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General news and updates from the additive manufacturing ecosystem, tracked daily by AMPulse from public sources.
Han's Laser highlights cyclical growth attributes including 3D printing business
Han's Laser (Shenzhen: 002008), a global leader in smart manufacturing equipment, is drawing analyst attention for its cyclical growth profile, which includes a rising 3D printing segment. In a May 23...
Creality 3D showcases 'micro smart factory' product matrix at 64th China Higher Education Expo
Creality 3D (Shenzhen, China) exhibited a product matrix themed around a 'micro smart factory' for teaching applications at the 64th China Higher Education Expo in Nanchang. The booth highlighted 3D p...
Farsoon Technologies reports 129 million yuan R&D investment, up 30.52% year-on-year, with 263 R&D staff representing 35.69% of total headcount
Farsoon Technologies (688433) disclosed in its 2025 annual report that the company invested 129 million yuan in R&D, a 30.52% year-on-year increase, representing 18.04% of total revenue. The company e...
Snapmaker hires Full Spectrum developer Ratdoux to lead multicolor 3D printing initiative
Snapmaker has hired Radu "Ratdoux," the developer behind the Full Spectrum color-mixing slicer project, to lead a new initiative focused on multicolor FFF printing. Ratdoux will work on integrating Fu...
PartsToGo hires Pärtel-Peeter Kruuv to lead aerospace AM qualification push
PartsToGo has appointed Pärtel-Peeter Kruuv as head of its aerospace business unit, tasking him with bridging the gap between additive prototyping and certified production of flight-ready parts. Kruuv...
BigRep America partners with SEMA Garage for large-format 3D printing bay and June 23 lunch-and-learn
BigRep America has partnered with the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) to install a dedicated large-format 3D printing bay at the SEMA Garage facility in Diamond Bar, California. The cent...
JLC3D and Bambu Lab 3D model libraries compete as platforms evolve from tooling to ecosystem play in smart manufacturing
JLC3D (嘉立创) and Bambu Lab (拓竹科技) are both advancing their 3D model libraries as the competitive axis in additive manufacturing shifts from hardware specifications to integrated design-to-manufacturing...
大族激光 sees PCB equipment surge on AI server demand, 3D printing unit poised for Apple foldable titanium parts
大族激光, the Shenzhen-headquartered laser equipment conglomerate, reported Q1 2026 revenue of RMB 5.14 billion, up 74.4% year-on-year, and net profit of RMB 354 million, up 116.6%. The growth is driven b...
3D Systems Q1 2026 revenue $95.5M, turns profitable with medical 3D printing leading
3D Systems reported Q1 2026 revenue of $95.5 million, up 1% year-over-year, with adjusted EBITDA turning positive at $2.1 million - a $25.9 million improvement from the $23.9 million loss in Q1 2025....
Sheyn builds decorative-objects business on desktop FDM, PLA, and minimalist design philosophy
Vienna-based design studio Sheyn has built a commercial operation around 3D-printed decorative objects, producing vases, bowls, planters, and lighting fixtures using desktop FDM/FFF printers and PLA f...
Swift Solar raises $27M Series A to scale perovskite tandem solar manufacturing
Swift Solar, a U.S.-based perovskite solar technology company spun out of MIT, Stanford, and NREL, has closed a $27 million Series A funding round, bringing its total raised to $44 million. The round...
Open Bionics fits first 3D printed full-length bionic arm using Hero FLEX system
Open Bionics has fitted the world's first full-length, 3D printed bionic arm for above-elbow amputees. Praveen Gowtham, a 43-year-old physicist from New York, received the Hero FLEX system at the comp...
Rocket Lab completes 1,000th 3D printed Rutherford engine, marking serial production milestone for AM in aerospace propulsion
Rocket Lab has completed production of its 1,000th Rutherford engine at its Long Beach, California facility, making the electric pump-fed, additively manufactured rocket engine one of the most produce...
Prototech to showcase 3D-printed robot grippers at STK 2026 Robotech Show in Seoul
Prototech, a South Korean additive manufacturing total solutions provider, announced on May 20 that it will exhibit 3D-printed robot grippers and cable guides at the 15th Smart Tech Korea 2026 Robotec...
Farsoon Technologies top 10 customers surpass 100 SLS machine installations for prototyping and low-volume production
Farsoon Technologies announced that its top 10 customers in China's rapid prototyping service industry have collectively installed over 100 of its polymer SLS machines. These installations, concentrat...
Nelson Industrial gets $4M Ontario grant for automated paint line in Pickering reshoring push
Nelson Industrial Inc., a Pickering, Ontario-based contract manufacturer, has received C$4 million from the Ontario Together Trade Fund (OTTF) to install a state-of-the-art automated paint line at its...
Carfulan Group secures nearly £1 million in orders at MACH 2026 exhibition
Carfulan Group, a UK distributor of advanced manufacturing equipment, reported nearly £1 million in new orders during the five-day MACH 2026 exhibition. Deals were signed across multiple brands includ...
Velo3D Q1 2026 Revenue Hits $13.8M, Up 48% YoY on Defense and Aerospace Production Shift
Velo3D reported first-quarter 2026 revenue of $13.8 million, a 48% year-over-year increase and 46% sequential growth, driven by higher system sales, improved pricing, and expansion of its Rapid Produc...
Otto Aerospace Phantom 3500 business jet clears preliminary design review, enters detailed design
Otto Aerospace announced that its Phantom 3500 clean-sheet composite business jet has successfully passed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR), clearing the program to advance into detailed design, eng...
ActivArmor CEO Diana Hall details 3D-3D-printed waterproof orthoses as plaster cast alternative
ActivArmor, a Colorado-based medical device company, has served several thousand patients over the past eleven years with 3D-printed, patient-specific orthoses that replace traditional plaster and fib...