Leading machine tool manufacturer DMG MORI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (ETR: GIL) has announced that it saw a 34% increase in customer orders during Q1 2021. Thanks to renewed demand from the company’s core ta…
Scientists 3D print WHO-standard solar-powered water purification devices
A team of China and Singapore-based researchers have 3D printed a device that’s capable of utilizing heat harnessed from the sun’s solar rays to make seawater safe to drink. Based around a fully…
BigRep and Forward AM launch new Concrete Formwork for construction 3D printing
Large-format 3D printer manufacturer BigRep and BASF’s additive manufacturing arm Forward AM have launched a new architecture-oriented 3D printing material. Appropriately named ‘Concrete Formwor…
3D Systems beats Q1 2021 revenue estimates, stock soars 13%
U.S. 3D printer manufacturer 3D Systems (DDD) has comprehensively beaten Wall Street consensus estimates to report 8% revenue growth within its Q1 2021 financials. During the course of Q1 2021, …
“3D printing megatrend” behind Arkema’s 7% revenue growth in Q1 2021
Advanced materials specialist Arkema has announced that its annual revenue grew by 7% within its Q1 2021 financials thanks in part to increased demand for its 3D printing products. Between Q1 2020 and…
Clinicians 3D print customized gastro-radiation shielding for cancer patients
Clinicians at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and MIT have developed a novel 3D printed shielding that protects the healthy tissue…
Wall plug inventor Rawlplug adopts SLS 3D printing for end-use quality prototyping
Rawlplug may have over 100 years of experience within the power tool market, including the development of the world’s first wall plug, but the firm is always looking for opportunities to make its R&am…
Support for ‘SongBird’ 3D printed self-assembly turntable takes-off on Kickstarter
UK-based 3D printing start-up Frame Theory 3D has developed a turntable kit that can be additive manufactured and assembled at home into a functional record player. Nicknamed the ‘SongBird,’ the…
Acquired 3D Hubs revenue powers Protolabs to 10% sequential growth in Q1 2021
On-demand digital manufacturing provider Protolabs has revealed that the additional revenue provided by its acquisition of 3D Hubs has aided a return to growth during Q1 2021. In its first quart…
RHP Technology 3D prints prototype ‘eye’ for ESA’s Athena space telescope
Austrian industrial R&D firm RHP Technology has 3D printed a set of demonstrator parts that could form the ‘eye’ of the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) new space telescope. Nicknamed the Adv…