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Anas Essop is an English and Film graduate, who loves writing about the advancement of technology.

ExOne posts financial results for Q1 2020

Additive manufacturing system OEM ExOne (NASDAQ: XONE) has announced financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2020. Total revenue for Q1 2020 was posted at $13.4 million, representing a 40 percent increase over the first quarter in 2019, which…

SLM Solutions posts Q1 2020 financial results with record first quarter

German metal 3D printer manufacturer SLM Solutions Group AG has reported its financial earnings for the first quarter 2020.  Total revenue for Q1 2020 was reported at €17.8 million, on the back of the strong order backlog at the end…

Analysis of the EU report on 3D printing IP with Marks & Clerk

The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, has released a study analyzing the current state of 3D printing in relation to IP law. In the report, the authors consider the IP implications of the development of industrial 3D printing, which…

3D systems reports financial results for Q1 2020

3D Systems has announced its financial results for the first quarter 2020.  Total revenue for the company during Q1 2020 was reported at $134.7 million, an 11.4 percent decline compared to $152.0 million in the same period last year. The…

3DEO posts triple digit growth for 2019

3DEO, the Californian developer of Intelligent Layering metal 3D printing technology, has announced a triple digit annual growth in its business metrics for 2019.  The company’s success, 3DEO explains in a press release, comes after it adopted a vertically integrated,…

CNC manufacturer CHIRON enters AM with new metal 3D printer

CHIRON GROUP, a global manufacturer of CNC equipment, has made its first foray into the world of additive manufacturing with the development of its first 3D printer, the AM Cube, a laser metal deposition (LMD) system. Designed for manufacturing large…

Researchers create ultrafast nozzle-based 3D printing technique

Researchers in Spain have devised a method of ultrafast 3D printing with submicrometer features using electrostatic jet deflection technology.  As discussed in the paper detailing this new technique, the authors explain that they created the electrostatic jet deflection method in…

3D Sierra Leone provides prostheses to amputees with support from SHINING 3D

3D Sierra Leone, a dutch nonprofit organization, is providing customized 3D printed prostheses to patients in the West African country, with the support of SHINING 3D, a Hangzhou-headquartered 3D scanner and printer manufacturer.  3D Sierra Leone is dedicated to improving…

Addmio launches 3D Printing for Entrepreneurs online course

Addmio, a Netherlands-based 3D printing e-learning company, will be launching its first educational course today, titled 3D Printing for Entrepreneurs.  Based entirely online, the course condenses 5 years of experience on the 3D printing industry shop floor in 3 days.…

Protolabs reports financial results for Q1 2020 with COVID-19 response

Minnesota-headquartered on demand digital manufacturing provider Protolabs, Inc. (NYSE:PRLB), has announced its financial earnings for the first quarter of 2020.  The company’s headline revenue totalled $115.1 million, an increase of 1.5 percent over Q1 2019 where Protolabs reported $113.5 million…