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Company news, funding, mergers, and earnings across the additive-manufacturing industry.
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Phillips Corporation Rebrands Its Additive-Hybrid Unit as It Bets on Blended Manufacturing
Phillips Corporation folded its Additive Hybrid division into a new Advanced Manufacturing Solutions unit, betting that hybrid additive-subtractive, standalone AM, large-format robotic metal printing, and field-deployable manufacturing gear are converging into one business.
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The US Navy Just Welded and Milled a Metal Part Aboard a Warship Mid-Exercise
During RIMPAC 2026, Phillips Corporation put a containerized Haas CNC + Meltio wire-laser metal deposition system aboard USS Essex to test whether sailors can fabricate replacement parts at sea instead of waiting on the supply chain.
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Auxilium Bioprints Kidney and Liver Tissue Aboard the ISS for the First Time
Auxilium Biotechnologies' AMP-1 platform produced kidney and liver tissue in orbit for the first time, alongside cartilage and 20-plus nerve-repair implants, during a single ISS mission.
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Orbital Matter's Replicator-2 Prints Solar-Array Structures in the Vacuum of Space
Orbital Matter's Replicator-2 CubeSat launched on a Falcon 9 rideshare and is now extruding UV-cured photopolymer arms in unpressurized space — the first structural 3D printing demo outside the ISS's pressurized cabin.
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How the 3D Printing Community Raced to Help Venezuela After Its Deadliest Earthquake Since 1900
After a 7.5-magnitude quake devastated Yaracuy State, 97 maker teams in 11 countries printed thousands of open-sourced splints within two weeks, backed by a $50,000 Bambu Lab pledge and a filament fundraiser for UN Crisis Relief.
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AMAA 2026: How 3D Printing Is Quietly Rebuilding Military and Conservation Drones
Ahead of the AMAA 2026 defense-and-aerospace conference, a new industry preview details how HP MJF printing is now shaping everything from $400 Army FPV drones to a 0.8mm-walled anti-poaching UAV in Zambia.
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India Sinks Its First 3D-Printed Coral Reef Modules Off the Tamil Nadu Coast
Chennai construction-printing startup Tvasta and ICAR-CMFRI deployed India's first 3D-printed artificial reef modules in the Gulf of Mannar, swapping rebar-and-formwork casting for printed crevices designed to lure specific marine species.
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Framatome Opens €25M Nuclear-Grade Metal 3D Printing Center in France
Framatome's new €25M, 6,000 m² facility in Romans-sur-Isère combines laser powder bed fusion and wire arc additive manufacturing to print nuclear reactor spare parts up to 5 meters long and several tons heavy.
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Jaden Smith Teases a Fully 3D-Printed Christian Louboutin Dress Shoe Made With Zellerfeld
Jaden Smith folded a red-soled, all-black 3D-printed Louboutin derby shoe in half on social media, previewing a Zellerfeld collaboration that pushes single-piece printed footwear into $1,200-plus luxury territory.
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Australia's AMCRC Opens AU$3.25M STARTER Fund to Get SMEs Into 3D Printing
AMCRC's new STARTER program offers Australian SMEs AU$20,000-75,000 in matched co-funding to trial additive manufacturing, with a July 15 info session kicking off rolling applications.
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Startup 3D Prints a Silicon Carbide Nuclear Reactor Core Aimed at AI Data Centers
Florida startup AMPERA unveiled a basketball-sized, fully 3D-printed silicon carbide thorium reactor core with a gyroid lattice, betting additive manufacturing can solve nuclear power's AI-era supply crunch.
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Navy Tests 3D-Printed Composite Patches to Halve F/A-18 Super Hornet Repair Times
The Navy is testing 3D-printed composite patches that could cut select F/A-18 Super Hornet repair times by roughly half and let crews fix cracked panels on-site, with a flight test on an operational jet slated for summer 2026.
