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Andreas Langfeld, General Manager EMEA, Speaks About the Future of MakerBot 3D Printing Processes

As we reported when we announced the launch of the new MakerBot Replicator + systems, Stratasys has refocused its strategy for the low cost 3D printers, now targeting primarily professionals and educators. Andreas Langfeld, MakerBot’s EMEA GM, is the man tasked with seeing this through and, by leveraign on his previous experience as Stratasys VP of finance, he seems to know exactly how to do it. We met him to find out exactly how the company intends to reposition itself to strengthen its desktop 3D printing market leadership.

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CNEA and INTI Led Project Shows that Post Consumer Recycled Plastics Can Be Used to 3D Print Functional Devices 3D Printing Processes

  The Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has partnered with Argentina based 3D printing companies PRINTALOT, ENYE TECH (b-pet) and CHIMAK to carry out a study which set out the demonstrate that post consumer recycled (PCR) plastics can actually be used in 3D printing to produce fully functional, mechanically advanced devices. […]

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Enterprise In Space & Kepler Space Institute Launch Competition to 3D Print Aboard ISS 3D Printing Processes

(Washington, DC) – Enterprise In Space (EIS), a non-profit program of the National Space Society (NSS), and the Kepler Space Institute have partnered with Made In Space (MIS), Sketchfab, 3D Hubs, and Prairie Nanotechnology to launch the “Print the Future” competition. In order to drive innovation forward in space manufacturing technology, EIS and its partners are offering university teams a chance to 3D print a NewSpace experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS).