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The practical additive manufacturing news brief. What matters, what's hype, and what it means for builders.

  1. 10 hr ago

    Materialise: The Company That Bet on Software Before Anyone Knew Software Was the Bet

    Alex and Jordan profile Materialise, the Belgian veteran that decided decades ago that the money in 3D printing wasn't in printers. From Magics and Build Processors to custom PEEK skull implants, they trace how a 1990 founding turned into a dual software-and-medical business, and ask whether a margin-first strategy can survive flat revenue.

  2. 4 days ago

    Three Shutdowns and a Skull Plate — Additive's Sorting Week

    3DEO, Fusion3, and BigRep all wind down in the same week that Walter Reed lands the first FDA clearance for a hospital-printed cranial implant. Alex and Jordan sort the survivors from the science projects, plus HP's mysterious high-temp printer, Prusa's nozzlegate, Sovol's seven-toolhead IDEX, and ChatGPT trying its hand at CAD.

  3. 28 Jul

    3D Systems: The Old Guard Bets Everything on Mission-Critical Printing

    Alex and Jordan profile 3D Systems, one of the oldest names in additive manufacturing, as it recasts itself around defense, healthcare, and dental production. From Figure 4 hearing aids to hypersonic metal parts and a Saudi joint venture, the hosts weigh a genuine strategic shift against lawsuits, revenue whiplash, and a leadership picture that's harder to see than it should be.

  4. 24 Jul

    Square Footage Isn't Output — Velo3D's Forge 1 and the Defense Metal Boom

    Velo3D opens a massive metal AM campus in Livermore while defense money floods into additive — but does a big building mean big production? Plus: aerospace giants gang up on the F135 engine, the Navy prints metal at sea, Polymaker's HT-PLA Pro talks a big game, and Apple hinge rumors get the hype treatment.

  5. 21 Jul

    Prusa Research - The Open-Source Idealist at a Crossroads

    Alex and Jordan profile Prusa Research: from RepRap roots and the beloved i3 MK2 to enclosed CoreXY machines, the INDX toolchanger, and a licensing pivot that has the maker community arguing. Can the company that built its brand on openness survive a commoditized market by becoming more closed?

  6. 17 Jul

    The Shakeout Week — BigRep Sold, Würth Closes, and Desktop Metal Hits the Wall

    Three companies exit additive manufacturing in a single week, and Alex and Jordan dig into what the shakeout actually means for anyone who prints. Plus: the Navy's at-sea printing exercise, BMW's refreshingly boring scaling blueprint, Prusa's INDX toolchanger, a free Blender tool for resin supports, and whether 'vibe coding' your CAD is a real thing or just a vibe.

  7. 14 Jul

    Bambu Lab - The Walled Garden That Ate Desktop 3D Printing

    We profile Bambu Lab, the company that turned 'it just works' into a market-leading strategy for desktop 3D printing. From the X1 Carbon to an integrated ecosystem, a Stratasys lawsuit, and an open-source backlash, we sort what's confirmed from what's hype - including a valuation rumor that does not survive contact with reality.

  8. 10 Jul

    Bioprinting Goes to Orbit — and the 20-Second Miracle

    Auxilium says it bioprinted kidney and liver tissue on the ISS — we dig into what that actually proves. Plus Venus Aerospace's $91M detonation-engine round, Framatome's nuclear WAAM center, DAIHEN and EOS on the materials front, a clever single-AMS color trick, and a University of Utah claim that objects can print in a single 20-second laser shot.

    Bioprinting Goes to Orbit — and the 20-Second Miracle
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The practical additive manufacturing news brief. What matters, what's hype, and what it means for builders.

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    Layer Lines Weekly
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    2026
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