High-performance 3D printing materials company Tectonic 3D has bought the 3D printing materials portfolio of Solvay. The Syensqo portfolio, including PEEK AM Filament MS NT1, PEEK CF10 LS1, PPSU, NT1 HC, and CF10 HC materials, will now be offered by Tectonic. This marks another exit of a big materials company from additive manufacturing. Solvay AM-ready filament. […]
Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS) started 2026 with lower revenue and a larger loss as customers continued to slow down spending on new 3D printers. Still, the company pointed to stable recurring revenue from materials and customer support, along with continued growth at Stratasys Direct, its parts manufacturing business. During the quarter, Stratasys also focused more on
A POV, or Point of View, camera rig, is a wearable support system that helps filmographers capture first-person footage, making the images more immersive. Some good examples of movies shot with POV cameras include horror films The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity, and Cloverfield. Unfortunately, these rigs aren’t foolproof. The camera setup itself either gets in
In 3D Printing News Briefs this weekend, 6K Additive has appointed a new COO and released its Q1 financials. Rolls-Royce opened a new AM Development Cell, and MODIX launched its new large-format 3D printer. Finally, Meltio is collaborating on a project to develop sustainable steels for AM. 6K Additive Announces Q1 26 Activities Report &
Shares of Xometry (Nasdaq: XMTR) surged on Thursday, May 7, after the company reported record first-quarter 2026 results and announced a major partnership with Siemens. The stock climbed as much as 46% during trading, reaching a high of $81.51, before closing up roughly 39% at $78.50. The focus was still on Xometry on Friday morning’s
In the summer of 2025, the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) opened a new advanced manufacturing facility at Schofield Barracks, the Hawaiian home of the US Army’s 25th Infantry Division. INDOPACOM gave a humble name, ‘The Forge,’ to the site, which is located in a formerly abandoned warehouse that was inhabited by feral pigs before the
A friend of mine, Ed Davis, once pointed out the level of strategic replication in additive. I wasn’t aware of it before and haven’t been able to unsee it since. We can make most everything. And this is rather overwhelming. We can make implants, hearing aids, aircraft parts, toys; the mind boggles. And this vastness
Researchers at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new way to 3D print materials that can move on their own, bending, twisting, and contracting without motors or traditional mechanical systems. The work, recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, points to a future where
Materialise (Euronext and NASDAQ: MTLS) started 2026 with stable revenue, stronger margins, and better operating profit, helped by growth in medical and improved profitability in software. The Belgian 3D printing company also continued reshaping parts of its manufacturing business as it puts more focus on medical, software, and other steadier areas of additive manufacturing (AM).
Collaboration between emerging technology enterprises and research universities is one of the most consistently winning tactics for any nation building (or rebuilding) an industrial ecosystem. It’s an especially constructive approach in a handful of nations, including the US, with the highest concentrations of both viable deep-tech startups and world-class academic institutions. Fabric8Labs and the University
