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• Best Large Format 3D Printers 2026: Big Builds Compared July 14
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• University of Illinois Engineers Build First 3D Thermal Cloak Using 3D-Printed Aluminum July 14
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• High-temperature nickel-based superalloys like MAR-M 247LC (M247LC), the low-carbon version of MAR-M 247, are used for casting in some of the most demanding applications in the world, including gas turbines,...
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• UV printing has been around for ages, of course. But, since a few years ago, desktop UV printers have made their way into households, small businesses, and enterprises. These machines...
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• Despite years of increasing public focus on the issue of affordable housing, it wasn’t until the end of last year that US federal policymakers introduced a comprehensive bill to address...
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• EOS is adding Constellium Aheadd CP1 to its materials offering. In EOS-land, the material will be called EOS Aluminium Constellium CP1. In addition to the new CP1, Constellium’s Al5X1 material...
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• ugee has released the Funbox, a 3D printer for kids. The company is a part of Hanvon Ugee Technology Group, a manufacturer and distributor of drawing tablets under the ugee,...
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• Engineers at the University of Utah have shown off a 3D printing approach that sidesteps one of the format’s persistent weaknesses: the leaky seams left behind when an object is built up slice by slice. Rather than stacking layers, the technique relies on a nanoscale “mask” that bends laser light into a holographic version of…
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• Zenith Tecnica, a contract manufacturer that builds titanium parts using Electron Beam Melting (EBM), has confirmed a change of ownership and, in the same breath, kicked off a plan to enlarge its production capacity. The company serves the space and medical fields along with other technically demanding industrial customers. Its buyers are an ownership group…
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• Adidas Basketball has revealed the BB.01, the opening product of Project: Radical Athlete Perception (R.A.P.) and the brand’s first performance basketball shoe built on the platform. Positioned as a new approach to making athletic footwear, Project: R.A.P. relies on additive manufacturing to tailor products to individual athletes and to the specific demands of a given…
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• FARO CREAFORM, a business unit of AMETEK, has introduced four new handheld 3D scanners to its HandySCAN 3D portfolio. The announcement, made July 8, 2026, covers two additions to the MAX Series and two new EVO Series models, spanning inspection tasks from small components to parts up to 15 meters long. The new MAX Series…
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• A newly patented pump from Sciperio, the R&D arm of nScrypt, is built to let additive manufacturing (AM) systems dispense materials with viscosities above 1 million centipoise, a range Sciperio says has been difficult for conventional dispensing systems to handle without defects. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued Patent No. 12,654,396 B2 for…
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• EPFL’s 3D Printable Elastomer Is 15 Times Tougher Than Comparable Materials July 13
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• Best Multicolor 3D Printers 2026: Every System Compared July 13
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• Mike Zimmerman started in research before starting his own startups. Now his firm makes a fiber with some very exciting properties indeed. The material has been turned into a very...
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• After spending 17 years helping build healthcare applications at 3D Systems and its predecessor Medical Modeling, Katie Weimer wasn’t planning to launch a startup. But when a regenerative breast tissue...
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• For a long time, Beehive Industries was very mysterious. The secretive firm was burning a lot of cash working on something super secret with a tribe of very experienced Additive...
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• From February 23-25, 2027, Additive Manufacturing Strategies will be back for its 10th iteration. The important AM industry business conference will once again return to New York City, though hopefully...
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• Netherlands-based independent 3D printing resin manufacturer Liqcreate has launched Bio-Med Flex, a clear flexible photopolymer resin designed for sterilizable, biocompatible medical and biomedical applications. This matters because being able to meet this set of requirements in clinical prototyping labs has been quite difficult. Rigid biocompatible resins have been available long enough to become routine in…
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• When Elegoo unveiled the world’s first officially licensed emoji®-themed 3D printer, it wasn’t just launching another version of an existing machine. The company was testing a much bigger idea by...
