3D Printing Blog

Dirk Simon had already spent years in the chemicals industry before joining and pioneering BASF‘s 3D printing effort. We get to hear how that firm looked at 3D printing and entered the market. We also look at Dirk’s time at Farsoon, where he pioneered their early entry into Europe and beyond. Then we talk about […]

trinckle has now released its Additive App Suite to the public. After an open beta, the software can now be trialed and bought worldwide. The Suite brings together a bunch of easy-to-use 3D printing modules that let anyone design things like shadow boards or inserts. I’ve personally tested the Suite and found it very easy

The first half of September brought fresh investment and expansion activity across Asia-Pacific’s additive manufacturing sector. China’s Xinjinghe secured funding for an aerospace AM hub, South Korea’s Lincsolution outlined plans for a KRW 30 billion convertible bond issue, and Australia’s Titomic reported more than A$750,000 in new US orders. Elsewhere, Japan launched personalized 3D printed

Whereas imprisoned music mogul P. Diddy had red rooms and “freak-offs” of baby oil-fueled debauchery, another long-time rap artist has a different kind of room. King of Autotune T-Pain has a 3D printing room. T-Pain chose dragons and PLA over excess and depravity. T-Pain, whose encouraging words could be heard jumping into many songs through

In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Eplus3D and Young-Will Aerospace are working on LPBF process validation for a nickel-copper alloy. Meltio released a U.S.-made version of its Meltio Robot Cell, and Mosaic Manufacturing launched a 3D printer for foot orthotics. We’ll move from orthotics to a robotic rehabilitation arm developed by a college undergrad,

Stratasys won a $27.6 million jury verdict against Bambu Lab in one of the 3D printing industry’s biggest patent fights. A federal jury in Texas found that four Bambu Lab-related companies infringed four Stratasys patents. The jury also rejected Bambu Lab’s argument that the four patents should not be considered valid. The verdict came on

Exhibitor lists tell you who is investing in floor space. Conference programs can tell you something different: what the market is ready to talk about. That makes TCT Shenzhen 2026 worth a closer look. Moving from Hall 3 of the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center in Futian to Hall 15 of the Shenzhen World Exhibition

If critical minerals processing were easy, then countries other than China would still be good at it. Amongst all industries, miners and processors of critical minerals face extraordinary opposition in the form of Not in My Backyard (NIMBY) sentiments, particularly in nations where political officials have to concern themselves with getting re-elected. But rather than making

The rapid proliferation of low-cost drones is forcing manufacturers to rethink their approach to design, production, quality, and scale. For defense manufacturing teams, the challenge is both how quickly a component can be produced and whether it can be validated, inspected, traced, and scaled with confidence. Based on conversations I’m having with leaders across the

The UK’s Ministry of Defense has worked with Alloyed to develop a 3D printed, UK-made turbojet engine. From idea to testing took seven months. The duo will make a family of turbojets for different platforms. They now want to scale up engine production and will use over 100 staff to do so.  The idea was