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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...
Tvasta launches Cedar 3DCP printer with AI-driven local material mix optimization
India-based Tvasta has unveiled Cedar, a new construction 3D printer developed in partnership with 14Trees, a global construction firm previously aligned with COBOD. Cedar is described as an "AI-ready...
Heilongjiang Duowei Shikong Builds Full-Stack AM Platform with 16 Subsidiaries, 20+ Certifications, and Inorganic Composite 3D Printing Center
Heilongjiang Duowei Shikong Free Manufacturing Co., Ltd., headquartered in Daqing, Heilongjiang Province, has emerged as a vertically integrated additive manufacturing platform with 16 subsidiaries ac...
Blueshift named finalist in Aviation Week Space Tech Challenge for AeroZero polyimide tapes
Blueshift, a materials company specializing in high-temperature polyimide and aerogel technologies, has been named a finalist in the inaugural Aviation Week Space Tech Challenge Awards for its AeroZer...
Heilongjiang Duowei Shikong claims 16 subsidiaries across 12 cities, 20+ certifications, and full AM platform capability
Heilongjiang Duowei Shikong (Multi-Dimensional Space) Free Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a Chinese additive manufacturing platform company headquartered in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, has publicly detai...
Rocket Lab completes 1,000th 3D-printed Rutherford engine, scaling AM production for space
Rocket Lab has reached a production milestone for its Rutherford engine, completing the 1,000th unit off its manufacturing line at its Long Beach, California facility. The Rutherford is the world’s fi...
Apollo Automobili unveils world's largest single-piece 3D-printed titanium exhaust for hypercar EVO
Apollo Automobili has revealed the Dragon Skin exhaust system for its EVO hypercar, a single-piece titanium component produced via laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). The part, made from aerospace-grade T...
AEVEX Aerospace wins $18.5M USAF contract for 3D-printed Group 3 attack drones
AEVEX Aerospace has secured an $18.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to supply Group 3 loitering munitions weighing up to 1,320 pounds, with delivery supported by additive manufacturing acros...
Guizhou Senyuan AM delivers 300,000 3D-printed products in 3 years, claims foreign monopoly break
Guizhou Senyuan Additive Manufacturing Technology Co., Ltd., based in Guizhou Province, China, announced on May 13, 2026, that it has delivered over 300,000 3D-printed products across more than 100 cu...
Guizhou Senyuan Additive delivers over 300,000 3D-printed parts in three years, breaks foreign polymer AM monopoly
Guizhou Senyuan Additive Manufacturing Technology Co., Ltd. (贵州森远增材制造科技有限公司) has disclosed that it delivered over 300,000 3D-printed products across more than 100 enterprise customers in the past thre...
Creality IPO moves closer as company enters final listing phase
Creality, the Shenzhen-based desktop 3D printer manufacturer, has passed the hearing stage of its initial public offering on the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX), moving the process into the final marketing...
Grapy CEO presents evidence-based medical innovation strategy at Korea 3D Printing Convergence Medical Society conference
Grapy CEO Shim Un-seop delivered a special lecture at the 14th Annual Conference of the Korea 3D Printing Convergence Medical Society, held May 15, 2026 at Seoul National University Global Engineering...
Prototal Group launches DACH region series production service from Dornbirn, Austria
Prototal Group, the Swedish-headquartered industrial additive manufacturing and injection molding service provider, has established Prototal GmbH in Dornbirn, Austria, to offer series production servi...
Stratasys CEO Yoav Zeif argues tariffs strengthen the case for additive manufacturing in RAPID+TCT 2026 interview
Stratasys CEO Yoav Zeif, speaking at RAPID+TCT 2026 in Boston, framed the current tariff environment as a structural advantage for additive manufacturing rather than a headwind. Zeif, who holds a PhD...