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

  1. -22 ч

    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.'

  2. -3 дн.

    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.

  3. 14 авг.

    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.

  4. 11 авг.

    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.

  5. 7 авг.

    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.

  6. 4 авг.

    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.

  7. 31 июл.

    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.

  8. 28 июл.

    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.

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