Expansion News
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Additive manufacturing company growth: hiring, new facilities, capacity expansion, and international market moves.
TORSUS Opens Second Slovak Plant, Expands Footprint
TORSUS, the Czech heavy-duty off-road vehicle manufacturer, opened a second manufacturing facility in Ilava, Slovakia, on July 23, 2026. The new site adds 100 jobs, bringing the company's Slovak produ...
Deep Blue Aerospace installs 12 large-format metal 3D printers for rocket engine production
Deep Blue Aerospace (Shenlan Hangtian), a Chinese commercial launch startup, has deployed 12 large-format metal additive manufacturing systems at its Tai'an facility for producing liquid reusable rock...
TTT Group launches HIP business unit in Basque Country with Hiperbaric system
Spanish heat treatment specialist TTT Group is establishing TTT HIP, a new business unit for hot isostatic pressing in the Basque Country, with operations slated to begin in 2027. The unit will deploy...
AML3D carries A$16.8M orders into FY2027 as US Navy demand drives expansion
AML3D is carrying A$16.8 million of orders into its 2027 financial year after the order book peaked at A$29 million in FY2026, built from A$20 million in new orders on A$9 million held at year start....
Bambu Lab becomes first consumer 3D printer brand carried in China's Apple authorized retail stores, now in 60+ locations
Since early July 2026, Bambu Lab 3D printers have rolled out to more than 60 Apple authorized retail stores across China, making it the first consumer-grade 3D printing brand to enter that channel. Th...
Massivit opens first European service center in Barcelona to accelerate RapidWings aerospace and defense tooling business
Massivit has opened its first European service center in Barcelona, Spain, dedicated to its RapidWings platform for aerospace and defense composite manufacturing. The facility will produce molds, mast...
Chromatic 3D Materials opens rocket propellant test-fire facility at Camp Ripley
Chromatic 3D Materials has established an integrated rocket propellant test-firing capability at Camp Ripley, a 53,000-acre Minnesota National Guard training facility, under a five-year lease effectiv...
Xihe Additive's Jiangxi phase-2 plant starts production this month, targets 50 metal 3D printers/month by Q3 2026
Xihe Additive Technology (Jiangxi) Co., Ltd. is finishing equipment installation and debugging at its phase-2 plant and expects to begin production by the end of July 2026. The company projects the fa...
Protolabs expands Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing and CNC capacity for drone makers as segment revenue grows over 90% since 2023
Protolabs is expanding its additive manufacturing and CNC machining capacity to serve drone manufacturers, citing revenue from drone customers up more than 90% since 2023 with a compound annual growth...
3iD installs AM-Flow's AM-Feed, AM-Vision and AM-Sort line to automate post-processing at its Belgian AM service bureau
Belgian AM service provider 3iD has installed an automated post-processing line supplied by AM-Flow, combining three modules: AM-Feed, AM-Vision, and AM-Sort. AM-Vision identifies each printed part by...
Beehive Industries orders 30 EOS M4 ONYX metal 3D printers to scale Frenzy 8 drone turbine engine production
Beehive Industries has ordered 30 EOS M4 ONYX metal LPBF printers, six-laser systems that will arrive at the company's Colorado and Tennessee facilities over the next twelve months. Once installed, th...
Norck expands polymer and metal 3D printing services spanning FDM, MJF, Carbon DLS, and DMLS
Norck, a global precision manufacturing and engineering company, has expanded its advanced 3D printing services for prototypes, small-series runs, and production applications. Through a coordinated pl...
Xihe Additive's phase-2 Jiangxi plant to begin production this month, targeting output by Q3
Xihe Additive is starting production at its phase-2 facility in Jiangxi province this month, with the company targeting commercial output by the third quarter of 2026. The new line adds to Xihe's exis...
Farsoon hosts Southeast Asia footwear AM forum in Jakarta, pitches FS450M-based automated shoe-mold line to Indonesian manufacturers
Farsoon held a footwear additive manufacturing forum in Jakarta on July 23, themed around automating mass production, drawing Indonesian and Southeast Asian shoe-mold supply chain companies. Deputy ge...
Instalimb joins Tokyo's fourth SusHi Tech Global cohort to fund overseas franchise growth for AI/3D-printed prosthetics
Instalimb, a Tokyo-founded deep-tech startup building AI and 3D-printed prosthetic and orthotic devices, has been selected for the fourth cohort of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's SusHi Tech Globa...
Creality opens first Fujian authorized experience store in Xiamen's Jimei IOI MALL, pricing desktop printers RMB2,800-10,000
Creality, described as a leading global consumer 3D printing brand, has opened its first Fujian authorized experience store at IOI MALL in Xiamen's Jimei district. The store sells three desktop FDM ma...
Beehive Industries announces $70 million Ohio expansion of metal 3D printing capacity with JobsOhio and REDI Cincinnati backing
Beehive Industries, a metal additive manufacturer serving aerospace propulsion customers, announced a $70 million expansion of its Ohio production footprint in July 2026. The company is partnering wit...
Eaton opens European Aerospace Additive Manufacturing Center to scale 3D printed aerospace component production
Eaton has opened a European Aerospace Additive Manufacturing Center dedicated to producing 3D printed components for aerospace applications. The company frames the facility as a way to scale additive...
Luxshare Precision's Hong Kong IPO filings disclose four-laser SLM production line and five active titanium/aluminum AM programs
Luxshare Precision's Hong Kong Stock Exchange prospectus and 2025 annual report, filed ahead of its July 2026 H-share listing, rank selective laser melting first among three innovative processes highl...
Anaisuo 3D Printing signs 760 million yuan deal for AM equipment and composite material base in Huainan, Anhui
Anaisuo 3D Printing Technology signed an agreement on July 17 with the Huainan Economic and Technological Development Zone in Anhui province to build a production base for additive manufacturing equip...