Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) are deals between US federal organizations and other entities. The latter group most often includes private companies, as the primary purpose of CRADAs is to speed up commercialization via tech transfer. Once a CRADA has been established between a company and a government entity, the parties to the contract
IperionX is going to get another $11.5 million, potentially up to $25.4 million, of an existing SBIR Phase III with the Army (Task Order W911QX26FA097). The award covers low-cost titanium powder for military applications and is part of a $99 million SBIR Phase III program. This comes off the company raising $50 million in July.
The second half of August produced financing milestones, facility openings, and qualification results across Asia-Pacific additive manufacturing. Rongsu Technology closed a CNY 100 million Series A+ and launched a consumer metal AM brand; Farsoon’s RMB 3.91 billion placement cleared a key SSE review step; KHNP completed 18 months of nuclear plant validation for a 3D
Money continued to move into 3D printing in the second half of August. Hike Medical raised $22.5 million as it grows its 3D printed custom medical device business. Swiss additive manufacturing (AM) company Exentis announced two deals covering 23 production systems worth a combined CHF 33 million ($40.8 million). AI 3D company Math Magic has
At last year’s Additive Manufacturing Strategies (AMS), we spent an entire morning of a three-day show on DED, and specifically pressure vessels. To many, pressure vessels are a rather obscure 3D printing application. But to us, they’re absolutely essential for applications in oil & gas, nuclear energy, rockets, hydrogen, industrial power, and underwater structures. A
Disrupt yourself or someone else will do it for you: this is the lesson that the US military has been conveying to its suppliers all year. The advanced manufacturing demonstrations that spanned much of the summer have broadcast this message at maximum volume. Expeditionary additive manufacturing (AM) capacity is the objective around which all the
Despite its industrial might and precision engineering excellence, Japan has been rather aloof to 3D printing over the past decades. Despite an early start by companies such as Teijin Seiki (now part of Nabtesco), Mitsubishi, NTT Data, Mitsui Zosen, Kira, and Sony, the country seemed to have lost interest. That’s a shame, given the nation’s
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6K Additive (ASX: 6KA) grew rapidly in the first half of 2026 as demand for its metal powders increased, particularly from aerospace and defense customers. The newly public company also narrowed its losses and brought its gross margin close to break-even as it prepares for a major expansion of its Pennsylvania manufacturing operations. For the
According to the Pentagon, “We will not defeat our adversaries with compliance checklists; we will defeat them by rapidly fielding superior capabilities produced by an expanded, resilient American industrial base.” This was in a memo issued on July 13, notifying US military higher-ups that the government is suspending the planned deadline for Phase 2 of
Ruben Wauthle studied at Leuven University at a very serendipitous time. Through working with pioneering additive professors and surgeons, he entered into a specialty that was emerging. He joined pioneering LPBF firm Layerwise and was a part of the team that did the first metal 3D printed jaw implant. He continued to work in implantology
