News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Additive Industries, the Eindhoven-based developer of the MetalFAB1 AM system, is partnering with Laser Lines Ltd, a supplier of 3D printing, scanning and laser equipment, to increase its presence in the UK and Ireland. Together, the companies are aiming to accelerate the maturation and adoption of metal additive manufacturing within the UK and Irish markets.
Danish construction 3D printing company 3D Printhuset, known for its BOD housing technology, will, from here on out, conduct all of its construction 3D printing activities through the newly established company COBOD International. The new company, which will be taking on the selling and manufacturing of the recently launched BOD2 construction 3D printer, was founded to meet a growing demand for 3D Printhuset’s construction technology.
XJet Ltd., the additive manufacturing company, has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Carfulan Group, a supplier of leading edge technology solutions to UK manufacturers. Operating under the name of XJ3D, the Derbyshire-based company is the first distributor to be appointed by XJet worldwide.
At the TCT Show in Birmingham (UK), Materialise has launched its simulation software for metal 3D printing. In combination with the Materialise Magics 3D Print Suite, this software will bring simulation for additive manufacturing to the production floor by providing easy-to-manage simulation capabilities at lower price points.
Today, Belgian 3D printing company Materialise has released a new simulation module for its Magics 3D Print Suite which promises to optimize metal 3D printing in a production floor environment. The new software update is the latest release by Materialise and brings it and its users one step closer to metal 3D printing at an industrial scale, competing against traditional manufacturing processes.
Ever since it was launched last year (and even earlier when its Connex3 predecessor was launched), many of us working in AM have been wondering why Stratasys never fully leveraged the system’s unique voxel-level control 3D printing capabilities to provide widespread services instead of just continuing to focus on just prototyping. Sure, polyjet material durability and costs are an issue but experience has shown that these issues can often be overcome in the AM industry with valid and innovative applications.
The World Economic Forum recently published The Future of Jobs Report 2018. The study involved executive strategists, as well as human resources managers, with a large sample of companies from 12 industrial sectors and 20 economic areas (which represent 70% of the World’s GDP and over 15 million workers).
Thought3D, the Malta-based company behind the Magigoo 3D printer adhesive, is delving into the industrial market with the release of new specialty AM adhesive products created specifically for industrial-grade materials. Thought3D are starting to roll out the new Magigoo products—all biocide and solvent free—in Q3 2018.
It is hard to see a day go by without some new innovative technology or online platform being launched. For this reason, it can sometimes be too easy to overlook certain projects and let them fall through the cracks. When I came across STHER, Inc., a new subscription platform founded by Margot Paez, however, I knew there was something special at work and I had to learn more.
Luxexcel, a Dutch company specializing in 3D printed lenses and specifically ophthalmic lenses, has released a couple of exciting announcements today. For one, Fabio Esposito, the former President and CEO of Solidscape, has been appointed as Luxexcel’s new CEO, replacing Hans Streng. And second, the company has raised $13.9 million through a Series C funding round.