
LEGO's newest 3D-printed element is a mini piano that actually plays
The additively manufactured element is just one of the 5,682 pieces that make up LEGO's new Venetian Neighbourhood set.
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The additively manufactured element is just one of the 5,682 pieces that make up LEGO's new Venetian Neighbourhood set.

Private equity’s march into manufacturing continues with CORE Industrial Partners’ latest acquisitions. CORE purchased Fathom a few years ago, and later bought 3DXTECH LLC, Triton 3D LLC, and Gearbox3D. It...

Creality has officially opened pre-orders for the Creality K3, its latest flagship K Series 3D printer, starting at $849 in the United States. Recognized as an IFA Innovation Awards 2026...

Making a custom orthotic or prosthetic device involves much more than producing the final part. Patients need to be measured, devices must be designed to fit their bodies, and finished...

Chair manufacturer Thonet pioneered bending wood, mass production, and composites. Then a strange wooden airplane takes to the skies and, against all expectations, does well. It takes on many roles and...

"The space economy needs more than innovation, it needs credible routes to industrial production."

Once the current batches have been delivered, Solukon says the SFM AT850 will replace the SFM-AT800-S and SFM-AT1000-S models.

Not to be superficial but ... it's really cute.

AM Investment Strategies 2026 Nov. 5 · 12 p.m. ET · Free online event RESERVE YOUR SPOT ↗ A one-hour online discussion featuring some of the biggest names in 3D...

Investors couldn’t stop throwing money at the drone market in 2025, with total investments in the industry setting a record, coming in at just under $4 billion. If anything, though,...
Discover how digital inventories and on-demand manufacturing can help defense organizations manage spare parts and improve readiness. The post Why Defense Spare Parts Need a Digital-First Strategy appeared first on Shapeways Blog.

Bambu Lab is moving into 3D scanning. The company has teased its upcoming Bambu Lab S1, its first 3D scanner, marking another step in its expansion beyond desktop 3D printers....

At China’s inaugural National Advanced Manufacturing Conference (NAMC) that was held last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping asserted that China aims to use advanced manufacturing to “enhance the autonomy and...

"We want anyone - from an engineer to someone exploring a new hobby - to spend more time making things and less time figuring out their printer.”

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with medical news, as Myrava has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its 3D printed bolus. Moving on to aerospace and metals, AML3D...

In the first part of this story, we looked at how businesses can grow new businesses. Now we look deeper with Dirk Simon into how companies can go about this,...

The Series D financing will initiate the production and manufacturing of Titan, ICON's multi-story robotic construction system, at the ICON factory located in Austin, Texas.

AMAZEMET has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Fusion for Energy (F4E), the EU organisation responsible for Europe's contribution to ITER and other major fusion projects.

Three of the four price classes that CONTEXT uses to categorise 3D printers saw higher unit shipment volumes in Q2 2026 than in the same period last year.
I used to view ICON, the Austin-based additive construction (AC) firm, as one of a handful of companies that could realistically consider itself the leader of the 3D printed construction...

Mobility goes Additive (MGA) is an organization exploring collaborative implementation of additive manufacturing. Based in Berlin, MGA staffers work in defense, rail, and medicine while exploring urban transport, lifestyle, and...

Automation is a very topical thing in additive manufacturing at the moment. With renewed scale, some clients are fervently looking to automate production. Other business cases only make sense with...

There’s been plenty of business activity in additive manufacturing (AM) lately, with new deals, partnerships and investments in production. One of the bigger moves comes from Sweden, where investment firm...

Diversifying manufacturing supply chains to locales outside of China has nothing to do with actually cultivating “substitutes” to the Chinese economy. The real stakes are these: China is an irreplaceable...

Acquired via SYS Systems, the Wythenshawe-based company is said to have reduced operational costs and sped up cycle times since installing the 3D printing system.

Rigaku on the practical value of CT for additive manufacturing.

