After more than a decade pioneering powder-based additive manufacturing with its Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) technology, HP is now entering the Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) space. The HP Industrial Filament (IF) 3D Printer 600 High Temperature (HT) is HP’s first…
From Laser Control to Microstructure Design in Metal AM
By Michele Pavan, Research Engineering Manager, Materialise A KU Leuven research team has demonstrated something the metal AM industry has been pursuing for years: the ability to locally influence microstructure within a single printed part during the build itself, without…
Liqcreate’s Bio-Med Flex Now Enables Flexible and Sterilizable 3D Printed Parts
Netherlands-based independent 3D printing resin manufacturer Liqcreate has launched Bio-Med Flex, a clear flexible photopolymer resin designed for sterilizable, biocompatible medical and biomedical applications. This matters because being able to meet this set of requirements in clinical prototyping labs has…
New SUNLU AMS Lite Heater Keeps Filament Dry for Better Print Quality
A twelve-hour overnight print can turn out fine, or it can come back stringy and inconsistent with no change to the slicer settings that would explain why. The usual cause is moisture. A spool left in an open holder for…
3D Printing Industry Preparing Website Upgrade Following Reader Feedback
3D Printing Industry is preparing a significant upgrade to its website, with a redesigned platform set to launch in the coming weeks. The update follows our earlier reader survey, which gathered feedback on how audiences use the site and where…
America Makes Tackles AM Qualification Bottlenecks for Defense
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have selected the winning teams for Delta Qual 2.0, a $9 million project call aimed at cutting the qualification barriers that slow additive manufacturing adoption across the U.S.…
Cavan Sullivan Becomes First Footballer to Wear a Fully 3D Printed Boot in a Professional Match
Philadelphia Union midfielder Cavan Sullivan made history on July 23, 2026, becoming the first footballer to wear a fully 3D printed boot in a top-level competitive match. The 16-year-old debuted Adidas’ Project R.A.P. (Radical Athlete Perception) football boot during Philadelphia’s…
Craft Health’s CraftMake Platform Gets a Peptide Test Run
Specialty pharmaceutical company PharmaTher Holdings is collaborating with Craft Health Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based pharmaceutical technology company, to test whether Craft Health’s CraftMake 3D printing platform can produce personalized peptide doses. PharmaTher Holdings announced the partnership on July 29, 2026,…
TBGA Contracted to Support BPMI’s AM Material Database
The Barnes Global Advisors (TBGA) has been contracted by Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. (BPMI) to support the development and management of a materials and process database for additive manufacturing (AM). The results are expected to be made public, a move…
USA Diving names FITASY official footwear partner
USA Diving has named Indianapolis-based FITASY, a maker of 3D printed custom-fit recovery footwear, as its official footwear partner. The partnership launched at the Bolzano Diving Meeting in Bolzano, Italy, on July 3, 2026, where National Team athletes and coaches…
Walter Reed’s 3D Printed Titanium Cranial Plate Becomes First Implant Cleared by the FDA for a Point-of-Care Institution
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted premarket clearance to a 3D printed titanium cranial plate developed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, marking the first time the agency has cleared an implant produced by a point-of-care…
Renishaw Launches LIBERTAS Software to Reduce Supports and Improve Surface Finish in Metal AM
Global engineering firm Renishaw has introduced LIBERTAS, a new software technology for its RenAM 500 series metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems that targets two persistent challenges in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF): rough downskin surfaces and reliance on support structures.…
Elmet Installs New System to Target Monolithic Hypersonic Heat Exchangers
The Elmet Group’s subsidiary Elmet Technologies is installing a DMP Flex 350 Triple metal 3D printer from 3D Systems to produce heat exchangers for hypersonic vehicles. According to 3D Systems, the company expects to qualify and certify the system to…
Zellerfeld Relaunches Marketplace With Live Creator Rankings and Persistent Fit Profiles
3D printed footwear company Zellerfeld has relaunched its website and marketplace at zellerfeld.com, rolling out what the company is calling its biggest platform update since it opened its printing service to outside designers. The redesign, unveiled July 21, 2026, rebuilds…
3D Systems’ Saudi Venture NAMI Wins Military Manufacturing License
The National Additive Manufacturing and Innovation Company (NAMI), a Saudi Arabian joint venture between 3D Systems, Dussur, and Saudi Energy, has been granted a Military Manufacturing License by the Kingdom’s General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI). The license places NAMI…
