Employee 1000 Joins Global 3D Printing Company Materialise

As milestones go within the 3D printing industry, this is a really nice one to highlight for Belgian headquartered Materialise, a company that can truly be considered one of the earliest pioneers of 3D printing technology. With a 24 year…

Interview with Dr. Thomas Vetter, CEO of 3D printing service provider Alphaform AG

Headquartered near Munich, Germany, Alphaform is a leading contract manufacturer and industrial service provider of complex and sophisticated components using 3D printing. Alphaform is listed on the Frankfurt Exchange (ATF) and also trades on the U.S. OTC market (AFRMF). Dr.…

German 3D Printer manufacturer Voxeljet modernizes a 5,000 year old wax investment casting process using 3D printing

Investment casting, or lost-wax casting, is a 5000 year old process that has largely remained unchanged since it was first used by the ancient Chinese. The emergence of 3D printing technologies through the 1990’s made an impact on the process,…

Escaping Piranesi’s Prisons of the Mind by 3D Printing an Impossible Exhibition

The news is that Diverse Maniere: Piranesi, Fantasy and Excess, an exhibit on Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s work, can now be visited in London, at the Sir John Soane’s Museum, until May 31st. The Italian artist’s creativity is mostly related to…

3D Printing an Experimental Thermonuclear Reactor

If you thought rapid prototyping was mostly relevant for developing consumer goods, seemingly miscellaneous valves, or even the occasional superbike and would never play a role in completely altering the way we manufacture energy on this planet, you’ll want to…

Getting Out Of Hand At First Hand – Ariella Brown Review’s MAD’s Latest Exhibition

Living in New York is wonderful for a number of reasons, but high on my list is access to so many great museums. Not only do we have world-famous museums, like the Met and the MoMA, but we have small,…

DIY BMO 3D Printing Adventures!

3D printing adventurers! Now is your chance to build your very own BMO. When you’re busy being bored from a lack of romance or action, BMO will light up and make you feel better.  Of course, this BMO project lacks…

Is 3D Printing the Ultimate Industrial Revolution? Find Out in a New Book

The world of 3D printing moves so incredibly fast and its influence is spreading so rapidly that sometimes it just makes your head spin to consider all the possible implications of what many are calling the third industrial revolution, possibly…

A 3D Printing Stock with a PE of 40: Meet MGI

Investors in 3D printing stocks looking for a 3D printer manufacturer with high growth, cutting-edge patented technology and strong fundamentals may want to consider adding MGI Digital Graphic Technology to their portfolio. MGI trades with ticker (ALMDG) on the NYSE Euronext, and began…

The Big, the Small and the Beast of 3D Printers Take Over NYC

Almost like one of those monster movies, or perhaps a Sergio Leone spaghetti western, a few new 3D printers squared off at New York City’s first 3D PrintShow last week. Among them were the largest FFF printer, the smallest (and…