Company news, funding, mergers, and earnings across the additive-manufacturing industry.
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.
Read the story →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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
VulcanForms and defense contractor Specter Aerospace announced a partnership to build the first dedicated US facility for full-rate additive manufacturing of hypersonic munitions.
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.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Mazak unveiled the VC-Ez WAAM platform at IMTS 2026, fusing Fronius wire-arc metal printing with a five-axis machining center for structural repairs, tooling and near-net-shape parts.
Formnext Asia Shenzhen's 2026 edition pulled a record 34,202 visitors from 113 countries and 330 exhibitors, up 65% year over year, with new programming on robotics, AI-cooling, and 3D-printed footwear.
iSUN3D, a division of filament maker eSUN, is showing 3D printed footwear at MICAM Milano built with FlexOne, a single-component elastic resin designed to make printed shoes commercially scalable.
Apple's new foldable iPhone Duo hides a 3D-printed, 100 percent recycled Grade 5 titanium hinge cover made from more than 100 components with a micro-blasted finish — another high-profile win for metal additive manufacturing in consumer electronics.
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