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BigRep Producing Large-Scale Auto Parts Additive Manufacturing

by Automotive

The Automotive industry continues its ongoing race to find ways to accelerate the process of designing and developing new and better vehicles. If we examine a modern car design closely, we see that it contains around 30,000 components, of different sizes and materials, manufactured using a range of techniques. Introducing 3D printing into the process of designing a machine with this number and diversity of parts can make that process of moving from new concept to marketable product much more efficient.

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The 3D Systems Turn Around Begins as Company Beats Wall Street Expectations in Q4 AM Industry

by Business

3D Systems on Wednesday published its fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2017 financial results, beating market expectations and hopefully beginning a much awaited turn around. The company reported fourth quarter non-GAAP earnings of 5 cents per share on revenue of $177.3 million. A year prior, it reported non-GAAP earnings of 15 cents per share on revenue of $165.9 million. Wall Street was looking for non-GAAP earnings of 0 cents per share on revenue of $163.47 million.

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Materialise 3D Prints Black Panther’s Crown in Upcoming Feature Movie Additive Manufacturing

by Consumer

It’s been hard to miss the excitement across the world about Marvel’s latest superhero movie, Black Panther. Head Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter’s luscious costume design has taken center stage. In order to bring her otherworldly blends between traditional African designs and the futuristic elements of the highly developed Wakanda civilisation to life, Ruth approached Julia Koerner to collaborate on cutting-edge wearables for Queen Ramonda. Julia Koerner is an inter-disciplinary designer, experienced in architecture, industrial and fashion design, and specialized in 3D printed wearables.

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Septillion Goes from Neighborhood Shop to Major 3D Printer Distributor in Thailand Consumer Products

by Medical

Visiting 3D print shops around the world was one of my favorite activities when I started blogging about 3D printer companies. Now that the company I founded on the wake of those experiences, 3D Printing Business Media Ltd., has grown into an global media company running three websites, an international team of professionals and conducting extensive market research in many industrial AM segments, visiting companies and shops is not often possible for me. So when, during a recent short holiday in Bangkok I found out about Septillion, a leading Thai 3D print shop and 3D products distributor, I took the opportunity to go back to this company’s roots: meeting and uniting everyone in the world of 3D printing, across all continents.

FabRx Uses Sintratec’s SLS Technology to 3D Print Pharmaceuticals 3D Printer Hardware

FabRx Uses Sintratec’s SLS Technology to 3D Print Pharmaceuticals 3D Printer Hardware

by Technologies

FabRx is a spin-out company from the University College London (UCL) holding a unique leadership position in the development of 3D printing for fabricating medicines (a segment 3DPMN has covered in the past). The company employs different 3D printing technologies such as FDM, SLA and now SLS to manufacture what it refers to as “Printlets” (3D printed tablets), with a wide range of pharmaceutical excipients.