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Market InsightsAUG 55 min read

GKN's GTF Repair Award Puts Additive Deposition on a Maintenance Plan, Not a Demo Bench

GKN Aerospace's five-to-10-year Pratt & Whitney GTF repair award moves additive DED repair from qualification demo into contracted aftermarket capacity.

Market InsightsJUN 167 min read

SSAB's Armox 500 AM Powder: World's First Armor-Grade Steel for AM

SSAB launched Armox 500 AM Powder, the world's first armor-grade LPBF steel powder, matching 40 years of ballistic heritage with geometry-driven designs.

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.

Market InsightsSEP 36 min read

SUNLU's ChiNext Review Shows Why Consumer 3D Printing Profits Sit in the Storefront

SUNLU's ChiNext review exposes where consumer 3D printing profits sit: filament margins are built on Amazon storefront control, not polymer alone.

Market InsightsJAN 161 min read

The 'Billion-Dollar Mandate': Nikon, AMETEK, and the Rise of the Industrial Sovereign

While startups struggle, industrial giants Nikon and AMETEK are actively integrating AM into billion-dollar ecosystems. This marks the end of the 'Pure-Play' era and the rise of the 'Industrial Sovereign'.

Market InsightsAPR 36 min read

The $87 Million Milestone: ICON Brings Fleet-Scale 3D Printing to Fort Bliss

Ten robotic printers, 560 soldiers, six months. The largest DoD additive construction project marks the moment 3D-printed military infrastructure graduated from pilot to fleet-scale standard operating procedure.

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 InsightsAUG 56 min read

Keiron's €20.7M Buys an Advanced-Packaging Beachhead, Not a €600 Billion Market

Keiron's €20.7M Series A for LiFT solder paste printing is real, but the €600 billion framing is borrowed. The defensible beachhead is advanced packaging.

Market InsightsAUG 216 min read

Formlabs Finished Building a Public-Company Board Before Confirming an IPO

Formlabs rebuilt its board days after a reported US IPO exploration. The governance moves date the listing process more precisely than the Bloomberg report does.

Market InsightsFEB 171 min read

The Unitized Airframe: Hypersonics and the Shift to 'Attritable' Manufacturing

Hypersonix sets a launch window for its 3D-printed DART AE, signaling a strategic pivot in defense: the move from printing components to printing entire expendable vehicle systems.

Market InsightsJUN 197 min read

Divergent's Monolith One: 12 Lasers, 70 Machines, and the Defense AM Production Threshold

Divergent's 12-laser Monolith One and 70-unit factory signal defense AM's production threshold, but the 8x throughput claim awaits independent validation at volume.

Market InsightsAUG 274 min read

3D Systems’ SRNL CRADA Builds a Nuclear Qualification Stack, Not an Order

3D Systems and SRNL are building nuclear AM qualification around installed hardware, but no named component, production customer or order has emerged.

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