As is true concerning the growth of any market, increasing AM adoption happens primarily through industrial clusters, hubs of economic activity which harness and accelerate innovation. While Indiana may not receive as much attention as other locales with high concentrations of manufacturing capacity, the Midwestern state is nonetheless home to a manufacturing cluster that encompasses
Australian metal 3D printing company Aurora Labs (ASX: A3D) is raising A$6 million ($4.2 million) to expand production of its small turbojet engines for defense and aerospace customers. The financing comes just days after Aurora secured its first US engine order and reflects a business increasingly focused on manufacturing propulsion systems, rather than selling 3D
In Q3 2025, Protolabs‘ 3D printing revenue fell by around 6 percent year-over-year (YOY), and in Q2 2026, it declined another 2.6 percent to $20.7 million. In Q3 2026, however, the 3D printing segment experienced a decisive rebound, compared to both the same period a year prior, as well as quarter-to-quarter: revenue was $22.4 million,
The Additive Manufacturing CRC (Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre, or AMCRC) is a cooperative research and implementation organization dedicated to making additive happen in Australia. Headed by Simon Marriott, it aims to encourage more research, startups, collaboration, implementation, and work in additive. The AMCRC has $57 million in government funding, and spreads it to research
Align Technology (Nasdaq: ALGN) is expanding its use of direct 3D printing beyond orthodontic treatment with a new line of custom sports mouthguards, while reporting third-quarter 2026 revenue of $1 billion, up 1.9% from a year earlier. The company announced on October 28 that it is launching a U.S. pilot of its 3D printed Invisalign
We’re starting with metallized polymer micro-AM components for satellites in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then moving to a new facility, an award-winning gas storage manufacturing project, and Snapmaker awards. We’ll finish with 3D printed car accessories and a 3D printed unibody bike saddle. Horizon Gets Grant to Industrialize Metallized Micro-AM Satellite Parts Horizon
Most companies that scale a production prepare for the wrong failure. They usually budget for more machines, more people, more square footage. Essentially, they budget for capacity problems. What they forget is that scaling doesn’t strain an operation evenly. It finds the weakest assumption a company is running on and breaks that first. Not knowing
Most everyone who’s concerned with the scarcity of industrial materials is focused on rare earths, and rightfully so. But aside from the direct impact resulting from tighter supplies of rare earths themselves, you could also look at rare earths as a stand-in for a host of other materials that fit the same profile…like tungsten. That
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Materialise (Euronext Brussels & Nasdaq: MTLS) is seeing continued growth in its medical 3D printing business and signs of a recovery in manufacturing, but that progress has not been enough to prevent a decline in profits. The Belgian company reported higher third-quarter revenue, driven by demand for its medical products and growing business in aerospace
In just a few weeks, it will be time for the biggest trade show extravaganza in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry. Soon, we’ll all be hopping planes bound for Frankfurt to attend Formnext 2026, November 17-20. The flurry of press releases announcing new products has already begun, and will likely continue until the day the
