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Company news, funding, mergers, and earnings across the additive-manufacturing industry.
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California's Printer-Lockdown Bill Clears Committee, Heads to Senate Public Safety
AB 2047, which would force every 3D printer sold in California to include firearm-detection blocking tech by December 2029, advanced through committee in late June and drew EFF warnings that it's unworkable and a surveillance risk for makers.
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Where 3D Printing Actually Works in Audio: Materials Science Over Hype
From SLA resin clarinet mouthpieces to carbon-fiber guitar headstocks, additive manufacturing has carved out real niches in acoustic applications, but the physics of sound reveals exactly where FDM layer lines become liabilities.
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The $24.8 Billion Reckoning: How 3D Printing Is Finally Ditching the Hype for Hard Outcomes
Industry analysts and AM executives entering 2026 are converging on a single theme: the era of measuring progress by hardware deployments is over, replaced by a harder accounting of utilization rates, yield, and repeatable outcomes at scale.
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RIT's Eight-Nozzle Molten Metal Jetting Printhead Takes Aim at Metal AM's Throughput Wall
RIT's AMPrint Center showed an eight-nozzle molten metal jetting printhead that fires droplets like an inkjet, chasing higher metal AM throughput without losing resolution -- and tying into work on printing recycled scrap metal.
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3D Printing on the Water: Marine Applications, Material Selection, and the Limits of What FDM Can Build
From replacement cleats to instrument housings and full hull experiments, 3D printing is finding a permanent role in marine environments. ASA and CF-PETG are doing real work; full hull printing is closer than it sounds but further than the headlines suggest.
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3D Printed Footwear: How Adidas, Nike, and New Balance Are Using Additive Manufacturing
Lattice midsoles, custom orthotics, and personalized fit are all being produced with 3D printing at commercial scale. Here's what the major brands are doing and what it means for the industry.
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3D Printing in the Energy Sector: Turbines, Subsea Components, and Grid Infrastructure
Oil and gas companies, nuclear operators, and renewable energy manufacturers are all using additive manufacturing for parts that conventional manufacturing cannot produce economically. Here's where it's making the biggest difference.
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3D Printing on the Farm: Custom Parts, Precision Agriculture, and Sensor Housings
Agricultural equipment breaks in ways that manufacturers don't support with spare parts. 3D printing is filling the gap for everything from planter parts to custom drone mounts.
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3D Printing in Fine Art: Sculpture, Installation, and the Original vs Print Debate
Fine artists are using 3D printing for large-scale sculpture, edition production, and forms impossible to hand-fabricate. What does this mean for the art market's ideas about original work?
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How Hollywood Uses 3D Printing for Props and Practical Effects
From hero props to breakaway stunt duplicates, additive manufacturing has fundamentally changed how film and TV productions fabricate physical objects on set.
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3D Printing Wargaming Terrain: Materials, Scale, and What the Hobby Actually Needs
Wargaming terrain is one of the most practical entry points for FDM printing. Here's what materials hold up to tabletop use, how to approach scale, and the workflow that actually saves money versus buying terrain.
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3D Printing Pharmaceuticals: Where Drug Manufacturing Actually Stands in 2026
FDA-approved printed drugs exist, but the technology's actual clinical reach is narrow and specific. Here's what pharmaceutical 3D printing can do, what it can't, and where it's genuinely advancing.
