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Sharing your designs with anyone using Teleport It 3D

May.13, 2013 -   Layer By Layer has announced the launch of "Teleport It 3D", a new online file-sharing platform that lets users "teleport" ready-to-print 3D designs to anyone with a personal 3D printer. More

French office supplies retailer launches 3D printing service to public

May.6, 2013 -   French office supplies retailer Top Office, a branch of the Mulliez Family's retailing empire in France, has launches its first 3D printing service to the public. More

£220 3D printing filament extruder launched on Kickstarter 

May.2, 2013 -  UK maker Edward Clifford have been developing a low cost plastic extrusion system for many months now, and now he is in his final stages before completing a production unit.  More 

Library raising funds for life-size Hulk statue and 3D printer 

May.2, 2013 -  The Northlake Public Library in Illinois launches an IndieGoGo campaign hoping to raise fund for getting a 9-foot-tall Incredible Hulk statue and a 3D printer.  More 

3DLT partners with makexyz for 3D printing services

Apr.30, 2013 -  3DLT, a 3D printing template marketplace announced its partnership with makexyz to enable its customers to 3D print the designs they purchase. More 

Staples opens first 3D Experience Centre in Netherlands

Apr.26, 2013 -   Staples, the office chain megastore has just opened its first 3D Experience Centre in the Netherlands. More

Additer: a new marketplace for digital manufacturing services 

Apr.25, 2013 -  Melbourne, Australia based family owned start-up Additer has just announced the launch of their website additer.com, a marketplace for digital manufacturing services.  More 

Shapeways Raises $30M C Round, Led By Andreessen Horowitz 

Apr.23, 2013 -  3D printing service Shapeways today announced a $30 million Series C round of financing, led by Andreessen Horowitz.More 

Rapid Manufactory: First 3D printing shop in Middle East

Apr.22, 2013 -   Last month the Middle East's first 3D printing shop was opened in Beirut's Mar Mikhael neighborhood. More

Chicago's first 3D printing store to open next Monday

Apr.18, 2013 -   Founded by Chicago native Julie Friedman Steele and Mike Mocheri, the store, named as "The 3D Printer Experience," will be the only retail and interactive store of its kind in Chicago. More

3D Hubs is building a large production network of 3D printers 

Apr.9, 2013 -  Dutch startup 3D Hubs is building a production network of people who have a 3D printer, and who wish to use their 3D printer to make parts for others.  More 

3D Systems Launches 3DMe figurines on Cubify

Apr.4, 2013 -   3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced today the launch of 3DMe™, customizable full color 3D printed figurines featuring your photo-realistic head atop costumed superheroes... More

Miproto turns your idea into a 3D printed model 

Apr.4, 2013 -  Miproto is a web based product design, development and prototyping platform. The concept is based around making product design more accessible to the people with ideas. More 

Sony launched 3D photo booth at ACE 2013

Apri.1, 2013 -   At Anime Contents Expo 2013 (ACE 2013) on March 30th and 31st, visitors could order a 3D printed miniature figurines of themselves at Sony Music Communications booth. More

RobotShop announces 3D printing service for robotic parts 

Mar.28, 2013 -  RobotShop.com, the world's leading robot store announces today a new service allowing their customers to upload their design and have their objects 3D printed. More 

Customize your own parts through a single model on Parametric Parts

Mar.22, 2013 -   Parametric Parts is a web-based platform that allows consumers to customize, download, and print models, and allows designers to create models with a fluent API called CadQuery and make profit with it. More

Become your own 3D printed jewel with the 3D Kissing Booth

Mar.13, 2013 -   In brief, this event featured live 3D printing and scanning, with all attendees being given the opportunity to purchase a 3D printed miniature of themselves afterwards. More

Luxury at reach with Shapeways' addition of Premium Silver 

Mar.11, 2013 -  Shapeways, a Dutch 3D printing service company, has just introduced Premium Silver to its Sterling Silver 3D printing line, which already included Silver and Silver Glossy finishes. More 

3D printing company to offer next-day service 

Mar.8, 2013 -  Austin-based 3D printing company Solid Prototype is now offering next-day service, so anyone can get their 3D creations within a single day. More 

Shapeways launches new API for better 3D printing apps 

Mar.7, 2013 -  3D printing company Shapeways officially launched its 3D Printing API earlier today, hoping to make it easy for developers. More 

Rethinking the shapes of objects is the key to 3D printing revolution 

Mar.6, 2013 -  In January Belgium-based company Materialise showcased a foldable chair which is printed in one piece and made with the hinges already joined together. More 

