Expansion News
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Additive manufacturing company growth: hiring, new facilities, capacity expansion, and international market moves.
Bambu Lab acquires land for 1.41 billion yuan to build 3-million-unit 3D printing base
Bambu Lab, the Shenzhen-based consumer 3D printing company, has acquired an industrial land parcel in Shenzhen's Guangming district for 1.412 billion yuan (approximately $195 million). The 83,600-squa...
众山新材 starts construction on industrial-scale AM platform in Guangzhou Zengcheng
Guangzhou Zhongsan New Materials Co., Ltd. (众山新材料) broke ground on its Zhongshan Additive Manufacturing Base in the Zengcheng Economic Development Zone on June 29, 2026. The facility is designed as a...
Arridex opens West Africa's first multi-technology 3D-printing plant in Lagos
Arridex has commissioned its Omnifactory in Lagos, West Africa's first industrial multi-technology additive manufacturing facility, in a ceremony attended by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on...
Massivit launches RapidWings network with Cast-In-Motion tech to cut defense composite tooling lead times from months to days
Massivit, headquartered in Israel, has launched RapidWings, a global network of on-demand sovereign production facilities aimed at eliminating composite manufacturing bottlenecks in defense. The netwo...
Brule Inc. opens Bambu Lab certified store in Tokyo's Minowa district on July 13, 2026
Brule Inc., a Japan-based 3D printer sales and support specialist, will open an official Bambu Lab certified store in Tokyo's Minowa district on July 13, 2026. Located one minute from Minowa Station o...
BLT's 1 billion yuan powder material project tops out three factory buildings in Xi'an
Xi'an Bright Laser Technologies (BLT) has achieved the structural topping-out of three factory buildings (Buildings 2, 3, and 11) at its additive manufacturing powder material production base in Fengx...
AML3D completes ARCEMY-X system deployment at Newport News Shipbuilding for US Navy submarine production
AML3D has completed commissioning of two custom ARCEMY-X large-format metal additive manufacturing systems at Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of HII that builds nuclear-powered aircraft carriers...
Zhejiang Honglai AM Technology breaks ground on ¥115 million MIM metal additive manufacturing facility in Longyou
Zhejiang Honglai AM Technology Co., Ltd. (浙江宏莱增材科技有限公司) has broken ground on a ¥115 million production facility in Longyou County, Zhejiang Province, China. The 20-mu (approx. 1.33-hectare) site will...
Freemelt receives additional eMELT machine order from Jiuli for Q3 2026 delivery
Freemelt has received a new order for its industrial eMELT electron-beam powder bed fusion (E-PBF) machine from its strategic partner Jiuli, with delivery scheduled for the third quarter of 2026. The...
VulcanForms opens 1 million sq ft metal AM factory in Massachusetts, adding 1,063 jobs
VulcanForms, the MIT spinout specializing in high-power laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), has opened a new 1 million square foot production facility in Devens, Massachusetts. The factory, supported by M...
Overseas-returned PhD builds metal 3D printing business in Huzhou, producing parts up to 4.5 meters in diameter
Rongsu Technology (Huzhou) Co., Ltd., founded by Xu Fangda, a mechanical engineering PhD from the University of Bath, has developed a metal additive manufacturing system capable of producing parts up...
Teledyne invests $20M in Edmonton MEMS sensor fab expansion
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated is investing $20 million to expand its Edmonton, Alberta micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) manufacturing facility. The project, supported by a $620,000 grant fr...
Teledyne MEMS expands Edmonton AM plant with Alberta government grant
Teledyne MEMS, a division of Teledyne Technologies, is expanding its additive manufacturing facility in Edmonton, Alberta, supported by a grant from the provincial government. The company, which speci...
XTPL enters Japanese semiconductor market with ultra-precision dispensing module for advanced packaging
Polish OEM XTPL has secured its first Japanese customer for its ultra-precision dispensing (UPD) module, marking the company's entry into the semiconductor advanced packaging market. The unnamed buyer...
UK Submarine Delivery Group deploys on-site additive manufacturing workshops at HMNB Clyde to cut maintenance timelines
The Submarine Delivery Group (SDG), part of the UK Defence Nuclear Enterprise, has deployed shipping-container-based additive manufacturing workshops at HM Naval Base Clyde, bringing metal printing an...
Beehive Industries orders 30 EOS M4 ONYX printers in $50M fleet expansion deal
Beehive Industries, a US-based propulsion manufacturer, has signed a $50 million agreement to purchase 30 EOS M4 ONYX metal 3D printers, bringing its total EOS fleet to 50 systems. The machines will b...
WASP unveils outdoor 3D printing research hub 'Shamballa' for sustainable living, set to open spring 2026
Italian construction 3D printing manufacturer WASP has announced the progress of its 'Shamballa' open-air research project, a sustainable living demonstration site in the hills of northern Italy. The...
Boston Dynamics plans $100M robotics and AI manufacturing center in Massachusetts
Boston Dynamics announced plans to invest $100 million in a new 323,000-square-foot robotics and AI manufacturing center in Waltham, Massachusetts, supported by a $25 million state incentive from the...
Hisense subsidiary Haipulin opens high-power laser manufacturing base in Tianjin port, targeting AM and industrial laser markets
Hisense Group subsidiary Haipulin officially launched its high-power laser intelligent manufacturing base in the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone on June 24, 2026. The facility marks Hisense's first indus...
Exentis sells precious metal 3D printing system to US connector manufacturer for aerospace and telecom
Exentis Group AG has sold another production-scale additive manufacturing system to a new US customer, a manufacturer of connectors and high-frequency components for aerospace and telecommunications....