Formnext 2019 opens it’s doors next week. With a record-breaking number of exhibitors, visitors may be pressed for time when it comes to seeing everything the largest 3D printing show has to offer. Ea…
HP Metal Jet “a reality” as Volkswagen highlights automotive additive manufacturing at ID.3 launch
Volkswagen has reiterated its commitment to metal 3D printing for the automotive sector with an announcement that together with GKN and HP, 10,000 metal parts were produced on the HP Metal Jet System.…
Lulzbot not dead – despite rumors to the contrary
Rumors spreading around the untimely demise of popular open-source 3D printer manufacturer Lulzbot are untrue. Internet speculation has gained pace from an initial post on Reddit earlier today and sp…
LEGO 3D printing takedowns: a lawyer responds and LEGO replies
“Everything is not awesome” is how one fan responded to recent LEGO takedown notices issued to the 3D printing community. 3D Printing Industry has now received a reply from LEGO and further insight in…
Bavarian AM cluster announced by Technical University of Munich, Oerlikon, GE Additive and Linde
This morning, the Munich Technology Conference (MTC) got underway at TU Munich, Germany with the announcement of plans to create an additive manufacturing cluster. Conference organizers Oerlikon toget…
TCT 2019: Planes, trains and a missing unicorn
The 3D printing focused TCT Show opened this autumn’s expo season. What were the key takeaways and how did the Birmingham event set the stage for the remainder of the year? As expected TCT produced a …
3D printing community hit by LEGO takedown notices
Last week 3D Printing Industry learned that the Lego Group is targetting the 3D printing maker community with a series of takedown notices. A 2010 ECJ ruling found that although the classic LEGO brick…
Big news brewing at Stratasys
Major 3D printing system manufacturer Stratasys is about to make a big announcement. The company will report financial results for the second quarter of 2019 at the end of July and is set to beat prev…
Carbon valuation exceeds $2.4 billion after new $260M investment
Investment in the 3D printing industry continues apace with news that Carbon has raised over $260 million in growth funding. The latest funding round was co-led by Madrone Capital Partners and Bailli…
Texel 3D scanning technology selected by Marks & Spencer for retail accelerator
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has invested in Texel, a Russian 3D scanning company. Texel is the developer of two body scanners, the Portal BX and Portal MX. The 3D scanning technology has been succes…