Mahdi Naïm Studio, an industrial design practice led by designer Mahdi Naïm, has unveiled AERIS, a bicycle saddle in active development built around a single design hypothesis: additive manufacturing and traditional craft produce a coherent object only when both are…
Xometry Reports Record Q1 2026 Revenue as Marketplace Growth Reaches 40%
Xometry, a company that operates an AI-powered marketplace for custom manufacturing, reported record first-quarter 2026 revenue of $205 million, up 36% from $151 million a year earlier. Marketplace revenue rose 40% year over year to $191.3 million, while gross profit…
New Zealand Companies Launch Wool-Based Colour 3D Printing Filament
Wool Source, a New Zealand ingredients manufacturer developing industrial uses for wool, and KiwiFil, a New Zealand filament producer, have launched what they describe as the first commercial 3D printing filament to use a wool-based colourant. The product, called WoolyFil,…
6K Additive Appoints Brandon Davis as Chief Operating Officer
6K Additive, a US manufacturer of metal powders for additive manufacturing and alloy additions for the aluminum melt industry, has appointed Brandon Davis as Chief Operating Officer. He will oversee global operations, including metal powder production and alloy additions, and…
Lockheed Martin Scales LPBF for Thermal Management Parts in Hypersonic and Aircraft Systems
Lockheed Martin, the US aerospace and defense company, is advancing laser powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing to enable faster operational readiness for next-generation aircraft, hypersonic systems, and electric propulsion platforms. The effort is tied to supply chain resilience and to shorter…
Evaporation-Driven Droplet Fission Study Points to Nanoscale Fabrication Potential
Research from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research shows that ordinary pipetting can leave evaporating water drops carrying enough charge to undergo repeated…
Meteor Inkjet receives King’s Award for Enterprise
Meteor Inkjet, a Cambridge, UK-based supplier of industrial inkjet printhead driving solutions, has received a King’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development. One of 36 organisations in the UK recognised this year, the company was honoured for commercially successful products,…
3D Printed Silicone Lattice Mixes Antifungal Resistance with Vibration Isolation
Researchers from Jiangnan University, a research university in Wuxi, China, and Jiangda Vibration Isolator Co., Ltd., a vibration-control manufacturer based in the same city, have developed a 3D printed silicone rubber lattice designed to resist fungal growth while absorbing vibration…
America Makes Launches Two Additive manufacturing project calls worth $25.6M
America Makes, a US public-private partnership focused on additive manufacturing, and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have announced two project calls worth a combined $25.6 million. The funding is split between the $12.4 million Maturation Initiative…
Rosswag to install Eplus3D system under new metal AM partnership
Eplus3D, a manufacturer of industrial metal additive manufacturing systems, Rosswag Engineering, the additive manufacturing division of German metal processing company Rosswag GmbH, and qualloy, a supplier and marketplace for metal powders used in additive manufacturing, have signed a memorandum of…
