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Norsk Titanium scales up aerospace production with investment from affiliates of Fortress Investment Group
Metal 3D printing company Norsk Titanium has announced closing a significant investment from Triangle Holdings, affiliates of Fortress Investment Group. While Norsk Titanium has not disclosed the exac…
UK’s MTC to provide Additive Manufacturing Benchmarking Center for European Space Agency
The application of 3D printing to the space industry will receive a boost with the opening of a new ‘one stop shop’ based at the UK’s Manufacturing Technology Center (MTC) in Coventry. The Additive Ma…
An insight into the future of 3D printing from the Exponential Manufacturing Summit 2017
May 17-19 marked 2017’s Exponential Manufacturing Summit held in Boston, MA. As an event focused on the rapid progress of technology, 3D printing and additive manufacturing featured heavily in p…
European Space Agency 3D printing electrically conductive CubeSats in PEEK
The European Space Agency (ESA) is 3D printing the bodies of CubeSats out of a modified and electrically conductive PEEK plastic. According to the ESA, the group is currently testing the use of a dope…
Research proposes 3D printed sensors to work as warnings in extreme environmental conditions
A research team from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, has published a paper proposing 3D printed disposable and wireless sensors for monitoring large areas. …
UC Santa Barbara researcher awarded $3 million for extreme 3D printing materials research
University of California, Santa Barbara researcher Tresa Pollock has been granted $3 million by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to carry out research into 3D printing materials. The funding was awa…
3D Printing Industry Awards winners announced
On Saturday May 20 2017 3D Printing Industry hosted a gala dinner to announce the winners of the first annual 3D Printing Industry Awards. Joining us in Chelsea Old Town hall for the evening was an es…
Rocket Lab set for first launch of Electron rocket with 3D printed engine
Californian company Rocket Lab will launch its first Electron rocket into space this week, equipped with a 3D printed Rutherford engine. Launching from the Mahia peninsula on the East coast of New Zea…
Oxford Performance Materials launches OXFAB–Ni, Nickel-Plated PEKK to replace aluminum alloys
Oxford Performance Materials (OPM) has commercially launched its new 3D printing material that combines PEKK (Polyetherketoneketone) with nickel, named OXFAB®–Ni. With the material the Connecticut bas…