High-performance ceramics are seen as the next frontier for industrial rapid prototyping, some manufacturing and also, as we have begun to see recently, for biofabrication and 3D bioprinting. Bioceraw…
Alphaform Rises Again via Proto Labs Acquisition
If you are familiar with German 3D printing service Alphaform, you might not have very pleasant memories associated with it. The reason is that it was one of the companies to go through the direst fin…
formnext Day 2: High Performance Plastics and Ceramics Challenge Metal
There is no doubt that metal was the undiscussed protagonist at formnext and it is metal that will carry the industry forward into the age of serial additive manufacturing. However, metal 3D printer m…
Formnext Day 1: Quiet After the Metal Storm
It feels a little strange to write that about visiting a manufacturing show in Frankfurt in late Autumn and that show not being Euromold. Both organizations, Frankfurt Messe and Demat decided to part …
EnvisionTEC Fills Production Gap with New Vector 3SP 3D Printer
DLP industry leader EnvisionTEC has just unveiled the new Vector 3SP 3D printer at the formnext powered by TCT show in Frankfurt. This newest addition to their already huge range of 3D printing soluti…
The Speed of Ira3D's 3D Printers Takes Drawpon Lab to a New Dimension
Thanks in part to the intense activity carried out by its marketing manager, Ira3D is one of the companies that is most contributing to spreading awareness of the possibilities offered by affordable 3…
3DBio's Bioprinted Thyroid Implant Presented at Biofabrication 2015
Among the most highly awaited news to come out from the recent Biofabrication 2015 conference held in Utrecht were the preliminary research results of Skolkovo-based 3D Bioprinting Solutions on the im…
Exclusive: CIPRES Brings Color to All SLS with New Sm@rt E-coloring Solution
A few weeks ago, after covering a story about EOS getting directly involved with the SLS coloring business, I was contacted by Carlos Prestien from CIPRES Technology Solutions, one of the leading rapi…
Staramba and Dacuda Partner to Create an App to “3D Scan Them All”
The biggest challenge to 3D scanning (besides the still very high costs of high-accuracy devices) is their portability. Getting a mobile phone to work as a 3D scanner is a challenge for many projects,…
New Breed of 3D Print Shop Shows There is a Solid 3D Printing Market
Ever since I started writing at 3DPI, I have visited dozens of 3D print shops. From New York City to Tel Aviv, and all over Europe (Lisbon, Barcelona, Berlin, London, Budapest, and Italy from North to…