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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.

Weekly DigestAUG 21 min read

AM Weekly · Week 31: Defense-driven AM production orders and facility expansions accelerate across US, Saudi Arabia, and Korea

Defense-driven procurement is shifting from exploratory pilots to foundational supply-chain reliance as multi-unit orders and facility expansions take root across.

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.

Asia DigestJUL 311 min read

AMPulse Asia · Fortnight 16: AM Solutions wins Korea's first LW-DED repair certification, opening regulatory pathway for ship and defense MRO

Korea's first LW-DED repair certification under IACS Rec. 186 and a two-week delivery of vehicle parts to Japan's ATLA together suggest that allied defense.

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.

Asia DigestJUL 171 min read

AMPulse Asia · Fortnight 15: Polymer (Jufu Technology) invests 100 million yuan to add 30,000 tons of 3D printing materials capacity, the largest single polymer filament capacity expansion disclosed in 2026

Jufu Technology’s 100 million yuan commitment to add 30,000 tons of polymer filament capacity represents a capital intensity play that may compress pricing.

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.

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