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• A twelve-hour overnight print can turn out fine, or it can come back stringy and inconsistent with no change to the slicer settings that would explain why. The usual cause is moisture. A spool left in an open holder for a few humid days absorbs enough water to compromise a print without giving any warning…
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• In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with relief efforts for the earthquakes that hit Venezuela last month. Then we’ll move on to a new white paper from...
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• With the release of the new HP 1200 and the Formlabs X1, we can see real competition from very different segments. From several million dollars to just $20,000, the laser...
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• The bar for metal additive manufacturing has moved. Early on, the question was often simple: Can the machine print the material and produce a dense part? That still matters, but...
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• Kentstrapper makes Material Extrusion systems in Italy. Now the firm has released the 1,000 × 1,000 × 1,000 mm build volume Mille system. The one-cubic-meter build volume is actively heated by...
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• Venus Aerospace has secured $91 million in Series B funding led by Houston-based venture capital firm Mercury Fund, with additional backing from Lockheed Martin Ventures, MESH, PEAK6, Starboard Star Venture Capital, Green Sands Equity, and other investors. The raise follows the company’s May 2025 milestone: the first successful flight test of a high-thrust rotating detonation…
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• Denver-based Beehive Industries has placed a multi-unit order for NXG 600E metal 3D printers from Nikon SLM Solutions, part of Nikon Advanced Manufacturing. The purchase is entirely self-funded and gives the company a capability that remains scarce in the United States: ultra-large-format laser powder bed fusion capacity. The NXG 600E is the biggest machine in…
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• Chinese 3D printer manufacturer Bambu Lab is launching a 48-hour community fundraising drive for Venezuela’s earthquake recovery, running from July 13 at 8:00 a.m. through July 15, 2026. During the window, customers on the company’s US and EU online stores can buy PLA Basic Refill spools in the colors of the Venezuelan flag, yellow (10400), blue…
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• Digital manufacturing provider Protolabs has begun offering Medical White (MED-WHT 10), a biocompatible photopolymer, through its on-demand production services. The resin runs on Axtra3D‘s Lumia X1, a Hi-Speed SLA system built around the company’s Hybrid PhotoSynthesis (HPS) process, making it the fifth production-ready material in Protolabs’ Lumia X1 lineup. The launch comes as Protolabs operates…
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• Innov8 Hub has formed a strategic partnership with the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Nigeria to set up a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics (STEAM) and 3D Printing Technology Centre in Abuja. The facility is intended to reinforce Nigeria’s technical infrastructure and widen access to applied, practice-based learning in emerging technologies. As part…
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• Best Flexible Resin 2026: Rubber-Like Picks by Shore Hardness July 9
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• Best Water-Washable Resin 2026: Easy Cleanup Without the IPA July 9
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• Best Castable Resin 2026: Clean-Burnout Picks for Jewelry Casting July 9
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• Inside Vietnam’s First Connected Surgical Ecosystem, and the Role 3D Printing Plays Within It July 10
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• University of Utah Develops Holographic 3D Printer That Completes Prints in 20 Seconds July 10
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• In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Massivit continues its focus on aerospace and defense manufacturing, and Meltio is collaborating with Phillips Corporation for RIMPAC 2026. Moving on to software, AMIS...
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• These things can change at any moment nowadays, but the biggest economic story of the year might not be elevated energy prices, after all. Elevated prices for memory chips may...
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• New Zealand-based Zenith Tecnica has been acquired by a new ownership group. The firm was an early Electron Beam Melting (EBM) pioneer and has played an outsized role in the...
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• The recent UAS Additive Strategies online event, hosted by 3DPrint.com and Additive Manufacturing Research (AM Research), brought together leaders from across the additive manufacturing (AM) and drone industries to discuss...
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• By the usual measure, a tally of funding rounds, APAC’s additive manufacturing market had a quiet second quarter. The capital that has actually closed across the region comes to about...
