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Printers
Addireen Opens a 50-Systems-a-Month Factory for Green-Laser Copper Printers and Ships the Third-Generation XH-M350G-2HR
Addireen, the green-laser metal AM arm of Shenzhen Gongda Laser, has opened a Ganzhou plant rated for up to 50 systems a month and released the XH-M350G-2HR, a dual-laser pure-copper machine aimed at series production.
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Materials
NSF and ISS National Lab Will Melt Metal Powder in Microgravity to Chase Defects in Metal 3D Printing
Two NSF-funded, ISS National Lab-sponsored projects were selected; one, led at Washington University in St. Louis, will study how small particles melt and mix without gravity, aiming at better models for defects in metal additive manufacturing.
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Business
Robotics Is Now a Rush-Order Business for On-Demand 3D Printing: Protolabs Doubles, Upside Parts Sees 37% Rush
Protolabs says robotics-customer revenue more than doubled in H1 2026, and Upside Parts found 36.7% of robotics parts ran rush versus 7.2% for other hardware customers. Together they show robotics setting the pace for on-demand printing.
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Industry
Skoda Puts Ten Official Car Accessories on Printables as Free Files, With a Non-Commercial Licence
Skoda Auto has published ten free, printable interior accessories for the Epiq, Peaq and Fabia IV on Printables, but the licence bars selling the printed parts without written consent.
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Industry
Researchers Sink 23 3D Printed Reefs to 1,100 Meters to Regrow Cold-Water Coral
A Franco-Irish research team deployed 23 3D printed concrete reefs onto the deep Atlantic seabed to test whether additive manufacturing can jump-start cold-water coral habitats damaged by bottom trawling.
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Software
Snapmaker Opens Space 3D-Model Platform, Pays Creators by Print Time Instead of Downloads
Snapmaker's Space model-sharing platform exits beta with 2,500+ U1-tuned designs and a rewards system that pays creators for cumulative real-world print time, not download counts.
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Materials
Virginia Tech Lab 3D Prints Circuits That Heal Themselves With Liquid Metal
VT MADE Lab's gallium-indium-in-PDMS composite stays insulating until punctured, then turns conductive and stitches itself back together — a printable material makers could one day pour, mold, or 3D print into self-repairing flex circuits.
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Software
California Signs the Firearm Printing Prevention Act: Consumer 3D Printers Will Need Gun-Blocking Tech, but Not Yet
Gov. Newsom signed AB 2047 on Sept. 26, but nothing binds printer makers until ASTM publishes a standard and California DOJ issues guidance, with enforcement a year after that.
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Industry
Safran's Additive Manufacturing Campus Turns Five: From 5 Serial Parts to 25+, 18,000 Parts a Year
Safran's Mérignac additive campus marks five years with 25+ serial part numbers, headcount up from about 60 to over 150, and roughly 18,000 parts expected this year, yet additive is still under 1% of parts.
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Business
Stratasys CEO Yoav Zeif on Markforged, the iAM Marketplace, and Why the Company Is Betting on High-Value Production
In a VoxelMatters interview at Stratasys HQ, CEO Yoav Zeif explains the pending $42.5M Markforged purchase, why he sees a polarizing market, and why larger multi-machine FDM orders in aerospace and defense anchor the strategy. These are his claims.
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Business
Inside Huafast: The Chinese Print Farm Running 15,000 Desktop 3D Printers as a Factory
A Shenzhen print farm treats thousands of Bambu Lab desktop printers as disposable factory tooling, filling 50,000-unit orders in a week and chasing viral toy trends before they vanish.
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Materials
NIST Ships Reference Material to Standardize Photopolymer 3D Printing
NIST's new RM 8047 gives resin-printing labs a common calibration standard for cure depth and exposure energy, aiming to end years of inconsistent light-penetration measurements that have slowed commercial scaling of SLA and DLP printing.
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