Two universities are establishing new 3D printing facilities with the help of funding from significant public grants. In Australia, the University of Wollongong (UOW) in New South Wales is to establi…
Skorpion Engineering transforms prototyping with Stratasys 3D printers
Skorpion Engineering, a luxury automotive service bureau, is now producing complex automotive prototypes and components up to 1.5 times faster than by traditional means using 3D printing The service b…
3D Printhuset completes 3D printing for Building On Demand
Danish 3D printing company 3D Printhuset has completed the printed structure of the Building on Demand (BOD), a 3D printed office-hotel stated to be Europe’s first inhabitable 3D printed buildin…
Formnext 2017 news digest, Intamsys, Stratasys, Materialise and SLM Solutions
Even with three members of the 3D Printing Industry team in Frankfurt last week, we still didn’t have time to visit ever single exhibitor. In this article we bring you some more news from the la…
TechShop shuts up shop after sudden bankruptcy declaration
TechShop, a chain of hack-spaces and workshops offering a range of services including 3D printing, has declared bankruptcy and shut down all ten of its US locations without prior warning. The company …
BASF and Xaar to industrialize Photopolymer Jetting together
German chemical company BASF and British industrial Inkjet company Xaar are to collaborate on research to improve Photopolymer Jetting (PPJ), a material deposition 3D printing process. The purpose of …
VTT suggests 5% of all spare parts could be digitally stored for 3D printing
The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, a technological research organisation serving both the public and private sector, has completed research on the advantages of digitalising and 3D printing…
3D printing news Sliced, NASA, Carbon, Ultimaker and Sinterit
This edition of 3D printing news sliced features stories from Tumaker, 3Devised, Carbon, Ultimaker, Abergower, EnvisionTEC, ColourFabb, Sintratec, Authentise, Cellink, Team Steampunk 1577, FIRST Robot…
SABIC goes large with a series of material launches at formnext 2017
Saudi 3D printing materials producer and OEM Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has announced the European launch of its Thermocomp AM 3D printing compounds, specifically for large format 3D p…
TRUMPF and O.R. Laser launch new 3D printers at formnext 2017
German OEMs TRUMPF and O.R. Laser have both launched new 3D additive manufacturing systems at formnext 2017. TRUMPF launched its TruPrint 5000 multi-laser 3D printer at the Frankfurt trade show, while…