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Market InsightsMAY 197 min read

i3D Manufacturing Acquires Burloak: 60+ Metal AM Fleet Tests Service Bureau Scale Economics

i3D Manufacturing acquires Burloak Technologies, combining 60+ metal AM systems into one of North America's largest service fleets.

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 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 126 min read

Industrialization of Large-Format Metal AM Accelerates: Lincoln Electric-ORNL, DEEP Manufacturing, and Auburn's Simultaneous Advances

A convergence of high-deposition technology and maritime certification signals the industrial maturity of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing. As Lincoln Electric scales to 100 lbs/hour and DEEP Manufacturing secures DNV approval, AM begins its assault on the global casting supply chain.

Market InsightsAPR 77 min read

The $14.5M Push: U.S. Defense Re-Engineers AM Qualification from Scratch

A coordinated $14.5M federal push-Delta Qual 2.0 and GOTHAAM-signals the end of machine-specific certification, moving U.S. defense AM toward standardized material allowables and machine-to-machine equivalency.

Market InsightsSEP 216 min read

Stratasys Priced the Desktop Patent War at $27.6M. The Case That Matters Is Unscheduled.

Stratasys won $27.6M from Bambu Lab on four patents, but no injunction and no forward royalty. The unscheduled spool data-tag case now carries the leverage.

Market InsightsJUN 136 min read

TDK's $400M Fabric8Labs Acquisition: How Electrochemical AM Becomes an AI Infrastructure Bet

TDK's $400M acquisition of Fabric8Labs is the largest AM startup exit by a non-AM industrial buyer - a bet on electrochemical copper printing for AI data center.

Market InsightsJAN 171 min read

The Optical Pivot: Beam Shaping and the End of the Gaussian Standard

A breakthrough from Han's Juwei signals the industry's move from simple laser scaling to advanced beam shaping. As Nikon and Seurat align, the 'Photonics War' replaces the 'Laser War.'

Market InsightsAPR 125 min read

Creality's $453M IPO Filing Reveals Consumer 3D Printing's Performance Pivot

Creality's Hong Kong IPO filing exposes a consumer 3D printing market where hardware volume no longer guarantees leadership, as Bambu Lab's 3,000% growth forced a strategic reinvention toward ecosystem and software.

Market InsightsAUG 55 min read

Xometry's $229M Quarter Confirms Marketplaces Beat Factory Peers

Xometry's $229.3M Q2 at 41% growth confirms multi-process AI marketplaces are outgrowing owned-capacity peers; AM rides as one process among many.

Market InsightsJAN 208 min read

Expeditionary Manufacturing Scales to Acquisition: Phillips Federal, ForgeX, and the Decentralization of Defense Supply Chains

Three defense contracts push expeditionary additive manufacturing from pilot to acquisition: Phillips Federal's Army IDIQ, ForgeX, and Navy ML certification.

Asia DigestSEP 41 min read

AMPulse Asia · Fortnight 18: China FAW opens 43-printer AM innovation center, claims 19,000-part yearly capacity

China FAW's 43-printer innovation center, with a claimed 19,000-part annual capacity and RMB 30.59 million in disclosed savings on Hongqi interior trim, suggests.

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