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• Auxilium Biotechnologies, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, has bioprinted kidney and liver tissue aboard the International Space Station (ISS), marking the first time either tissue type has been manufactured in orbit. The tissues, along with cartilage and 28 nerve repair implants, were produced using the company’s AMP-1 bioprinting platform during Mission AXLM-3, which launched on SpaceX-34…
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• German medical startup BellaSeno has enrolled 30 patients across two Australian trials of a polycaprolactone breast scaffold designed to regenerate tissue without leaving a permanent foreign body. The 30 patients are spread across a first-in-human safety study that ran from 2021 to 2023 and enrolled 19 patients, and a pivotal trial launched in January 2026…
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• Best Resin for Miniatures 2026: Sharp Detail That Survives Play July 8
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• Revopoint Trackit SR: Marker-Free, Wireless 3D Scanning Built for Industrial Metrology July 8
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• Best Tough and ABS-Like Resin 2026: Impact-Resistant Picks for Functional Parts July 8
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• The rapid rise of drones is creating one of the biggest opportunities for additive manufacturing (AM). Whether they’re used on battlefields, inspecting bridges or crops, or delivering supplies, drones need...
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• Phillips Corporation announced that it will rebrand its Additive Hybrid division to become Phillips Advanced Manufacturing. The focus will now be on advanced manufacturing in the broadest sense. Brian Kristaponis...
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• When ADDMAN closed its acquisition of Forecast 3D in January 2026, the headlines focused on fleet size and Southern California footprint. Six months later, those metrics feel almost beside the...
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• Amsterdam-based Addidex is focused on robotic large-format additive manufacturing, and recently held a two-day symposium that was only about robots printing things. Addidex Connect brought 170 additive folks to the...
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• In terms of the global economy’s presently existing state, there is no realistic path to economic resilience that doesn’t start with critical minerals security. This is a problem for pretty...
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• French nuclear energy business Framatome has inaugurated a 6,000 m2 additive manufacturing center in Romans-sur-Isère, France. The facility, which opened on July 2, produces metal components for the primary circuits of French nuclear reactors using wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) systems supplied by Amsterdam-based MX3D. Named the Amiral Bernard-Antoine Morio de l’Isle Additive Manufacturing Center,…
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• Interested in the future of manufacturing? Don’t miss Additive Manufacturing Advantage: Aerospace, Space and Defense 2026, taking place on July 9th. Mark your calendar and secure your spot at the event redefining what’s possible in aerospace, space, and defense manufacturing. Lincoln Electric, 130 years old and generating over $4 billion in 2024 revenue, entered the…
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• A pilot installation at Morningside Park in Miami is examining whether the concrete barriers lining South Florida’s shoreline can do more than hold back water. A team from Florida International University’s Institute of Environment has mounted a set of 3D printed tiles, produced at the university’s Robotics and Digital Fabrication Lab, onto an existing seawall.…
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• George Mason University and North Carolina company Phase Inc. have been awarded a National Science Foundation STTR grant to develop a new class of 3D printed microfluidic devices. The goal is to carry the technology out of the research lab and into wider use, yielding a more dependable route to the tools that organ-on-a-chip development…
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• Additive Manufacturing Advantage: Aerospace, Space, and Defense 2026 is now live and in progress. Taking place online today, AMAA 2026 brings together leading voices from across aerospace, defense, space, advanced manufacturing, research, and industrial production to discuss how additive manufacturing is moving from promising technology into mission-critical applications. The free online event features presentations and…
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• The Open Source Hardware Association added 26 new certifications in June, from microcontrollers to scrolling tools and everything in between. The post Open Source Hardware Certifications for June 2026 appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers .
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• Of all innovations adopted by the maker community within the past couple of decades, one stands among the rest on top for anything regarding manufacturing. It goes without saying here …read more
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• With verticals like defense/space and opportunities like the AI boom dominating so much of the current focus in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry, it’s easy to forget one of the...
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• BellaSeno has pioneered resorbable breast implant scaffolds using 3D printing and polycaprolactone. The scaffolds can be printed in a specific structure and then reabsorb into the body. That way, the...
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