Dreambox: 3D printing vending machine near you 

Mar.6, 2013 -  A Dreambox is a 3D printing vending machine. It is easy to use and features same-day printing, 24/7 on-site pickup. More 

Turn your 'Let's Create! Pottery' creations into real 3D printed models 

Mar.3, 2013 -  French 3D printing service provider Sculpteo has partnered with Polish game developer Infinite Dreams to transform users' digital pottery creation into real 3D object. More 

Sharing 3D printers throughout DIY groups 

Feb.28, 2013 -  Startup thinkklip comes up with a new idea: "3D printing + Co-ownership." So instead of buying your own 3D printer, you join 3D printing groups. More 

FABULONIA: 3D printing marketplaces with copyright solution 

Feb.20, 2013 -  FABULONIA is a 3D marketplaces and services where original design rights holder can open and run online stores, offering customization and sales of 3D originals.  More 

Pick up books and a 3D copy of your design at Dalhousie Libraries 

Feb.16, 2013 -  3D printing is now available at Dalhousie Libraries. This project, providing 3D printing service to patrons at a low cost, is the fist of its kind at Dalhousie University. More 

Trinckle 3D printing service and marketplace beta launch 

Feb.6, 2013 -  Berlin based Trinckle 3D launches their Trinckle beta online, a new 3D printing marketplace for sharing your 3D designs. More 

First 3d Printing Store in Colorado 

Jan.26, 2013 -  Colorado's first 3D printing store was opened in December 2013 in Denver. More 

China's first 3D Printing Experience Pavilion opened in Beijing 

Jan.17, 2013 -  China's first 3D Printing Experience Pavilion is officially opened on Jan 15th in Beijing DRC Industrial Design and Cultural Industry Base. More 

Leaders of the 3D printing revolution - Shapeways (video) 

Jan.15, 2013 -  The Creators Project is a global celebration of art and technology. Founded by a partnership between Intel and VICE, The Creators Project supports visionary artists.. More 

3D scanning and 3D printing let the blind "see" their unborn child 

Jan.13, 2013 -  Called Human 3D Technology by its Brazilian inventors, the scanning technique was originally developed for educational purposes and as a tool for medical practitioners. More 

Inside Materialise's Headquarters

Jan.13, 2013 -   As one of leading additive manufacturing (also known as 3D Printing) service company, Materialise is helping bring great ideas to life with the newest technology. More

First Dutch 3D printing shop just opened in Haarlem (video) 

Jan.9, 2013 -  The first 3D printing shop of the Netherlands has opened its doors in Haarlem."You can bring your own design, and you can also make a customized product." say owner Hanneke van Pampus. More 

The early life of Draft Print 3D

by Andre Tiemann | Jan.7, 2013 -   This is where Draft Print 3D come in. After building two RepRap Prusa Mendels with a friend, it became clear to me that the hobbyist market had matured into something valuable. More

UC Irvine's RapidTech offers low-cost 3D printing service for businesses

Jan.3, 2013 -   The nonprofit RapidTech at UC Irvine offers low-cost, cutting-edge 3D printing service for businesses needing to quickly design and refine prototypes. More

FabGate: 3D printing service marketplace 

Dec.27, 2012 -  When 3D printing might not be available in all homes yet, Berlin-based Fab-Gate launched its beta-version marketplace for 3D printing services.  More 

Business model innovation: Alphacam offers online 3D printing service 

Dec.17, 2012 -  3D printing brings many opportunities and promises in so many fields that the whole world is about to change in the next few years. Many companies will have to rethink their business models. More 

Bring Second Life jewellery into real world with 3D printing

Dec.14, 2012 -   Maxi Gossamer, an SL artisan who recently discovered 3D printing brought her second life (virtual) jewelry to real life, via Shapeways. More

France gets its first 3D print shop: Protoshop 

Dec.13, 2012 -  Opened by MULTISTATION, a france-based industrial equipments distributor, this 3D print shop PROTOSHOP is located near Montparnasse station in downtown Paris.  More 

French 3D printing start-up Sculpteo raises $2.5M funds

Dec.12, 2012 -   French 3D printing service company Sculpteo announces that it has raised $2.5M funds from XAnge Private Equity and business angels. More

Inside the world largest 3D printing factory (video)

Dec.11, 2012 -   Steven Blair Strati, a broker at Cushman & Wakefield who represented Shapeways in both leases, said Shapeways signed a 10-years contract and successfully negotiated rents of about $15 per square foot. More

