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Company news, funding, mergers, and earnings across the additive-manufacturing industry.
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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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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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ORNL and Boeing 3D Print a 2-Ton Steel Mold to Test Metal AM for Aircraft Tooling
Oak Ridge and Boeing wire-arc printed a nearly 2-ton, 6-foot steel stamp mold in eight weeks to see if metal AM can beat machined tooling for NASA's composite-aircraft manufacturing push.
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Formnext 2026 Draws 124 Chinese Exhibitors as Manufacturers Push Into Europe
Formnext 2026 registration data shows China fielding 124 exhibitors — more than any other country — as domestic competition and US trade barriers push Chinese 3D printing manufacturers toward European buyers.
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Sheffield's Instruct3D Launches 'Additive Build Intelligence' to Put Hard Evidence Behind Metal 3D-Printed Parts
Instruct3D has commercially launched a hardware-plus-software system, built on 20+ years of Sheffield AM research, that turns in-process build data into verification evidence for aerospace, defense and energy metal parts.
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Bambu Lab Steps Outside 3D Printing With a $2,499 CO2 Laser
Bambu Lab opened pre-orders for the R1, a 55W CO2 laser cutter/engraver starting at $2,499, its first standalone product outside 3D printing and a direct shot at xTool and Glowforge.
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SnowX Teases SnowPod: A Desktop Metal 3D Printer With a 40-Micron Laser, Heading to Kickstarter
SnowX is prepping a Q4 2026 Kickstarter for SnowPod, a desktop L-PBF metal printer with a 40-micron laser and sealed powder handling — and it got a rare exception from a crowdfunding-averse trade site.
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Amaero Files for $52.6 Million Nasdaq IPO to Scale Metal 3D-Printing Powder Production
Tennessee-based metal-powder maker Amaero set terms for a $52.6 million Nasdaq IPO under ticker AMRO, with most of the proceeds earmarked for new capital equipment as revenue jumped sixfold year over year.
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KLS Martin Nears 500 Lithoz-Printed Ceramic Implants as Bioceramic Bone Scaffolds Become a Standard Order
Lithoz and KLS Martin have made LithaBone TCP implants an official IPS Gate product, turning a 12-year ceramic printing collaboration into a routine surgeon-facing order, with the 500th implant due by end of Q3 2026.
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3D Printing Market Hits $4.48 Billion in Q2 2026, Its Sixth Straight Quarter of Growth
AM Research's Q2 2026 data, as reported by 3DPrint.com, puts 3D printing revenue at $4.48B, up 12% year over year, with services over half the market and a warning that interest rates could stall capex again.
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VulcanForms and Specter Aerospace Team Up to 3D Print Hypersonic Weapons at Scale
VulcanForms and defense contractor Specter Aerospace announced a partnership to build the first dedicated US facility for full-rate additive manufacturing of hypersonic munitions.
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UK Charity 3D Prints Ultrasound Scans So Blind Parents Can Feel Their Baby's First Photo
Guide Dogs UK's free 'First Hello' pilot turns a 20-week ultrasound JPG into a touchable 3D-printed sonogram, mailed within a week to visually impaired parents and relatives, capped at 50 prints.
