The National Football League (NFL) and Football Research Inc. (FRI) have awarded $1.37 million in funding to groups developing 3D printed protective headgear for the ongoing NFL Helmet Challenge. Add…
Spanish researchers 3D print “the next generation” of enhanced eco-friendly fuel cells
Researchers from the Spanish Catalonia Institute for Energy Research and Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, have used ceramic 3D printing to fabricate a new family of electrolyte-s…
3D printing industry news sliced: EOS, ExOne, Materialise, Essentium, Relativity Space, PrintLab, 3D Printz, and more
In this edition of Sliced, the 3D Printing Industry news digest, we cover the latest business developments, partnerships, and acquisitions across our industry. Today’s edition features updates on the…
Rice university researchers develop sweet new way of 3D printing vascular networks
Researchers from Rice University have developed a new method of using 3D printing to create artificial vascular networks from powdered sugar. Replacing traditional production methods with Selective L…
Smith College team wins Covent-19 Challenge with low-cost 3D printed ventilator design
A team from the Massachusetts-based Smith College has won the Covent-19 Challenge design contest with its novel “Smithvent” partially-3D printed ventilator. Open to the public, the aim of the competi…
Pakistani researchers use FDM 3D printing to create tablets with enhanced dosage control
Researchers from The University of The Punjab, Mirpur University of Science & Technology, Bahaudin Zakaria University and Lahore College for Women University, have optimized the controllable dosag…
BMW opens new €15 million additive manufacturing campus in Munich to “industrialize 3D printing”
The BMW Group has opened a new €15 million additive manufacturing facility which is designed to “industrialize 3D printing,” and shorten production times across the company. Based in Munich, the cam…
Sculpteo and BASF launch new 3D printing materials for automotive customers
Paris-headquartered 3D printing service bureau Sculpteo has worked with the Forward AM division of its parent company BASF, to launch a new collection of high-performance 3D printing materials. Desig…
DSM acquires part of Clariant’s 3D printing materials portfolio
Global nutritional science firm and material producer DSM has taken over a portion of specialty chemical company Clariant’s additive manufacturing (AM) materials business. Clariant has deemed its 3D …
Formnext launches 2020 3D printing Start-up Challenge
Formnext, 3D printing’s largest European-based trade show, has launched the 2020 edition of its Start-up Challenge. Since it was announced earlier this month that Formnext 2020 will go ahead as expect…