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Polish microprinting company XTPL (WSE: XTP) reported first-quarter 2026 revenue of PLN 1.6 million (roughly $441,000) as the company expands into the semiconductor and advanced electronics markets, while also launching a new business line aimed at defense and small-scale electronics production. The Warsaw-listed company said product and service sales accounted for PLN 1.2 million (roughly […]

Jay Rogers was in the Marine Corps, consulting, and sailed around the world. He first came to additive through his company, Local Motors. He talks us through that firm’s promise and development. We also talk about his new venture, medium and large-format 3D printing firm Haddy. We also talk more broadly about entrepreneurship, companies, venture

Global materials company Sandvik has left the 3D printing market, the Osprey Must now fly from the Sandy Bay.. Sandvik started engaging with the 3D printing market in the mid-2010´s. It bet big on a partnership with Italian service bureau BeamIt. The company qualified materials with the service, created joint ventures around it, worked to

For 12 years, Creality has advanced accessible 3D printing technologies, enabling global users to turn ideas into tangible creations. What began as a desktop 3D printer manufacturer has evolved into a global consumer 3D creation ecosystem spanning printers, scanners, laser devices, materials, software platforms, and creator communities across approximately 140 countries and regions. As the

We’re kicking things off with materials news in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Then it’s on to a hybrid manufacturing system for a maritime exercise, an expansion of industrial metal 3D printing, and an interesting acquisition in Dubai. We’ll end with 3D printed ceramic implants that mimic bone. Neuenhauser Maschinenfabrik is an Official Processor

Recent reporting on the UPS MD-11 engine separation on Flight 2976 has understandably focused on the immediate question: what happened? The investigation will determine that, as it should. Serious engineering incidents deserve facts, not speculation. But stories like this tend to provoke a broader reflection inside engineering organisations. Because experienced engineers know something the headlines

Creality 3D (HKEX: 3388) was officially listed today on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, becoming the first consumer 3D printing company to debut on the Hong Kong market. Creality issued 73,427,550 H-shares, raising net proceeds of approximately HK$1.272 billion. The offering was 3,829 times oversubscribed, with shares opening at

Qualification is an indispensable step on the path to legitimization for any new technology, but it’s still just one step: markets tend to remain unswayed without a co-sign from an established corporate giant. TSMC spent years qualifying its semiconductor manufacturing process in order to land its deal with Apple, which would, ultimately, permanently change the

Chinese 3D printing company HeyGears raised more than 300 million Yuan (roughly $44 million) in a new Series C funding round as it looks to expand beyond its industrial and dental roots into the consumer market. The funding was led by Legend Capital and Fortune Ventures, with participation from Gopher Asset Management, CAS Investment Management,

For decades, manufacturing has mostly been controlled by countries with huge factories, lower labor costs, and industrial systems that took years, sometimes decades, to build. But Utrecht University human geographers Nicola Cortinovis and Joric Donnet believe 3D printing could start to change some of that. In a new study, they found that countries adopting 3D