AMPulse Editorial
Ongoing analysis of additive manufacturing, plus the weekly and Asia digests.
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Market InsightsOCT 216 min read
Lincsolution's ₩49.7B Daejeon foundry puts about 70% into land and building, so 2027 utilization, not printer cost, decides the 3D printing bet.
Market InsightsJUN 197 min read
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 InsightsJUL 247 min read
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 InsightsAPR 36 min read
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
TE Connectivity printed a catheter jacket it says performs no better than the extruded one. The layer-wise shaft wall, not the cost case, is the real asset.
Market InsightsJAN 125 min read
While Western AM consolidates through private equity, Asian giants Shining 3D, Eplus3D, and Xtool initiate a simultaneous public market exodus. This capital divergence signals a shift from technological catch-up to aggressive industrial expansion.
Market InsightsAUG 316 min read
SPEE3D made 32 metal parts at RIMPAC 2026, but only eight at sea and 29 needed heat treatment and machining. The capability is the network, not the deck printer.
Market InsightsAUG 56 min read
Protolabs says drone-customer revenue compounds near 40% a year, but its 3D printing line keeps shrinking while CNC machining absorbs the demand.
Market InsightsAUG 56 min read
Chinese metal AM standards took effect August 1, and BLT co-drafted one of them. The competition is moving from machine specs to acceptance criteria.
Market InsightsJAN 161 min read
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 InsightsJUL 186 min read
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 InsightsJAN 235 min read
A synchronized shift by Hadrian and Sheffield Forgemasters signals the end of the standalone 'AM Shop.' Additive is being absorbed into the CNC workflow as a lead-time accelerator.
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