AMPulse Editorial
Ongoing analysis of additive manufacturing, plus the weekly and Asia digests.
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Weekly DigestJUN 141 min read
The capital market's validation of specialty AM hardware is a clear signal of aggregation, with Nano Dimension's $250M acquisition of Essentium and Fabric8Labs' $70M.
Market InsightsAUG 126 min read
Continuous Composites asserts ten patents against Fibre Seek's $2,699 desktop printer. The binding constraint on cheap continuous fiber is now a licence, not cost.
Market InsightsFEB 131 min read
Apple’s full transition to 3D-printed titanium for the Watch Series 11 confirms Multi-Laser PBF, not Binder Jetting, as the winner for consumer electronics scale.
Market InsightsAUG 246 min read
PyroGenesis signed two coarse-cut titanium powder contracts in five days, both into DED and EBM rather than LPBF. The economics favor the fraction lasers skip.
Asia DigestMAY 317 min read
Creality (HKEX: 3388) raises about HK$1.27 billion in a 3,829x oversubscribed Hong Kong IPO; HeyGears lands a $44M Series C; Shenzhen Gongda Laser closes a Series C for green-laser metal AM; and Korean defense AM advances toward serial production.
Market InsightsSEP 157 min read
Alloyed's Argive has a 300N turbojet in UK serial production and a 1,100N design flight-ready in seven months. The alloy it owns, not printers, set that clock.
Market InsightsJAN 105 min read
While defense primes consolidate, a counter-insurgency of sub-$40k metal systems from Mastrex and CADmore is enabling decentralized industrial production, squeezing the traditional service bureau model.
Market InsightsJAN 201 min read
A breakthrough in support-free closed vessels by Innospace, combined with Falcontech's 1.3-meter expansion, signals the end of the 'welded assembly' era in aerospace.
Market InsightsAPR 235 min read
Bambu Lab ends X1 series production after four years, launching the $649 dual-nozzle X2D.
Market InsightsJAN 155 min read
A cluster of clinical milestones on January 15 signals the transition of Medical AM from structural titanium replacements to resorbable, regenerative scaffolds. The era of 'permanent hardware' is ending.
Asia DigestAPR 301 min read
Asian AM’s capital escalation went structural this fortnight. Farsoon Technologies’ 3.91 billion yuan private placement is the largest equipment-side raise.
Market InsightsSEP 126 min read
Impossible Objects raised $40 million on five disclosed CBAM 25 orders. The underwriting is an Army drone-body line at Rock Island Arsenal, not printer demand.
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