First 3D print shop opens in Netherlands

Dec.10, 2012 -   Netherlands gets its first 3D print shop. Opened by Hanneke van Pampus and Norman van Beek, this 3D print shop is located in Koningstreet in Haarlem. More

Mcor Technologies launches 3D printing service "Staples Easy 3D" 

Nov.29, 2012 -  In a giant step toward the reality of 3D printing for all, Mcor Technologies Ltd has struck a deal with Staples Printing Systems Division to launch a new 3D printing service called "Staples Easy 3D," online via the Staples Office Centre.  More 

Figulo seeks funding to expand and develop ceramics 3D printing  

Nov.14, 2012 -  Figulo, a manufacturer of custom designed ceramics made using advanced materials and 3D printing technology is selected as one of 92 finalists in VoltCrowd $50K crowd funding campaign. More 

Brikstarter helps bring your ideas to Kickstarter  

Oct.31, 2012 -  Nick Allen started the company 3D Print UK in 2011 with the aim to open the UK 3D printing market to the consumer. Together with designer Rob, mobile developer Alasdair, and Vibol, a New Zealander video editor.. More 

Digital Reality launches new tool for real time quotes

Oct.19, 2012 -   Digital Reality, parent company of 3D printing service Kraftwurx is releasing a new Pro-Quote tool as part of digital factory. More

Shapeways opens largest 3D printing factory in the world 

Oct.19, 2012 -  Shapeways, the 3-D printing company based in New York, announced their plans to bring manufacturing back to New York City with their "Factory of the Future," a new 3D Printing facility being built in Long Island City. More 

Hyphen - the first prototyping and testing services in Canada

Oct.17, 2012 -   Christie Digital Systems Canada Inc. a visual technology company announced the launch of a new prototyping and environmental testing services - Hyphen. More

Shapeways brand film highlights extraordinary 3D printing & surrounding creative community

Sep.6, 2012 -   Harvest Films' new director Stephan Malik turned his keen eye and talent to the extraordinary realm of 3D printing in a film for Shapeways. The film is a look into the Shapeways vision, community and 3D printing magic. More

Grand opening of first 3D print & printer store in Switzerland

Aug.24, 2012 -   3D-Model.ch starts the first walk-in-store for 3d printer sales and digital production services in the center of Zurich's creative district, right next to Langstrasse. More

Will Amazon embrace 3D printing? 

Aug.18, 2012 -  Known for being an e-commerce giant, Amazon not only sell almost everything online, but Amazon has also become a major player in cloud computing. Amazon Web Services (AWS) powers hundreds of thousands of companies, even NASA uses Amazon's cloud computing in Mars landing mission. More 

Amazing "Lady Mechanika" 3d print 

Aug.16, 2012 -  Lady Mechanika is the newest creator-owned comic book series by Joe Benitez. Guys at PD Models in UK have posted an 8 inch 3D print of lady machanika painted with bronze finish. More 

Mak3D - First High Street 3D print shop 

Aug.10, 2012 -  World's first High Street 3D print shop will be opened in late August 2012, announced Mak3D, a british startup providing a 3D print workspace for designers, digital sculptors and makers.More 

Morris Technologies setting up an instrumentation lab 

Aug.8, 2012 -  Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Morris Technologies (MTI) has become one of the leaders in US in additive-metal manufacturing since 1994. MIT now runs 20 direct metal laser sintering machines from EOS and a complete CNC machine shop at their facility. More 

Coming soon: Fabalu 3D printing marketplace

Jul.16, 2012 -  Fabalu is a German marketplace for printing 3D models. It provides a platform connecting designers with 3D printing service companies. The website's revenue comes from a monthly fee + 3~5% for each customer paid by 3D printing service providers. More 

Moddler produces amazingly detailed objects with an Objet Eden 3D printer 

Jul.10, 2012 -  San Francisco based Moddler is a 3D printing company providing high level of surface detail printing service for architects, movie industry and artists etc. More 

Personalized production for the mass market with Shapeways

Jun.26, 2012 -   GigaOM recently interviewed Peter Weijmarshausen, CEO of Shapeways, after their announcement of $6.2 million new round funding and more than one million objects being 3D printed. More

3D printing in bronze now available at i.materialise 

Jun.22, 2012 -  At i.materialise this June is Metal Month. Last week they announced the possibility to gold plate your stainless steel designs and 10% discount for the whole month, again this week they have added bronze as a new 3D metal printing material. More 

