mchahar@stratified.in

FDM 3D printing is becoming increasingly accessible, yet metal 3D printers designed for everyday desktop use remain rare on an ordinary workbench. The real challenge is not making a metal printer small enough to fit on a desk. It is redesigning powder handling, environmental control, and post-processing that have traditionally required specialist knowledge around safety, […]

SWISSto12 will partner with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. The duo has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) covering manufacturing payloads, RF products, and expansion in Asia. SWISSto12 will also manufacture phased-array antenna products for Japan’s GEO secure programs. This is a win for SWISSto12 since it means that Japan is outsourcing part of a super-critical communications

The Pentagon, along with deep-pocketed collaborators in the private sector, is urgently coordinating the buildup of all the elements necessary for a domestic US drone supply chain. Even so, those in the department most directly responsible for accelerating innovation have cautioned that it would take quite some time for the US to catch up to

In 2024, IperionX partnered with fastener firm Vegas Fasteners to jointly make fasteners for the US Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC). That DEVCOM component has been hit by funding reductions as attention shifts to drones and missiles. But still, they’re trying to fund robotic vehicles and GM’s new lightweight Infantry Squad Vehicle. These kinds

The Philippines offers an interesting case study in how 3D printing can develop in Southeast Asia, and Manila-based 3D2GO helps illustrate it. 3D printing in Southeast Asia doesn’t have to start with “selling equipment,” nor does it have to begin with large-scale industrial manufacturing. Instead, it can start with services closer to consumers—such as design,

When creating highly detailed resin prints, speed only matters if the finished result still captures the details that made the model worth printing in the first place. The HeyGears Reflex RS Turbo is designed to combine high-efficiency resin 3D printing with precision, helping creators produce detailed models more efficiently without making print quality an afterthought.

NFL football is by far the most popular sport in the US, followed by college football (a state-of-affairs oddly similar to the fact that the world’s largest air force is the US Air Force, followed by the US Navy’s air force). It is impossible to imagine a world in which Americans don’t become obsessed with

This series of articles delves into a thought experiment. What if we let go of using a few machines very optimally, but instead use lots of different machines to meet many needs? And what if we changed ourselves from a service bureau into a manufacturing company that optimized many processes very specifically? What if we

Welcome to Printing Money Episode 42. Troy Jensen (Managing Director, Cantor) returns, joining Danny Piper (Managing Partner, NewCap) to review Q2 2026 publicly traded 3DP/AM company earnings reports. Troy’s quarterly appearances on Printing Money provide listeners with a consistent touchpoint to take the pulse of Wall Street’s outlook for 3D printing / additive manufacturing. The

Innovation For All (IFA) is best known for televisions, appliances, and consumer electronics. But this year’s show in Berlin also gave 3D printing companies plenty of room to show where desktop manufacturing is headed. It’s a market we follow closely at 3DPrint.com, as cheaper, more capable machines become available. After all, Additive Manufacturing Research estimates