Oerlikon has installed a new ATLIX xBUILD 5000 metal 3D printer at its facility in Huntersville, North Carolina, marking the first production deployment of the system worldwide. The machine will...
xTool has become one of the most recognizable names in desktop laser cutting and engraving, with machines ranging from compact portable engravers to larger enclosed CO₂ systems and specialist metal-processing tools. We have been covering and testing xTool products on 3DWithUs since 2023, and the latest addition is the new xTool X1, an all-in-one modular […] The post xTool Laser Cutters and Engravers: Meet the X1 All-in-One System appeared first on 3DWithUs – 3D Printing, Scanning, Design Guides & Forums.

The Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) model for establishing private-public partnerships has started to gain traction in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry over the last couple of years. In...

Alexander Plotkowski is all about developing new alloys. At Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), he’s the Group Leader for Computational Coupled Physics within the Computational Sciences and Engineering Division. He’s...

UniFormation will launch its S10 desktop resin 3D printer on Kickstarter on October 22, 2026, with pledges starting at $999. The S10 integrates printing, washing, and drying, allowing a print...

The post UltiMaker Cura 5.14 [beta] appeared first on UltiMaker.
Austrian nanoscale 3D printing firm UpNano can make very precise 3D printers that can achieve accurate results at the sub-micron level. The company’s 2PP printers have helped it secure a...

Novineer CEO Ali Tamijani explains how identical beams can differ sixfold in stiffness, and why toolpaths must become an engineering input.

AMSIS is a software company that has developed build-preparation technology that analyses heat distribution, flags overheated zones, and optimises exposure strategies.

Researchers at Sweden’s Umeå University have shown how desktop 3D printers can be used to make lab equipment, giving scientists a cheaper way to build tools for their research. The...

We have a packed 3D Printing News Briefs for you this weekend! First, America Makes celebrated the recent National Manufacturing Day with 3D printed drones, and then it’s on to...

At this year’s RAPID event in Boston, HP Additive Manufacturing Solutions celebrated ten years in the additive manufacturing (AM) market. The company ushered in the milestone with several innovations, including...

3D printing medicines has often been tied to the idea of personalization, basically making a pill in the right dose, shape, or drug combination for a patient. PharmaTher is now...

In the first article in this series, we look at how a European chair company invested in the world by pioneering mass manufacturing, modularity, bent wood, tubular steel, catalogs, composites,...

The additive manufacturing (AM) industry has become obsessed with the opportunity for drones, and there’s certainly good reason for that. But before drones, the big focal point in AM for...
This guide brings together our hands-on experience with eSUN filament across a growing range of 3DWithUs projects. From PLA and PETG to TPU and ABS, we are combining new tests with earlier print examples from our reviews and projects to show how these materials perform. Table of Contents (Jump to a Section) About eSUN eSUN […] The post eSUN Filament Guide: PLA, PETG, TPU and ABS Hands-On Testing appeared first on 3DWithUs – 3D Printing, Scanning, Design Guides & Forums.

The Indian service provider has installed an ARGO 500 Hyperspeed 3D printing system.

For most of its history, desktop 3D printing has been a technology business. Companies competed on speed, accuracy, build volume, temperature, materials and reliability. Buyers compared specifications because the machines...

Having signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), the organisations hope to improve the resilience of the US defence industrial base.

This new machine will be dedicated to copper-nickel (CuNi).

We are in the middle of a major manufacturing shift focused on the production speed and payload capacity of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), or drones. A recent Manufacturing Dive article...

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems makes brakes, ABS systems, lane departure systems, drum brakes, and more for commercial vehicles. Vincent Bendix founded the firm in 1923 after his father was hit...

Prusa Research is offering a new hot end for its Core One 3D printers. The new high-temperature hot end can go up to 400 °C. The swappable hot end can...

Australia´s Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC) has been joined by Edith Cowan University (ECU). This makes it the 12th university to join the AMCRC. Effectively, AMCRC is Australia Makes,...