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Market InsightsAUG 56 min read

Walter Reed's Cranial Plate Clearance Moves the Quality System Inside the Hospital

The FDA cleared a titanium cranial implant made by a hospital, not a device company. The novelty is who holds the quality system, not the printer.

Market InsightsAUG 55 min read

T&R Biofab's FDA-Cleared Resorbable Cranial Implant Arrives Without a US Channel

T&R Biofab's TnR CI cranial implant cleared FDA 510(k) on 17,000 Korean cases, but with no US distributor signed this is market entry, not a new category.

Market InsightsAUG 56 min read

Link Solution Joins KRW 3.4B Korean Consortium to 3D-Print Heat Pump Cores

Link Solution joins a KRW 3.4 billion Korean R&D consortium with LG Electronics to validate metal 3D-printed heat pump core components for AI cooling.

Market InsightsJUL 317 min read

3DEO's $80M Flameout: What the Metal AM Service Bureau's Collapse Says About Real Economics

3DEO raised $80M and now sells its Intelligent Layering IP for $3.4M. The metal AM service bureau's collapse signals a structural shakeout in production economics.

Market InsightsJUL 275 min read

India Joins the 3D-Printed Rocket Race: Skyroot's Vikram-1 Reaches Orbit

Skyroot Aerospace reached orbit on July 18 with Vikram-1, powered by India's first fully 3D-printed engine.

Market InsightsJUL 247 min read

Beehive Industries' $70M Ohio Bet: How 3D-Printed Jet Engines Are Entering Full-Rate Production

Beehive Industries' $70M Ohio expansion and 50-printer EOS fleet target 8,000+ 3D-printed Frenzy jet engines per year - but flight qualification remains the open.

Market InsightsJUL 217 min read

Velo3D's Forge 1: A SPAC Survivor Opens One of North America's Largest Metal AM Production Campuses

Velo3D's Forge 1 campus opens as a 289,000 sq ft bet that defense demand for qualified metal AM production justifies a SPAC survivor's service-led pivot.

Market InsightsJUL 186 min read

SWISSto12's $70M Series C: How 3D-Printed RF Components Built a $140M Satellite Business

SWISSto12 closes $70M Series C on $140M revenue and $500M in contracted orders, validating additive manufacturing as a prime-contractor enabler for GEO satellites.

Market InsightsJUL 137 min read

Venus Aerospace's $91M Bet on a Rocket Engine That Only 3D Printing Can Build

Venus Aerospace's $91M Series B funds production of a 3D-printed rotating detonation rocket engine that cannot be built conventionally.

Market InsightsJUL 108 min read

Snapmaker's $140M Series C: Consumer 3D Printing's Capital Arms Race Reaches New Heights

Snapmaker's $140M Series C is the largest consumer AM round since 2025, but Bambu Lab's dominant market share means capital alone cannot close the ecosystem gap.

Market InsightsJUL 77 min read

Framatome's €25M Nuclear AM Centre: WAAM and LPBF Go Critical for Reactor Parts

Framatome's €25M nuclear AM centre in France produces reactor parts up to 25 tons via WAAM, cutting lead times 50% versus forging - but full regulatory acceptance.

Market InsightsJUL 46 min read

Nikon SLM and Bosch Print Complete V8 Engine Block as Single LPBF Part

Nikon SLM and Bosch printed a complete V8 engine block as a single LPBF part on the NXG XII 600.

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