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3D Systems said its President/CEO Dr. Jeffrey Graves will retire once a successor is found, a transition announced alongside mixed Q2 2026 earnings after six years of restructuring and acquisitions.
Read the story →NAMI, 3D Systems' Saudi joint venture, has been licensed by GAMI for regulated military manufacturing, putting it in position to capture a slice of the Kingdom's push to localize over half its defense spending by 2030.
UNO landed an $8 million NSF E-RISE grant to build the Nebraska Center for 3D Innovation, expanding a decade of prosthetics research into a full hub for 3D-printed medical devices, antimicrobial materials, and AI-driven anatomical modeling.
Sinterit's €47,000 BIANCO2 SLS printer and DyeMansion's VX1/DM60 finishing gear are now an official pairing, putting industrial-grade surface finishing within reach of compact sintering setups.
Conflux Technology CEO Dan Woodford says scaling metal-AM heat exchangers for Airbus, Honeywell and General Atomics means building a full production system, not just adding printers.
3DEO, the binder-jetting-plus-CNC-milling metal 3D printing pioneer, has filed for insolvency in California and is auctioning its 19-patent IP portfolio and machinery fleet, with bids due August 12, 2026.
Zellerfeld's July 27 relaunch pairs a Volumental-powered ZellerFIT sizing profile and live creator rankings with a first look at a 4-pairs-a-year 3D-printed shoe subscription.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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