If adopted, the proposal would strengthen the nuclear supply chain, reduce manufacturing lead…

Metal 3D printing technology provider Bright Laser Technologies (BLT) has announced that its BLT-S400 platform surpassed 100,000 units of copper alloy components in cumulative output as of March 2026,  what the company describes as the first publicly documented evidence of repeatable, large-scale copper additive manufacturing at industrial volumes. Copper’s Built-In Manufacturing Problem Copper’s high performance…

Velo3D, a metal additive manufacturing firm, has received a $9.8 million, five-year IDIQ contract under the Defense Logistics Agency’s JAMA Pilot Parts Program, a federal initiative designed to speed up the integration of 3D printed parts into Department of War sustainment operations. The contract creates a procurement channel allowing the DLA to source certified additively…

Researchers have reviewed the use of polysaccharide-based microneedles (PMNs) for cancer immunotherapy, examining how additive manufacturing methods, including 3D printing, can support the development of transdermal drug delivery systems. The study, published in Glycoscience & Therapy, focuses on the role of natural polymer materials in enabling minimally invasive treatment approaches that combine drug delivery with […]

Chinese 3D printer manufacturer Bambu Lab has reached a settlement with toymaker Pop Mart over copyright infringement claims tied to unauthorised Labubu character files uploaded to its file-sharing platform, MakerWorld.  The deal was struck ahead of what would have been a closely watched trial scheduled for April 2, 2026, at the People’s Court of Pudong […]

At Formnext 2025, HP Additive Manufacturing revealed a major step in its broader portfolio expansion strategy with the announcement of a new 3D printer, the HP Industrial Filament 600 High...

I was surprised by just how many 3D printing companies and 3D printing projects there were at Ceramitec this year. I came away from the show convinced that the ceramics...

China has approved its 15th Five-Year Plan, setting economic and industrial priorities through to 2030. Manufacturing sits at the centre. Advanced materials, artificial intelligence, industrial software, and high-end equipment all feature prominently. Additive manufacturing is not named in the headline text and that absence is instructive.  Where Additive Manufacturing sits in the 15th Five-Year Plan […]

I’ve been tracking the US Navy’s additive manufacturing (AM) buildup as it relates to submarines for a while now, and even amidst the AM efforts that all the branches have embarked...