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ATI acquires additive manufacturing firm Addaero Aeropsace Manufacturing

Jul.17, 2018 - Allegheny Technologies today announced it has acquired New Britain, Connecticut-based Addaero Manufacturing (Addaero), a metal alloy additive manufacturing company that works in the aerospace and defense industries. More

Spirit, Norsk Titanium start qualification of 3D printed titanium parts for 787

Jul.17, 2018 - Spirit AeroSystems and Norwegian additive manufacturing company Norsk Titanium have reached an agreement to initiate qualification of Spirit's first 3D printed, titanium structural component for the Boeing 787. More

Tethon 3D launches High Alumina Tethonite ceramic powder for binder jetting 3D printing

Jul.16, 2018 - Tethon 3D, Nebraska-based manufacturer of ceramic powders, binders, and other 3D printing services and supplies, 'announces the launch of High Alumina Tethonite, a high alumina ceramic powder for use in binder jetting additive manufacturing. More

Lockheed Martin, Arconic collaborate on metal 3D printing and lightweight aerospace materials

Jul.16, 2018 - Lockheed Martin and Arconic announced today a two-year Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to collaborate on the development of customized lightweight material systems and advanced manufacturing processes, such as metal 3D printing. More

AREVO launches battery-assisted, 3D printed carbon-fiber frame ebike

Jul.16, 2018 - AREVO announced last week the launch of its eBike, a battery-assisted bike using a 3D printed carbon fiber frame. The announcement comes on the heels of launching its first 3D printed all terrain city bike in May. More

U.S. Air Force's $10,000 toilet seat covers now 3D printed for $300

Jul.16, 2018 - The U.S. Air Force revealed last week that it is 3D printing toilet seat covers for its C-5 Galaxy, a Vietnam-era military cargo plane that is still in service instead of spending $10,000 to replace them. 3D printing now allows them to produce the seat cover for just $300. More

IDC forcasts European spending on 3D printing to grow to nearly $7.4 Billion in 2022

Jul.13, 2018 - According to a recent update to the International Data Corporation's (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual 3D Printing Spending Guide, European purchases of 3D printers, materials, software, and related services are expected to reach total $3.6 billion in 2017. More

Pitt professors awarded $1M to improve 3D printing for nuclear energy industry

Jul.13, 2018 - A team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering, Pennsylvania, USA, has been granted $1 million to advance design and manufacture of nuclear plant components via additive manufacturing. The award is part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy's Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies (NEET) program. More

Admedus successfully tests its 3D printed TAVR heart valve on sheep

Jul.13, 2018 - Queensland-based medical technologies company, Admedus, has announced new progress in the development of its patented Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) project. The company has commenced animal trials by completing the first successful live implantation of its unique single-piece aortic heart valve in a sheep. More

CUDA, world's first 3D printed underwater jetpack can propel users up to 8 miles per hour

Jul.12, 2018 - Archie O'Brien, a product design student in UK has designed a futuristic underwater jetpack that can propel a swimmer at speeds of up to eight miles per hour. Called CUDA, the jetpack was made entirely using 3D printed materials. More

Lockheed Martin tests giant 3D printed satellite fuel tank for space

Jul.12, 2018 - Lockheed Martin has completed the final rounds of quality testing on a titanium cylinder built using 3D printing technology this month, concluding a multi-year development program to create giant, high-pressure tanks that carry fuel on board satellites. More

Xaar, Stratasys team up to form new HSS 3D printing company

Jul.12, 2018 - Xaar PLC (LON:XAR), a UK manufacturer of industrial inkjet printheads based in Cambridge, has announced that it will invest with Stratasys in a newly formed company, Xaar 3D Limited, to develop 3D printing solutions based on High Speed Sintering technologies. More

3D printers bring 72 dragons back to Kew Gardens pagoda after 230-year absence

Jul.11, 2018 - The Great Pagoda at Kew Gardens in London has been returned to its 18th-century splendour and will re-open this summer. Thanks to 3D Systems' selective laser sintering (SLS) technology, 72 large-scale, lightweight 3D printed dragons were restored to The Great Pagoda after more than 230-year absence. More

Low cost houses could be 3D printed from peat and oil shale ash-based material

Jul.11, 2018 - Scientists from the University of Tartu and the Estonian University of Life Sciences have created a construction material from peat and oil shale ash that could reduce the construction costs of a private house nearly tenfold. The aim was to create a self-supporting construction material based on local natural resources and waste that could be used to 3D print houses up to two-storeys high directly at the construction site. More

Oerlikon partners with Lufthansa Technik on additive manufacturing for aircraft MRO

