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AI company growth news including hiring, new office openings, market expansion, and international growth initiatives.
Youyan Zengcai invests 200 million yuan in Binzhou for 4,580-ton annual metal powder capacity
Youyan Zengcai (有研增材), a Chinese metal powder producer, is investing 200 million yuan (approximately $28 million) to build a metal powder production base in Binzhou, Shandong province, with an annual...
K3D expands MetalFab fleet to six systems, surpasses one million metal AM parts produced
Dutch additive manufacturing service bureau K3D has added two Additive Industries MetalFab 300 Flex systems, bringing its total MetalFab fleet to six units across two production sites. The expansion f...
Neighborhood 91 breaks ground on 108,000-square-foot building at Pittsburgh airport advanced manufacturing campus
Neighborhood 91 (N91), the advanced manufacturing campus at Pittsburgh International Airport, has broken ground on a new 108,000-square-foot building as part of a planned 195-acre buildout. The $16 mi...
Prusa Research launches Creator Support Program for Japan-based makers
Prusa Research has introduced the Prusa Creator Support Program, a funding initiative exclusively for Japan-based projects. The program provides selected applicants—including startups, individual crea...
Grenzebach spins out Additive Manufacturing arm as standalone company after 20% growth
Grenzebach Group, the Germany-based industrial systems manufacturer, is restructuring to spin out its Additive Manufacturing and Friction Stir Welding divisions into independently incorporated compani...
Signify opens world's largest 3D-printed lighting factory in Piła, Poland with 100 printers, scaling to 300 by year-end
Signify has opened what it claims is the world's largest factory dedicated to 3D-printed lighting solutions in Piła, Poland. The facility currently operates 100 3D printers, with plans to scale to ove...
Tuobao Zengcai opens Zhejiang base in Hangzhou, claims 500+ hours continuous stable LPBF printing
Tuobao Zengcai (拓宝增材) officially opened its Zhejiang manufacturing base on May 20, 2026, in Hangzhou Qingshan Lake Science and Technology City. The facility will serve as the company's regional hub fo...
Bambu Lab enters 64 Sam's Club stores across China for retail distribution
Bambu Lab (拓竹科技) has placed its A1 desktop 3D printer into 64 Sam's Club locations across China, with in-store displays occupying roughly one square meter each. The rollout began in mid-May 2025, with...
LEAP Space plans 460 jobs in Colorado for 3D-printed rocket engines, secures $8M tax credits
LEAP Space, currently headquartered in Lafayette, Colorado, has announced plans to expand its operations in the Boulder region, targeting the production of 3D-printed small rocket engines. The company...
LIG D&A and LIG Precision Technology establish Metal AM Center for mass production of metal 3D printed defense parts
LIG D&A, a South Korean defense and aerospace systems company, and its subsidiary LIG Precision Technology have launched a Metal Additive Manufacturing Center dedicated to mass production of metal 3D...
Liebherr-Aerospace adds Renishaw RenAM 500Q at Campsas for nickel/aluminum AM production
Liebherr-Aerospace has installed a Renishaw RenAM 500Q metal Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB) system at its Campsas, France facility, expanding its production capacity for aerospace air managemen...
ROE Dental Laboratory triples digital denture capacity with additional NextDent 300 systems from 3D Systems
ROE Dental Laboratory, a US-based dental lab, has purchased additional NextDent 300 3D printers from 3D Systems to triple its production capacity for printed full dentures. The systems use a multi-mat...
铂力特 breaks ground on 1-billion-yuan AM powder production line in Fengxi New City
铂力特 (BLT) has broken ground on a new metal powder production facility in Fengxi New City, Shaanxi Province, with a total investment of 1 billion yuan (approximately $138 million). The facility is desi...
Cave Holdings expands polymer AM production with Roboze ARGO systems
Cave Holdings USA has expanded its additive manufacturing capacity with multiple Roboze industrial polymer systems, moving beyond prototyping into production-grade part manufacturing. The company now...
Prototal Group opens Dornbirn DACH location for industrial 3D printing and injection molding series production
Prototal Group, the Swedish industrial 3D printing and injection molding service provider headquartered in Jönköping, has opened a new subsidiary, Prototal GmbH, in Dornbirn, Austria, at the site of i...
Oriental Space signs rocket super factory in Jinan, completing Shandong's commercial launch manufacturing chain
Oriental Space (东方空间), the Chinese commercial launch startup behind the Gravity-1 solid rocket, has signed an agreement with the Jinan High-Tech Industrial Development Zone to build a rocket super fac...
K3D adds two MetalFab systems from Additive Industries, expanding metal AM capacity to six systems across two sites
Dutch service bureau K3D has installed two additional Additive Industries MetalFab systems, bringing its total fleet to six machines across two production facilities in the eastern Netherlands and the...
YOKOITO installs two UnionTech SLA printers to offer large-format transparent AM services in Japan
Kyoto-based YOKOITO has installed two UnionTech SLA 3D printers — the ultra-large RsPro 1800 and the medium-format LITE 600 2.0 — to expand its contract manufacturing capabilities. The RsPro 1800 offe...
Cave Holdings installs ROBOZE ARGO 1000 HYPERMELT 3D printer to expand fleet
Cave Holdings USA, an advanced manufacturing service provider, has installed a ROBOZE ARGO 1000 HYPERMELT system, adding to a fleet that already includes one upgraded ARGO 500 HYPERSPEED and six ARGO...
LIG Precision Technology invests $6M in Daejeon Metal AM Center for defense parts production
LIG Precision Technology, a South Korean defense technology specialist, has opened a dedicated Metal AM Center in Daejeon's Yuseong District, investing approximately 78 billion KRW (about $6 million U...