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The business of printing for profit — pricing, margins, print farms, and the equipment economics that make or break a shop.
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Bioprinting Goes Big: Aspect Biosystems Draws $79M From the Government of Canada to Scale Cellular Medicines
Vancouver's Aspect Biosystems has drawn $79M from the Government of Canada — part of a $280M initiative — to scale a 3D bioprinting platform that programs stem cells and hides them from the immune system, with printed insulin-producing islets for Type 1 diabetes as the lead application.
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Nano Dimension Names an Interim CEO — and Keeps Walking Away From 3D Printing
The consolidator that swallowed Desktop Metal and Markforged has installed an interim CEO and a new chairman to finish dismantling the portfolio — and to steer the company out of additive manufacturing entirely.
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Eaton Opens a European Additive Center in Wimborne — and Bets on Electron Beam Titanium
Eaton's new European Centre of Additive Manufacturing in Wimborne, England is its third AM site globally, houses its largest metal printer, and is aiming at AS9100-certified titanium production via electron beam — a telling signal about who actually buys industrial metal printers in 2026.
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A Patent for a Pump: nScrypt's Research Arm Locks Down Dispensing Materials Thicker Than a Million Centipoise
Sciperio, nScrypt's research division, has been granted US Patent 12,654,396 B2 for a servo-controlled progressive cavity pump that dispenses materials above 1,000,000 centipoise — the IP foundation under the QuantiHelix platform and nScrypt's DoD point-of-need business.
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EOS Retires the FORMIGA After Nearly 20 Years, Ceding the Low-Cost SLS Niche
EOS is ending new sales of its FORMIGA SLS platform after nearly two decades, pushing toward larger automated systems like the P3 NEXT — while refurbisher Inframotion 3D moves to keep the cheaper machine alive.
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LightForce Hands the CEO Job to a Medtech Closer as 3D-Printed Braces Scale Up
LightForce Orthodontics named Silk Road Medical veteran Erica Rogers CEO on July 16, 2026, moving founder Alfred Griffin to Chairman and Chief Product Officer as its patient-specific 3D-printed brackets push into a ~$10B market.
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SWISSto12 Closes $70M Series C — and Finally Gives Additive Manufacturing a Revenue Number Worth Arguing About
The Swiss firm that 3D prints RF payloads says it did $140M in 2025 revenue, holds $500M+ in contracted orders, has grown at a 110% CAGR since 2022, and hit positive EBITDA in 2026 — rare hard numbers in a sector that usually announces capacity instead of income.
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Würth Additive Group Confirms Closure of Its Additive Manufacturing Business
Würth Group is shutting down its five-year-old Würth Additive Group division, offering only a terse statement and a closing-office email address to explain the end of its AM distribution and Digital Inventory Services business.
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Titanium Recycler IperionX Raises $50M to Expand U.S. Metal-Powder Supply for 3D Printing
IperionX priced a $50M ADS offering to expand its Virginia and Tennessee titanium projects, bolstering a rare domestic source of recycled titanium powder for metal 3D printing.
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Bambu Lab Runs 48-Hour Fundraiser for Venezuela Earthquake Relief, Matching Filament Sales to UN Crisis Relief
Bambu Lab is donating the full MSRP of Venezuela-flag-colored PLA Basic Refill sold July 13-15 to UN Crisis Relief, building on a prior $50,000 LATAM pledge and grassroots maker splint printing after the country's twin earthquakes.
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BigRep SE Delists From Frankfurt, Liquidates Parent as BigRep GmbH Sells to New Owners
BigRep SE's boards sold operating unit BigRep GmbH to three buyers, then delisted the SPAC-listed parent from Frankfurt and began voluntary liquidation, citing financing pressure and weak US traction.
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What a 3D Print Actually Costs: Calculating Cost Per Part
Filament price is only part of the bill. A step-by-step breakdown of material, electricity, machine depreciation, failure rate, and labor costs, with a full worked example calculating the true cost of one printed part.
