Despite a reduction in its 2014 financial outlook, 3D Systems continues to spend its dough on acquisitions, this time, purchasing Israeli CAD/CAM company, Cimatron, reasoning that the company will immediately generate cash for the company in terms of Non-GAAP earnings…
3D Systems: New Machines and Materials at EuroMold
Recently, 3D Systems cut its 2014 projections, citing an inability to get some products to market, but that hasn’t stopped the company from developing new systems and materials. On top of co-sponsoring the TCT Bright Minds Program at this year’s EuroMold –…
Online 3D Printing Marketplace 3Discovered Secure Further Investment
Chicago-based start-up 3Discovered — an online marketplace connecting product design owners, customers, and 3D printing service bureaus for commercial-grade 3D design-for-print — has successfully closed its first external financing round. It will fund the development of 3Discovered’s online exchange platform…
Tridom Joins the Race for 3D Printed Affordable Housing
Technology can help the world address the gap between industrialized and developing countries. Mobile phones, for example, made it possible to rapidly bring the Web to the poorest nations in the world but because it turned out to be much…
Simplygon Launches Cloud-Based 3D Asset Optimization Platform
The new platform called Simplygon Cloud will allow users to access the powerful Simplygon 3D model and digital content optimizer on any device with an internet connection. The platform will have a free tier that grants users a set amount…
Materialise to Outline the Advantages of AM Implementation at Global Summit in London
While 3D printing manufacturers and professional rapid prototypers gear up for Euromold in Frankfurt, an alternative rich line up of some of the world’s most important 3D printing adopters is getting ready to meet in London for the second annual…
MIT Media Lab’s Mediated Matter Example Fast Learning In 3D Printing
Further to a recent collaboration with London’s Royal College of Art (RCA) Exploring Emergent Futures platform with it’s ‘Bench-top Factory’ investigation into the ramifications of desktop manufacturing’s potential, Formlabs has participated in another high profile educational project with the Massachusetts Institute of…
Israeli Start-up Pzartech Representing 3D Printing at II Awards Competition
The International Innovation (II) Awards finals, scheduled for next December 1st and 2nd in Paris will see twenty tech start-ups face off to be chosen among the top six to join a start up incubator in the French capital and…
Researchers Develop a Reliable and Efficient Metal 3D Printed Part Stress Test
A group of researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – LLNL – have produced a method to accurately and efficiently detect any residual stress in metal parts created in powder-bed 3D printers. The stress test includes using advanced optical tracking…
Groupe Gorgé Prodways Signs Significant Distribution Agreements
Production grade 3D printer manufacturer Groupe Gorge has announced the signature of a number of major distribution agreements posed towards the company’s international development. The new deals further increase the growth potential and viability of the market positioning of the…