Shapeways raises $6.2M round led by New York's Lux Capital 

Jun.19, 2012 -  Shapeways annouced today it has raised a $6.2 million financing round led by Lux Capital, a New York venture capital firm. Lux is joining previous investors Union Square Ventures and Index Ventures, which contributed $11.1 million to Shapeways in 2010 and 2011.  More 

DreamVendor - an interactive 3D printing station in Virginia Tech 

May.15, 2012 -  This is an 3D printing vending machine in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. Students can use it to 3D-print prototypes for their projects. It works like any vending machines in the streets. More 

Christopher Barnatt's online 3D printing experiment with i.Materialise

Apr.28, 2012 -   Professional futurist Christopher Barnatt tried his own online 3D printing experiment. He uses the i.Materialize online service to 3D print a metal model. More

First retail 3D printing in postal service 

Mar.14, 2012 -  This BFB 3000 twin head 3D printer stands in the back corner of Diane's Mailroom store in Buckley, US. Diane's Mailroom provides packing, shipping, mailing and business services in the area and now they have added 3D printing services as one of the first examples of a retail 3D printing.  More 

3D view Cardinal de Richelieu using Sculpteo 3D Viewer

Feb.19, 2012 -   Sculpteo user Paul Marx is a big fan of Sculpteo interface. Sculpteo is a young French company providing a service by producing made-to-order models for designers and researchers. More

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Factory on the road - a Prius, two designers and four 3D printers

Jan.27, 2012 -  Often we hear people asking "what can those cheap 3D printers make?" Or "is it just an expensive toy for hobbyist and makers?" These are the questions that the Pocket Factory project would like to answer. More

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Unboxing 3D printed Minecraft objects

Jan.27, 2012 -  MauricioVives exported Minecraft structures with Mineways and uploaded to Shapeways. He just received packages from Shapeways and showed in the video the unboxing process. More

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Konica Minolta 3D Scanning Labs launches 3D printing service 

Jan.17, 2012 -  Konica Minolta 3D Scanning Labs announced that it will offer new 3D printing service with 3D Systems' Projet™ HD 3000 3D Production System.  More 

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Mineways makes Minecraft world objects 3D printing-ready 

Dec.30, 2011 -  How many of you are crazy about playing Minecraft? Have you ever thought of bringing a structure in Minecraft to life? Eric Haines from Autodesk made something for you. More 

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Nu.nl interviews with Shapeways' CEO Peter Weijmarshausen 

Dec.29, 2011 -  Nu.nl, the biggest dutch news website interviewed recently with Peter Weijmarshausen, CEO of Shapeways about entrepreneurs and innovative trends. More 

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Tukwila-based Andrews Space Awarded $250 million Air Force contract 

Dec.6, 2011 -  Tukwila-based Andrews Space, which develops commercial space systems, has been awarded an eight-year contract with an upper limit of $250 million to fund ground and flight experiments and demonstrations in support of the Air Force's proposed Reusable Booster System. More 

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Marubeni Launches Business Accelerator: 3D Printing Service 

Nov.28, 2011 - Marubeni Information Systems Co Ltd (MSYS) has launched 3D printing service on Nov 25, 2011. MSYS has the expereience of providing manufacturing solutions, which include 3D printers, digitizers, and CAM for machine-based design and manufacturing systems. More 

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Kraftwurx, more than just a 3D printing service 

Nov.25, 2011 -  Chris Norman, CEO of Digital Reality, started working on Kraftwurx in 2004. After years development, they are back to track and totally ready for bureaus, designers, artists and consumers. More 

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Shapeways Raised Another 5.1 Million Investment    Nov.18, 2011

Philips spinoff Shapeways has acquired an investment of $ 5.1 million. More 

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MiniatureMoments 3D Print The Memory Of Your Photo   Nov.16, 2011

A UK startup called MiniatureMoments has created a new concept for 3D printing service: allows you to turn a photo into an object using software and a 3D printer. More 

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Oct.26, 2011

My Robot Nation is Launched - 3D Creation for Everyone 

MyRobotNation.com is online yesterday. Anyone can create their own unique robot online and My Robot Nation will deliver it to the door. More 

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Oct.20, 2011

Rapid Prototyping Now Accessible to North Texas Innovators   

Small businesses and innovators in Dallas / Fort Worth will now have a local source for high resolution 3D printing with the introduction of PartSnap. More 

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Oct.18, 2011

Print Your Face as Real     Oct.18, 2011

Do you wish to have a copy of your face? Now it is possible, thanks for REAL-f. Japanese company REAL-f developed 3D modeling pictures technology to make "real mask". More 

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