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General news and updates from the additive manufacturing ecosystem, tracked daily by AMPulse from public sources.
Minitab joins MTC to embed statistical analytics into UK metal AM industrialization programs
Minitab, the Pennsylvania-based statistical software company with over 50 years in process improvement, has signed a membership agreement with the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry, UK...
Renishaw to showcase AM, encoders, and metrology at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2026 in Detroit
Renishaw Inc. will exhibit its additive manufacturing systems, encoder technologies, and industrial metrology solutions at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2026, taking place May 11–14 at Huntington Place in Detroit,...
SUMMSEED project launches to develop medium manganese steels for mining via casting and laser-wire DED
SUMMSEED, a new European research project funded by the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, has launched to develop medium manganese (medium-Mn) steels tailored for mining and heavy industry, combining...
Sunstella launches 'Model Kit Modeling Contest' for 3D-printed works, plans Maker Faire Tokyo 2026 exhibition
Sunstella Co., Ltd., a Japanese distributor of 3D printers and related products, has announced the 'Sunstella Model Kit Modeling Contest,' a competition for 3D-printed works open to beginners and expe...
BLT reports 2025 revenue growth amid ongoing SEC investigation for disclosure violations
Xi'an Bright Laser Technologies (BLT, 688333) published its 2025 annual report summary on April 30, 2026, revealing continued operational expansion alongside a material regulatory overhang. The compan...
U.S. Marines field exercise deploys containerized AM ecosystem for expeditionary sustainment
The U.S. Marine Corps is running a two-week field exercise from April 28 to May 8, 2026, focused on sustaining operations in austere environments using additive manufacturing. The 1st Maintenance Batt...
Daejeon Technopark launches 3D printing prototype support program for defense and aerospace materials, parts, and equipment
Daejeon Technopark (Daejeon TP) announced on April 30, 2026, the launch of a 3D printing prototype support program targeting the defense and aerospace sectors. The initiative, funded with 2 billion KR...
Jinshi Additive Manufacturing Industry College showcases student 3D prints at Ren'ai Tuanbo Lake Life Festival
Jinshi Additive Manufacturing Industry College, a校企合作 (school-enterprise) collaboration between Tianjin Ren'ai College and Jinshi 3D Printing Co., Ltd., is presenting a student 3D printing works exhib...
Scantech pivots from industrial 3D scanning to consumer robotics with binocular vision focus
Scantech, a Hangzhou-based industrial 3D scanning hardware company, is expanding its product portfolio beyond metrology-grade scanners into consumer-facing applications, with a specific emphasis on ro...
Fleet Readiness Center East delivers first flight-certified metal 3D printed parts to US Navy fleet
Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, has delivered its first flight-certified metal additive manufactured parts to the fleet, marking a mileston...
COBOD and Cementos Argos deliver first 3D printed social housing in South America
COBOD and Cementos Argos have completed two 3D printed social housing units in La Unión, Antioquia, Colombia, handing keys to resident families in what is described as the first 3D printed social hous...
MadeInAdd CEO Says Startups Outpace Incumbents in AM Adoption, Cites Design-Led Approach
Andrea Gorlezza, CEO of Milan-based additive manufacturing platform MadeInAdd, stated in a recent interview that startups are adopting 3D printing faster than established manufacturers, not due to bet...
Skydio raises $110M Series F at $4.4B valuation, commits $3.5B to U.S. drone manufacturing
Skydio has closed a $110 million Series F round led by existing investors, bringing its valuation to $4.4 billion. CEO Adam Bry emphasized the round's modest size relative to investor demand, citing a...
BLT (688333) Sees Net Institutional Selling of 9.69 Million Yuan on April 28 Amid Strong Revenue Growth
BLT (Bright Laser Technologies, 688333) experienced net institutional selling of 9.69 million yuan on April 28, 2026, according to exchange data. The stock closed at 83.6 yuan, down 2.11% for the sess...
Sichuan Province's 15th Five-Year Plan explicitly names additive manufacturing as a strategic emerging industry
Sichuan Province has formally included additive manufacturing as a strategic emerging industry in its 15th Five-Year Plan, published on April 13, 2026. The plan's Chapter 8, under a dedicated column f...
PERI 3D Construction completes Europe's largest 3D printed apartment building, ViliaSprint², in France
PERI 3D Construction has completed ViliaSprint² in Bezannes, France, a three-story residential building delivering 12 social housing apartments across 800 m² of living space. Developed by social housi...
AMUG awards 2026 DINO awards to six additive manufacturing leaders at Reno conference
The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) presented its 2026 DINO awards to six industry professionals during its annual conference in Reno, Nevada. The awards recognize career contributions to in...
PERI Group completes Europe's largest 3D-printed apartment complex in France
PERI Group, the German construction 3D printing specialist, has completed Europe's largest 3D-printed apartment complex in Besançon, France. The three-story, 12-unit building spans 800 square meters o...
StellarStack closes tens of millions yuan angel round for industrial LPBF 3D printing
StellarStack (叠序宇宙), a Chinese industrial 3D printing startup, has completed a tens of millions yuan angel round, the company announced on April 28, 2026. The funding will be directed toward core tech...
QuantumCore raises $10.7M for quantum hardware readout amplifiers
QuantumCore, a quantum computing hardware startup spun out of the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing, has raised $10.7 million in combined dilutive and non-dilutive funding since...