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Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers · 2026-08-13

Maker Faire Hannover: Where Robots Fight, Flowers Dance, and Lightning Moves to the Music

• When a giant bird flaps its wings, a fire-breathing steel flower blossoms, and fighting robot machines roll into the arena, it’s Maker Faire time again. On August 15 and 16, the Hannover Congress Centrum (HCC) will open its doors for the 13th time to Germany’s largest do-it-yourself technology festival. One of the few Maker Faires […] The post Maker Faire Hannover: Where Robots Fight, Flowers Dance, and Lightning Moves to the Music appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Ma

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-13

Hyundai & Kia Open Additive Manufacturing Solution Center in South Korea

• 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...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-13

Talking About the Need for Speed at MMX 2026

• 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...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-13

The Formlabs X1 Versus the HP 1200: Costing, Throughput & 30% Packing Density

• 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...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-13

3D Printing News Briefs, August 13, 2026: 510(k) Clearance, Dental Resin, Project Call, & More

• 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...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-14

3D Printing Financials: Stratasys Sees Defense Growth, Record Consumables Sales in Q2

• 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...

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-12

Save Big on Revopoint 3D Scanners This August

• Somewhere right now, a mechanical engineering student is staring at a parts bin full of legacy components that don’t have CAD files. The assignment is reverse engineering, and the first step is getting that physical shape into a digital model. Calipers and patience will get partway there. A 3D scanner will get the rest. For…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-13

Hybrid Manufacturing Workflows: Integrating Industrial 3D Printing with Precision Subtractive Finishing

• Discover how combining industrial 3D printing, 5-axis CNC post-processing, and vacuum casting bridge tooling optimizes mechanical tolerances and accelerates lead times. Metal AM produces complex geometries that no subtractive process can match, but it does not produce finished parts. The real engineering challenge begins after the build plate comes out of the machine. Industrial 3D…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-13

Volkmann highlights vDryer powder conditioning for metal AM workflows

• Volkmann USA, a manufacturer of powder handling equipment, is highlighting its vDryer vacuum drying module as an optional addition to the vLoader 250 powder conveyor, targeting moisture-related flowability and material handling issues in metal additive manufacturing. Installed upstream of one or more 3D printers, the vDryer removes absorbed moisture from metal powders and returns them…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-14

Meshy Launches Meshy 7: Image-to-3D Model Built Around Alignment

• Meshy has released Meshy 7, the latest version of its image-to-3D foundation model, alongside a new benchmark method for scoring how closely a generated 3D asset matches the image it was built from. The company calls this measurement alignment, and argues it is now the main factor separating leading image-to-3D systems, now that outright generation…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-14

Why Drone Economics Are Driving Growth in 3D Printed Components

• A recent market report from Additive Manufacturing Research estimates the current market for 3D printed drone components at $140 million in 2025, with projections reaching $900 million by 2034.  Titled “Additive Manufacturing Opportunities in Unmanned Aerial Systems 2026: Drones Market Analysis and Forecast,” the report breaks down the market by material, segment, application, geography, and…

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-12

The State of the Desktop Filament Market 2026, Part 4: An OS for Reality

• OK, so in this four-part series, we used a cutting-edge stealth mode AI business intelligence tool that outperforms all commercially available LLMs. We then gussied up the data using Google’s...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-12

Valiant Shield & RIMPAC ’26, Pt. 2: 3D Printed Drone Boats, and 3D Printing Drones on Boats

• 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,...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-12

3D Systems Gets Further $9 Million For US Air Force Metal 3D Printing Project

• 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...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-12

3D Printing Financials: Velo3D Revenue Climbs 52%, 2026 Forecast Raised

• 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...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-11

Killer 3D Printing Applications: Cooling for Body Armor, Helmets, Seats, & Safety Gear

• In this ongoing series of Killer 3D Printing Applications, we’ve looked at a lot of things, including tools, tool voids, factory automation, aircraft seating, car seats, and more. We’ve been...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-11

What It’s Like to Be the First Patient to Wear LightForce’s 3D Printed Metal Braces

• This is Part II of our LightForce interview series. While Part I focused on the technology behind the company’s customized 3D printed brackets, Part II looks at what that technology...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-11

Kupros Launches Cu29 V2, Announces Process for Embedded Electronics from Desktop FFF & FDM

• In addition to its more traditional uses, the centrality of copper to an unusually large number of high-growth industries has led more than a few observers to argue that it...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-11

Pusan National University & ORNL Develop Elastomeric Liquid Crystal Actuators

• Researchers from Korea’s Pusan National University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed 3D printed elastomeric actuators. In a paper published in Nature, the team used elastomeric liquid crystal...

