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Long-form analysis of additive manufacturing markets, plus the weekly and Asia digests that track what moved.

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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.

Weekly DigestAPR 61 min read

AM Weekly · Week 15: Defense agencies expanded qualification and procurement of additive manufacturing

This week across additive manufacturing: Defense agencies expanded qualification and procurement of additive manufacturing; Desktop FDM ecosystems integrated ma

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 InsightsJAN 125 min read

The 'Eastern IPO Super-Cycle': A Capital Divergence in Global Additive Manufacturing

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 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.

Weekly DigestAPR 261 min read

AM Weekly · Week 17: Expansion of defense and naval contracts in qualified metal production

The hardware market is polarizing, with entry-level polymer systems growing at nearly 50% year-over-year while the industrial segment rebounds at just 12%.

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.

Asia DigestAUG 141 min read

AMPulse Asia · Fortnight 17: AM Solutions earns Korean Register's first laser wire-DED process certificate for marine repair

AM Solutions securing the first Korean Register process certificate for laser wire-DED repair establishes a regulatory qualification milestone that may lower the barrier for DED adoption in maritime and defense MRO.

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