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Nexa3D integrating Siemens factory automation across QLS portfolio Additive Manufacturing

by Business

Polymer 3D printer company Nexa3D is teaming up with Siemens to bring its AM production systems up to speed for Industry 4.0 connectivity. The companies will leverage their respective areas of expertise to standardize Nexa3D’s whole Quantum Laser Sintering (QLS) product line to Siemens’ factory automation and computing technologies. (Earlier this year Nexa3D acquired NXT Factory, the developer of QLS technology.)

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NMIS Boeing program set to advance the use of AM in Scotland with new facility Additive Manufacturing

by Aerospace

The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland has signed a lease for a facility that will be primarily used for the Group’s £11.8 million research and development program on advanced manufacturing with the world’s largest aerospace company, Boeing. The new NMIS Boeing program development comes a year after the official opening of the Lightweight Manufacturing Centre at Westway Park, the second specialist technology center within the NMIS Group.

Redwire announces Jacksonville, FL headquarters Aerospace

Redwire announces Jacksonville, FL headquarters Aerospace

by Aerospace

In June 2020, 3D printing in space pioneer Made In Space (MIS) was acquired by newly formed Redwire, a specialist in mission critical space solutions. Just months after the strategic purchase, Redwire has now revealed where its headquarters will be based: Jacksonville, Florida. Non-coincidentally, the city of Jacksonville is also where Made In Space has its HQ and key operations.

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My latest report on footwear AM 2020 is out: market to reach $9 billion in 2030 Money & Funding

by Consumer

We tend not to write articles in the first person on 3D Printing Media Network, however, I will make an exception in this case, as I’m writing about my latest project: the new edition of my study on footwear additive manufacturing, which was just published by SmarTech Analysis. In this new footwear AM 2020 report, I looked at the latest trends in terms of hardware technologies, new materials and new applications of additive manufacturing for footwear serial, mass and mass customized production.

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Custom 3D printed hockey helmet liner by Carbon and CCM takes the ice Consumer Products

by Consumer

Hockey is an extremely physical sport, where players are checked into sideboards and a dense puck made of vulcanized rubber is launched across the ice and into the air at dizzying speeds. To keep players as protected as possible in these circumstances, they are equipped with heaps of gear, from shin pads and elbow pads, to jock cups and neckguards. The head, of course, is protected too, with a helmet and often face guard or shield.

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Chemicals group ALTANA acquires German and UK AM powder manufacturers AM Industry

by Business

ALTANA, a Germany-based specialty chemicals company, is expanding its stake in the additive manufacturing sector with the acquisition of two companies: Germany’s TLS Technik GmbH & Co. Spezialpulver KG, a manufacturer of metal powders for 3D printing; and Britain’s Aluminium Materials Technologies Ltd. (AMT). The acquisitions will expand ALTANA’s ECKART division, a leading manufacturer of effect pigments.