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-11

Snowbird Technologies manufactures 316L parts aboard USS Essex during RIMPAC 2026

• Snowbird Technologies, a Florida-based developer of ruggedized manufacturing systems, has produced 316L stainless steel components aboard the USS Essex (LHD-2) during the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2026. The demonstration formed part of a distributed manufacturing experiment led by the Naval Postgraduate School’s Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research and Education (CAMRE). During the vessel’s…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-11

University of Melbourne and CSIRO Win Race2Space LOX Bipropellant Category

• A three-person student team from the University of Melbourne has hot-fired a 3D printed regeneratively cooled liquid bipropellant rocket engine at Race2Space in the UK, taking first place in the competition’s liquid oxygen (LOX) bipropellant category. CSIRO, which supported the build through its Lab 22 additive manufacturing center, says it is the first regeneratively cooled…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-12

New $6M Award Targets Tough Refractory AM Challenges

• America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have awarded $6 million to four project teams tasked with developing high-temperature refractory alloys for AM under the PADAM 2.0 program.  The funding comes from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Foundational Technologies Directorate (AFRL/REMD). Refractory alloys can withstand the extreme temperatures required in…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-12

Pusan National University develops 3D printing method for switchable soft actuators

• Researchers at Pusan National University (PNU) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a 3D printable liquid crystal elastomer that can be programmed to either contract or elongate when heated. Led by Professor Suk-kyun Ahn of PNU, the team used a smectic liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) whose molecular alignment can be switched during direct…

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Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers · 2026-08-10

Input Multiplexing – Maximum Pins with Minimal Resources

• What to do when you need more GPIO pins but don't have the space, memory, or budget for the usual solutions? The post Input Multiplexing – Maximum Pins with Minimal Resources appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-10

3DPOD 310: Metal LPBF Under $10k with Tom Bakker, Metal-Base

• Tom Bakker is a talented engineer who has worked in LPBF, custom machine building, and on semiconductor equipment. Now he wants to make LPBF metal printing cheap. With Metal Base,...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-10

3D Printing Financials: 3D Systems, Prodways, and Align Build on Positive Momentum

• The latest earnings from 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD), Prodways (EPA: ALPWG), and Align Technology (Nasdaq: ALGN) show that the 3D printing market continues to move forward. Some businesses are growing...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-10

Chromatic 3D Materials Opens Propellant Test-firing Site in Minnesota

• Chromatic 3D Materials has inaugurated a test firing site at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, Minnesota. It’s a 210 square kilometer Minnesota National Guard site used for training service members from...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-10

NUWC Keyport Becomes First Naval Warfare Center to Receive Official Approval for Metal AM Process

• US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has approved the PBF process for 17-4PH stainless steel demonstrated by Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Keyport, located in Washington state (one of ten...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-11

Chinese 3D Printer OEM Targeting Market for Tiny Metal Parts Closes Pre-Series A Round

• Earlier in the year, a consortium that includes China’s BLT announced a major breakthrough in using a high-precision, liquid metal UV 3D printing process to upgrade the hinge for Chinese...

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-11

Phase3D and Rowan University Partner on Real-Time Inspection for Metal AM

• Chicago-based 3D printing quality assurance software developer Phase3D and Rowan University‘s Digital Engineering Hub (DEHub) have announced a partnership focused on data-driven metal additive manufacturing (AM) research, education, and process confidence.  The collaboration’s practical value became apparent during the first build Rowan’s team ran independently after installing its new DMG MORI LASERTEC 30 SLM US…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-11

Sinto Advanced Ceramics Europe certified to ISO 9001:2015 with no non-conformities

• Sinto Advanced Ceramics Europe GmbH has been certified to ISO 9001:2015 following an audit by TÜV SÜD in which no non-conformities were identified. The certificate, No. G951 26 0419, is valid from 24 July 2026 to 23 July 2029 and covers the company’s quality management for the additive manufacturing of technical ceramics. The audit is…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-11

SLICED: Latest News from the 3D Printing Industry

• In this edition of SLICED, the 3D Printing Industry news digest, we track how additive manufacturing is advancing through European partnerships, distribution expansion, defense manufacturing, facility openings, and new applications in archaeology, construction, and medicine. Read on for updates from XJet, BigRep, Freemelt, 6K Additive, Meltio, Axtra3D, Spherene, Ricoh 3D for Healthcare, and more. Resellers…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-11

