Executive Interview – Fried Vancraen

Fried Vancraen is the founder and CEO of Materialise, the Belgian 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing service, software and medical company. Fried is a tireless and true evangelist when it comes to 3D printing, which, together with his exceptional dignity,…

$2.5M in Private Equity Funding for leading 3D Printing Service Sculpteo

In a bid to accelerate the growth of its 3D printing business, Sculpteo has just announced that the company has secured $2.5 million of private equity funding from XAnge. Sculpteo is one of the original online 3D printing service providers…

Formlabs Fuels Further Speculation

Following 3D Systems’ filing of a patent infringement lawsuit against Formlabs on the 20th November, the latter has remained virtually silent with the exception of a fairly upbeat, concise blog post telling supporters it was in the company’s best interests…

Executive Interview – Peter Weijmarshausen

3D Printing Industry’s Executive Interview Series continues with Peter Weijmarshausen, CEO of Shapeways. Peter shared his views on past and current experiences within his world of 3D printing services for consumers with 3DPI’s Rachel Park. 3D Printing Industry: So when were…

Do we really need grants to stimulate innovation in 3D Printing?

Dr Phil Reeves is the managing director of Econolyst, a UK Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing consultancy firm working with both AM technology vendors and users. For more information visit www.econolyst.co.uk. Here Phil addresses the contentious issue of government funding…

Something for the Kids: Printrbot jr. @ Kickstarter

The man behind the successful Printrbot 3D printer, Brook Drumm, is sourcing funds for another project at Kickstarter: Printrbot jr – a 3D printer aimed directly at kids. Printrbot jr. is not just any entry-level 3D printer, selling for a…

Supersized Industrial 3D Printing in Metal

Concept Laser, a manufacturer of industrial grade, metal 3D printers introduced its latest, large-scale laser melting system at this year’s Euromold event. As I mentioned in my review of the show this is an impressive machine with a range of…

Open 3D Printing Design Office in London

An interesting new concept has spun out from 3Dprintuk — called mak3D — which introduces an open, co-working design office with 3D printing facilities in the city of London. The premise for mak3D is to provide skilled 3D designers with…

Stratasys / Objet Merger is Go!

The much anticipated merger between two of the 3D printing industry’s biggest players got the green light today when Stratasys Inc. (NASDAQ: SSYS) and Objet Ltd. announced the completion of the deal. Together these companies will forge ahead as a…

Mcor Technologies Ups another Gear in the 3D Printing Sector

Last week was an exciting week for Mcor Technologies, the manufacturer of the Mcor range of 3D printers headquartered in Ireland. As well as the significant news that broke last week about the company’s deal with Staples to introduce an…