The geography of the manufacturing sites that produce 3D printers is a bit of a blindspot for the additive manufacturing (AM) industry. Industry stakeholders in the West have been forced to pay more attention to this over the last few years because the leading patron of Western AM, the US military, has started to signal […]
The geography of the manufacturing sites that produce 3D printers is a bit of a blindspot for the additive manufacturing (AM) industry. Industry stakeholders in the West have been forced to pay more attention to this over the last few years because the leading patron of Western AM, the US military, has started to signal
Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS) reported second-quarter results showing strong demand in aerospace and defense, record consumables sales, and further progress in its shift toward manufacturing. Overall sales were pretty much unchanged from a year ago, as growth in materials and services helped offset weaker 3D printer sales. Stratasys maintained its 2026 revenue and earnings outlook but
We’re starting off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs with a little FDA news, and then a new dental material for the Axtra3D Lumia X1. We’ll end with the winners of an America Makes project call, and its newly elected Executive Committee members. Read on for all the details! Elevation Spine Gets FDA 510(k) Clearance for
We are at one of the most important moments in the powder bed fusion market’s entire history. EOS is on the retreat, retrenching itself in higher-volume industrial systems while dropping its entry-level system, the P110. The EOS M4 ONYX’s success in metal and large space and defense orders has increasingly made polymer a side quest
On the first day of the recent MMX 2026, the annual Members Meeting and Exchange held by America Makes in Youngstown, Ohio, someone asked me if I had any early thoughts as to the initial theme of the event. Having already listened to several presentations, I half-jokingly answered, “‘I hate Bambu,’ ‘I love Bambu,’ and
Hyundai Motor Group (which, in addition to owning Hyundai, holds a large ownership stake in Kia) maintains an R&D center in Hwaseong, South Korea called Namyang, the company’s largest such facility globally. It’s over 3 million square feet and employs over 10,000 workers, and Hyundai and Kia recently publicized that, this year, the location also
Velo3D (Nasdaq: VELO) reported a sharp increase in second-quarter revenue and raised its full-year outlook as the metal additive manufacturing (AM) company expands production to meet demand from aerospace and defense customers. Revenue reached $20.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, up 52.3% from $13.6 million a year earlier. The company also returned to
3D Systems has received an extra $9 million under the Air Force’s Large-Format Metal 3D Printer Advanced Technology Demonstrator program. In 2023, the firm already got $10.8 million from the GEN-II DMP-1000 program, aimed at large parts for hypersonics. Subsequently in 2025, the firm received an extra $7.65 million to continue the work. Now, it
Representatives of the US Army’s DEVCOM Armaments Center trained Marines to use 3D printing for repair electronics components repair at the recent Valiant Shield event in the Indo-Pacific. Not long after, at the RIMPAC exercise (also in the Indo-Pacific), additive manufacturing (AM) software provider 3YOURMIND partnered with Phillips Corp. to demonstrate AM-enabled distributed supply chain capabilities