Jean Paul Gaultier turns to MJF for five haute couture looks printed in TPU and PA12

• Online 3D printing service Sculpteo has produced 3D printed components for five haute couture looks for Jean Paul Gaultier, printing in TPU and PA12 on HP Multi Jet Fusion and supplying the parts in a raw, unfinished state for the couture atelier to work on by hand. The brief was geometry the house could not…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-11

MIT’s ShiftLens 3D Prints Objects That Change Their Appearance When You Use Them, Without Electronics

• Researchers at MIT have developed a design and fabrication system that produces 3D printed objects capable of switching their surface appearance in response to being pressed, slid, or turned, with no sensors, circuits, or screens involved. Called ShiftLens, the system prints optics and mechanics together in a single pass on a multimaterial 3D printer. The…

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-09

New 3D Printing System Makes Interactive Objects that Change Appearance Based on User Interaction

• Many dynamic, interactive objects change their appearance through the use of electronics, like LEDs and screens. But if the object is squished, twisted, or pressed too hard, or exposed to...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-08

3D Printing News Briefs, August 8, 2026: Seawall Funding, Defense Capabilities, Supports, & More

• We’re starting with business in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, then moving on to defense. We’ll move on to young 3D printing entrepreneurs, and finish with some research out...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-07

The State of the Desktop Filament Market 2026, Part 3: Special Hamburger Meat

• Essentially, I used a cutting-edge stealth-mode AI tool that goes far beyond the capabilities of commercially available LLMs to conduct deep research into the desktop 3D printing filament market. I...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-07

The Barnes Global Advisors Lands BPMI Metal AM Database Contract

• Other than workforce development, materials qualification is perhaps the greatest existing barrier to the scale-up of metal additive manufacturing (AM). Moreover, improving access to data on metals qualified for the...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-07

3D Printing Financials: Xometry, Protolabs, and Lincoln Electric Post Strong Quarters

• The latest earnings reports from Xometry (Nasdaq: XMTR), Protolabs (NYSE: PRLB), and Lincoln Electric (Nasdaq: LECO) suggest manufacturers are still spending. All three companies reported solid results, although each tells...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-07

Eplus3D & UCL Rocket Test New LOX IPA Engine

• Eplus3D has worked with UCL Rocket on liquid rocket engines. Right now, they’re working on a regenerative liquid oxygen (LOX) and isopropyl alcohol (IPA) liquid-cooled architecture. These rockets use IPA...

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-07

USA Diving names FITASY official footwear partner

• USA Diving has named Indianapolis-based FITASY, a maker of 3D printed custom-fit recovery footwear, as its official footwear partner. The partnership launched at the Bolzano Diving Meeting in Bolzano, Italy, on July 3, 2026, where National Team athletes and coaches wore FITASY’s Strides on the pool deck during competition. USA Diving announced the deal on…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-07

TBGA Contracted to Support BPMI’s AM Material Database

• The Barnes Global Advisors (TBGA) has been contracted by Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. (BPMI) to support the development and management of a materials and process database for additive manufacturing (AM). The results are expected to be made public, a move intended to help align qualification efforts across the wider AM industry. BPMI, a prime contractor…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-07

Craft Health’s CraftMake Platform Gets a Peptide Test Run

• Specialty pharmaceutical company PharmaTher Holdings is collaborating with Craft Health Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based pharmaceutical technology company, to test whether Craft Health’s CraftMake 3D printing platform can produce personalized peptide doses. PharmaTher Holdings announced the partnership on July 29, 2026, two days after launching its Personaliz3D Peptides division. The work will focus on six peptides:…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-07

Cavan Sullivan Becomes First Footballer to Wear a Fully 3D Printed Boot in a Professional Match

• Philadelphia Union midfielder Cavan Sullivan made history on July 23, 2026, becoming the first footballer to wear a fully 3D printed boot in a top-level competitive match. The 16-year-old debuted Adidas’ Project R.A.P. (Radical Athlete Perception) football boot during Philadelphia’s 3–1 MLS victory over the New York Red Bulls, wearing a pair custom-printed to the…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-07

America Makes Tackles AM Qualification Bottlenecks for Defense

• America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have selected the winning teams for Delta Qual 2.0, a $9 million project call aimed at cutting the qualification barriers that slow additive manufacturing adoption across the U.S. defense industrial base. Three teams, led by ATI Materials, Trusted Metal, Auburn University, and The…

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-06

One Machine, Three Worlds of Creation: Inside the HeyGears G1 Series

• Turning a digital idea into a finished full-color physical product often requires several machines, multiple software tools, manual coloring, repeated positioning, and outsourced production. For creators and small businesses, this...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-06

