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Italian startup Moi Composites now providing CFM printing services for thermosetting composites Materials

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Italian startup Moi Composites is now providing 3D printing services using the innovative Continuous Fiber Manufacturing (CFM) process developed by +LAB from the Politecnico di Milano. The award winning continuous fiber technique—it won the 2017 JEC Innovation Award and was a finalist for the 2017 James Dyson Award—was born through +LAB’s Atropos project and has formed the basis for Moi Composites.

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Wires Glasses: 3D printing gives eco-friendly edge to London-based luxury eyewear brand Consumer Products

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Wires Glasses, a London-based eyewear brand, is breaking the mold with its innovative and fashion-forward glasses designs. The company, founded in 2016 by designer Yair Neuman, model/actor/entrepreneur Lily Cole and entrepreneur Kwame Ferreira, deftly combines handcrafting techniques, modern technologies and an ecological sensibility in the creation of its unique wireframe eyewear.

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Additive Industries partners with ANÁLISIS Y SIMULACIÓN to accelerate metal AM in Spain AM Industry

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At the opening of the Addit3D exhibition & conference in Bilbao, part of the BIEMH international Machine Tool Exhibition, Additive Industries has signed an Agency Agreement with ANÁLISIS Y SIMULACIÓN, a leading supplier of software solutions for product development and 3D as well as 3D printing solutions. Joinly the partners will accelerate the implementation of metal additive manufacturing systems in the high-end industries like aerospace, automotive, medical and (high-tech) machine building. Focus is on an integrated approach from initial design to a post-processed ready part.

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Liquid Printed Pneumatics: BMW & MIT reimagine car interiors with adaptable 3D printed inflatables 3D Printing Processes

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Arguably one of the most cutting-edge niches of the additive manufacturing sector is the development of dynamic and changing printed structures. Sometimes referred to as 4D printing, we’ve seen researchers 3D print self-folding structures and other smart, shapeshifting materials. A recent development coming out of MIT’s Self-Assembly Laboratory has demonstrated a new type of dynamic printing which integrates pneumatics for inflatable 3D printed objects.

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How Australian startup Tec.Fit aims to revolutionize custom clothing with 3D scanning & printing tech Consumer Products

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E-commerce giant Amazon made headlines recently with its plans to capture 3D scans of its clients bodies for more accurate online shopping, but it is far from the only company exploring this possible application of 3D scanning technologies. For the past five or so years, an Australia-based company has been pursuing the development of 3D scanning and 3D printing systems for custom garments and e-commerce platforms.

HP shows off scaled up 3D printing business, inside and out, at HP Innovation Summit Editorials

HP shows off scaled up 3D printing business, inside and out, at HP Innovation Summit Editorials

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From a purely commercial point of view, the biggest news to come out of the HP Innovation Summit in Barcelona, is that 3D printing services ZiggZagg (Belgium) and IAM 3D Hub (Spain) just bought and installed six and eight HP Jet Fusion systems respectively, while Protolabs upgraded its seven current HP Jet Fusion 4200 systems to the newer 4210 versions for increased productivity.