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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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  1. −19 h

    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.

  2. −4 d

    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

  3. 7 juli

    Formlabs - The Accessible Industrialist

    We profile Formlabs, the MIT-born SLA and SLS company that turned a Kickstarter desktop resin printer into a dual-technology manufacturing ecosystem. From the Form 1 to the $84,999 Fuse X1, we dig into its material moat, its move onto the factory floor, and the IPO question hanging over its next chapter.

    Formlabs - The Accessible Industrialist

  4. 3 juli

    Rocket Lab Buys Iridium — and Did 3D Printing Really Do It?

    An $8 billion space mega-deal gets sold as a win for 3D printing — but was it? Plus Velo3D's giant new metal factory, a defense-and-maritime AM surge, recycled scrap becoming LPBF powder, Bambu's 'safer' filament, and the week's most gloriously silly headline: a 3D-printed steak coming to your backyard grill.

  5. 1 juli

    Stratasys: The FDM Founder Trying to Become an Industrial Company

    We profile Stratasys, the 35-year-old company that invented FDM and now sits in the middle of a high-stakes pivot from prototyping to serial production. From Scott Crump's original patent to a multi-technology portfolio, CEO Yoav Zeif's industrial bet, the $42.5M Markforged deal, and a balance sheet under pressure — here's what the original incumbent actually is in 2026.

  6. 26 juni

    ORNL Folds Composites Flat, and a Sub Gets Its Parts in Four Weeks

    Oak Ridge prints composites onto fabric and folds them into shape — claiming a 90% cost cut. Plus sand binder jetting for small foundries, Dow's tougher PLA, metal repair quadrupling bridge life, QinetiQ rescuing a Royal Navy sub, and a consumer 'metal laser printer' that sets off every alarm we own.

  7. 20 juni

    Divergent's 64-Machine Bet and the Defense AM Land Grab

    Divergent unveils a twelve-laser metal printer and a defense super-factory, Beehive drops $50M on EOS machines, and the C-17 microvanes go fleet-wide. Plus Bambu's 'safe' filament, an open-source revolt against the cloud, and Nano Dimension quietly walking out of the room.

  8. 12 juni

    TDK Buys ECAM, the Air Force Prints 222 Planes' Worth of Vanes

    TDK drops up to $400M on electrochemical metal printing for AI data centers, the US Air Force commits to fleet-wide 3D printed microvanes, and a tower-crane concrete printer makes some very tall promises. Plus a yeast-based building material, a high-temp aluminum, and the return of Thingiverse.

  9. 5 juni

    States Try to Code Guns Out of Your Printer

    New York's mandatory gun-blocking software for 3D printers raises huge feasibility and free-speech questions, with California close behind. Plus Bambu's $469 large-format A2L, Sandvik exits metal AM, Creality's billion-dollar IPO, Prusa's open-source ColorMix, and a Pentagon volcanic-fiber boat fantasy.

  10. 29 maj

    Stratasys Buys Markforged for a Song, and a $185K Metal Printer

    Alex and Jordan dig into the biggest AM deal of the year—Stratasys snapping up Markforged for just $42.5 million, minus the metal binder jet line. They also unpack a new dual-laser metal printer priced suspiciously low, Norsk Titanium's first real production contract with Northrop Grumman, and whether an AI that fixes prints mid-job is ready for your garage.

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