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Print Parts collaborates with PostProcess on NYC COVID contract Marketing and Content

Manhattan-based Additive Manufacturing service, Print Parts Inc., collaborated with PostProcess Technologies to rapidly scale efforts used in the production of 3D printed nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs for New York City’s COVID-19 Test Kits. At the peak of the pandemic, Print Parts began working with NYC to scale up production of NP swabs for the emergency supply of COVID test kits.

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Sintavia and Siemens drive AM automation with end-to-end software AM Industry

Sintavia, a metal AM provider specializing in aerospace and defense applications, is partnering with Siemens Digital Industries Software to develop an end-to-end additive manufacturing software solution. The software program, which will be informed by Sintavia’s testing and technical feedback, will be included in Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio. As part of the collaboration, Sintavia will also become one of Siemens’ preferred AM partners and gain access to the software before its market release.

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3D printing a straighter smile Medical

No longer is it necessary to be saddled with bracket and wire braces for consecutive years in order to achieve a straighter smile: people around the world can correct their teeth alignment using customized clear aligners, which are not only much more discrete, but can be removed without professional intervention. The growing adoption of clear aligners—the market was reportedly worth over $2 billion in 2019—is due in no small part to 3D printing, a technology which has enabled orthodontic labs and specialist companies to achieve customization on a mass scale.