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

  1. hace 2 días

    nTop: The Software Company That Thinks CAD Is the Bottleneck

    Alex and Jordan profile nTop, the New York software company betting that traditional CAD, not printers, is what's holding back advanced manufacturing. From its 2015 founding as nTopology through NVIDIA's backing and a push into GPU-native simulation, this is the story of a geometry engine trying to become a platform.

  2. hace 6 días

    The $2.3 Billion Signal — Defense Goes All-In on Additive

    Ursa Major rides a $2.3 billion SPAC into the public markets while the Navy and Army push printing onto submarines, ships, and flight lines — but is it a structural shift or a very well-timed news cycle? Plus PrusaSlicer 3.0's preview, a filament cabinet that dries without heat, and a mystery company claiming an 80-printer drone farm that nobody can seem to find.

  3. 25 ago

    HP 3D Printing - The Inkjet Giant's Ten-Year Manufacturing Bet

    Alex and Jordan profile HP's 3D printing business, from the 2016 Multi Jet Fusion launch with Nike and BMW watching, to a top-tier polymer AM position, a metal binder jetting push, and a decade-old question that still hasn't been answered: is HP's inkjet moat real? Plus the MJF 1200, Craftcloud, and what one reseller exit does and doesn't tell you.

  4. 21 ago

    A Texas Judge, a V8 Block, and Two Imaginary Dimensions

    A federal court strikes down the ATF's ghost gun rule and Alex and Jordan untangle what it actually changes for people who print. Plus: Creality's suspiciously cheap four-color announcement, Bosch and Nikon SLM print a V8 engine block, a two-year-old Indian startup test-fires a printed cryogenic rocket engine, and IBM claims to have invented '5D printing.'

  5. 18 ago

    Creality - The Volume King Trying to Become a Platform

    Alex and Jordan profile Creality, the Shenzhen company whose cheap, hackable Ender-3 put 3D printers on millions of desks. They trace the line from the 2014 CR-3 to high-speed K series machines, a nozzle-changing printer called KliTek, a filament recycler, an e-commerce platform, and the signals that Creality wants to go public.

  6. 14 ago

    The $1.4 Billion Question — Hadrian's Mega-Raise, Hyundai Goes All-In, and Bambu Teases a Laser

    A record-shattering funding round for Hadrian lands with a curious lack of confirmation, Hyundai and Kia open a dedicated additive manufacturing center after 30 years of quiet practice, and Prusa refreshes its whole lineup for free. Plus: a QIDI Plus5 review worth reading, Bambu Lab's mysterious R1 laser teaser, and a 13-year-old in Utah who spent his summer printing a wheelchair for a toddler.

  7. 11 ago

    UltiMaker - The Open Desktop Pioneer Trying to Grow Up Industrial

    Alex and Jordan profile UltiMaker, the company stitched together from two desktop 3D printing pioneers that's now betting on factories, defense, and an open materials ecosystem. From open-source roots and the MakerBot merger to the Factor line and the Bambu Lab squeeze, this is a look at whether a desktop legend can survive by going upmarket.

  8. 7 ago

    The Hospital Is the Factory Now — Walter Reed's FDA First

    Walter Reed becomes the first hospital cleared by the FDA to print its own titanium implants, and Alex and Jordan dig into what it actually takes to turn a medical center into a manufacturer. Plus: Renishaw goes after supports in metal printing, $9 million against the defense qualification wall, a carbon-fiber trick for your desktop prints, and a Florida 3D-printed house that has the New York Post rolling its eyes.

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