Printflation: When Expectations Grow Faster Than Commercial Adoption

• If you’ve been to the grocery store recently, you’ve probably noticed shrinkflation. A cereal box looks the same. The price may even be the same. But when you get home,...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-06

Phase3D Puts Its ISM Hardware in the Hands of AM’s Future Workforce with DEHub Partnership

• The US additive manufacturing (AM) industry faces a turning point in terms of its approach to R&D. As has been the case for aggregate R&D in the US economy at...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-06

Ricoh USA Sells 3D for Healthcare Spinout to Former VP and GM, Rebrands as Myrava

• Japanese companies are really good at internal diversification and spin-outs, and this seems to be true even in cases involving foreign subsidiaries of Japanese multinationals. Ricoh USA recently demonstrated this...

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Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers · 2026-08-05

ToAuto Unveils Smart Cutting Machine: Industrial Precision, Now on Your Desktop

• For jewelry makers, ToAuto's Smart Cutting Machine offers control and consistency in a desktop saw for lapidary or metal cutting. The post ToAuto Unveils Smart Cutting Machine: Industrial Precision, Now on Your Desktop appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .

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3d printing – Hackaday · 2026-08-06

3D Printing A Usable Airless Tire

• For decades now, companies like Michelin have been teasing us with futuristic-looking automobile tires that don’t use air. Instead, they use a polymer mesh of sorts which maintains the same …read more

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-05

DEVCOM Armaments Center Demonstrates Remote 3D Printing of Electronics at Valiant Shield 2026

• The US Army’s DEVCOM Armaments Center, headquartered at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey, has become one of the US military’s most important hubs for drone R&D. At the recent Valiant...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-05

Walter Reed Gets Premarket Clearance to Make 3D Printed Point-of-Care Medical Devices

• The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s 3-D Medical Application Center (3-D MAC) has received premarket clearance to make 3D printed medical devices. This is the first time that a...

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-05

MACH 2028 Passes Halfway Mark as General Sales Open

• More than half of the exhibition floor for MACH 2028 has already been booked as general sales opened, with organizers urging companies to secure space before the event’s early bird discount deadline. More than 13,000 square meters of stand space has been reserved nearly two years ahead of the UK manufacturing technology show, which returns…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-05

GEFERTEC Launches arcTitan, a Sealed-Chamber WAAM System Built for Titanium

• Berlin-based company GEFERTEC has launched arcTitan, a wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) system built specifically for titanium processing, combining a fully enclosed inert gas atmosphere with a plasma-based deposition process. The company says the system achieves stable, reproducible process control by holding oxygen levels inside the build chamber to between 10 and 15 parts per million…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-05

UPM Group 3D prints 100 m² exhibition stand for EuroShop 2026

• UPM Group built a fully 3D printed exhibition stand for EuroShop 2026, the retail industry’s largest international trade fair, held in Düsseldorf, Germany. The roughly 100 m² installation combined 3D printed architectural structures with custom furniture pieces, all produced additively. The stand was manufactured through a joint effort between UPM Group’s production sites in Modena,…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-05

3D Systems’ Saudi Venture NAMI Wins Military Manufacturing License

• The National Additive Manufacturing and Innovation Company (NAMI), a Saudi Arabian joint venture between 3D Systems, Dussur, and Saudi Energy, has been granted a Military Manufacturing License by the Kingdom’s General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI). The license places NAMI among a limited group of Saudi firms cleared to carry out regulated military manufacturing activity…

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3D Printing Industry · 2026-08-05

Zellerfeld Relaunches Marketplace With Live Creator Rankings and Persistent Fit Profiles

• 3D printed footwear company Zellerfeld has relaunched its website and marketplace at zellerfeld.com, rolling out what the company is calling its biggest platform update since it opened its printing service to outside designers.  The redesign, unveiled July 21, 2026, rebuilds how the site presents products, expands a personal fit system across the platform, and previews…

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-04

Electroninks’ EMI Shielding Materials Give it an Expanded Presence in Japan

• In the current global economic context, which is being shaped primarily by national leaders trying out new forms of geopolitical leverage on a daily basis, advanced manufacturing partnerships between American...

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3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business · 2026-08-04

Binder Jetting’s Next Test: High-Temperature Superalloys, with AmPd Labs and Continuum

• Can binder jetting deliver the performance of investment casting while reducing cost, lead times, and manufacturing complexity? That’s the focus of The Future of High-Temperature Superalloys, an upcoming webinar presented...

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