Jul.11, 2018 - Oerlikon and Lufthansa Technik has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish processes for additive manufacturing (AM) in aicraft MRO. More

On-demand 3D printing marketplace Xometry acquires MakeTime, raises $25M in new funding

Jul.10, 2018 - Xometry, the on-demand online manufacturing marketplace, announced that it has acquired Lexington, Ky.-based MakeTime, another leading on-demand manufacturing company. The combined company will operate under the Xometry brand name and have offices in Maryland and Kentucky. More

French family becomes the first to move into a 3D printed house

Jul.10, 2018 - A family in France has become the first in the world to move into a 3D printed house. The overall goal of the 3D printed house project is to demonstrate that 3D printing technologies can be used to not only construct liveable housing structures but affordable housing. More

Severance Hospital to commercialize Korea's first 3D printed artificial eye

Jul.10, 2018 - Severance Hospital of the Yonsei University Health System (YUHS) announced Monday that it is getting ready to commercialize Korea's first 3D printed artificial eye. More

TU Wien develops method for high resolution 3D printing of tough photopolymers

Jul.9, 2018 - The Technical University of Vienna (TU Wien) in Austria has developed a new approach for high-resolution 3D printing of tailored, homogenously crosslinked, tough, methacrylate-based photopolymers. This new approach prepares tough 'photopolymers for uses in biomedicine applications, such as shape-memory polymers for tissue growth and dental fillings. More

3D printing trial will bring artificial limbs to patients in Madagascar, Togo

Jul.9, 2018 - Humanity & Inclusion (HI) has launched a new trial in Madagascar and Togo which utilizes 3D scanning and printing to provide affordable prosthetics. More

Global collaboration to develop 3D printed field test kit to combat disease

Jul.9, 2018 - In order to diagnose a deadly disease called Leishmaniasis, researchers from South Australia, Texas and Ethiopia are collaborating to develop 3D printed field test kit to find pesky parasites. More

Aerosint raises €850K in 2nd-round funding for multi-material 3D printing

Jul.6, 2018 - Belgian 3D printing company Aerosint annouced it has closed a financing round of €850,000. Historical investors Meusinvest Group and Innovation Fund participated in this second funding round, as well as private investor Peter Mercelis. More

Nano Sun launches Singapore's first 3D printing plant for water filtration membranes

Jul.6, 2018 - Nano Sun, a water technology start-up founded by a scientist from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has launched a 3D printing plant to manufacture a new type of water treatment membrane. According to the company, the membranes can filter waste water five times faster than traditionally used polymer and ceramic membranes. More

Singapore's Construction 3D Printing (AM.NUS) Program embarks on 3D printed toilet project

Jul.6, 2018 - Scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has launched a new program, AM.NUS Construction 3D Printing Program to quicken the selection of 3D printing building technology in the construction industry. More

Man teased on Twitter for how he ate a Kit Kat bar proposes with 3D printed bar

Jul.5, 2018 - Weeks after he went viral for the way he ate a Kit Kat bar, a Washington man proposed to his girlfriend in the perfect way ' with the help of 3D printing. More

ClearCaps uses 3D printers to produce 250 dental aligners in 24 hours

Jul.5, 2018 - ClearCaps, a clear aligner brand founded in Berlin, Germany, is using 3D printers to accelerate its large volume manufacturing operations. ClearCaps also uses state-of-the-art 3D software for planning and tracking of its cases. More

BASF acquires 3D printing material companies, Advanc3D Materials and Setup Performance

Jul.4, 2018 - BASF, a German chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world, has acquired two manufacturers of 3D printing materials, Advanc3D Materials and Setup Performance. More

Zero Gravity bioprinter heads to ISS, plans to 3D print cardiac patch for damaged hearts

Jul.4, 2018 - A 3D BioFabrication Facility (BFF) developed by nScrypt and Techshot and designed to 3D print thick tissue and organs using adult stem cells will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the next SpaceX cargo resupply mission. More

ORNL uses plant-based materials for 3D printing

Jul.3, 2018 - A scalable processing technique developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory uses plant-based materials for 3D printing and offers a promising additional revenue stream for biorefineries. Scientists created a new material with excellent printability and performance by tapping into lignin'a current byproduct of the biofuels process. More

Cintec uses 3D printing to help complete million-dollar restoration of Red House

Jul.3, 2018 - CINTEC, a structural masonry expert headquartered in Newport, Wales, has undertaken vital restoration work on one of the world's most prestigious Government buildings, The Red House, also known as the seat of Parliament for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. More

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