News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Alexander Schmitz is now effectively the CEO of GE Additive. GE appointed Alexander Schmitz as the CEO of GE Additive last December with the role effective as of January 16, 2023. He will be based in Munich, Germany, and will report to GE Additive’s current chief executive, Riccardo Procacci, who takes on an expanded leadership role at GE Aerospace.
Diamond Age, a full-stack robotics innovator with the mission of using automation to make homeownership more affordable, has recently been revealed as the creator of the technology that was used to print Century Complete’s Mountain View Estates in Casa Grande, Arizona. The 3D printed homes are the first to be created using Diamond Age’s Factory-in-the-Field technology.
Dutch 3D concrete printing company, CyBe, has just opened its North American branch in Florida, and is planning several sustainable housing projects in the United States. Founded in 2013, CyBe Construction brings a decade of knowledge and experience from worldwide 3D concrete printing projects.
Carbon, a leading 3D printing technology company, has appointed Terri Capriolo as the Senior Vice President of Oral Health. Capriolo brings extensive healthcare industry expertise and impressive sales experience to the new role from tenures at National Dentex, Solvay Dental 360, and Straumann. Capriolo’s appointment is effective immediately, reporting directly to the Office of the CEO.
FITTLE, the equipment financing business of Xerox Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: XRX) and Velo3D Inc. (NYSE: VLD), have entered into a strategic partnership to help Velo3D customers finance purchases of the company’s fully integrated metal additive manufacturing solution.
The University of South Florida (USF) has been awarded the Patents for Humanity award by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its patent of the 3D printed nasopharyngeal (NP) swab, which was created in the early part of the pandemic as a solution to the disrupted commercial production of standard flocked NP swabs critical in diagnostic testing for COVID-19.
Velo3D has appointed Dr. Robin Stamp as Director of Solutions Engineering to help grow the adoption of Velo3D’s metal additive manufacturing technology with new customers, in new industries. In his role, Dr. Stamp will oversee the development of new standards with regulatory agencies, the qualification of new metal alloys for use in the Sapphire family of printers, and the collaboration with partners and agencies.
The Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department in Dubai (IACAD) has announced its plans to build the world’s first 3D printed Mosque. The construction of the 2,000 square meter mosque, in Bur Dubai, is expected to start in October 2023, and have the capacity for 600 worshippers by early 2025.
BCN3D Technologies’ Epsilon Series of 3D printers have been utilized by companies from the automotive giant, Nissan, to French multinational, Saint Gobain, to SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital – where the technology has been implemented in over 200 surgeries per year.
EXBuild, a company that provides sales, services, training, hardware, and software for industrial resin, composite, and metal 3D printing applications, and Meltio, a disruptive laser metal deposition technology manufacturer, have entered a distribution partnership focussed on the Midwestern and Mountain West market in the US. As an official sales partner, EXBuild will play a key role in the distribution and support of Meltio’s wire laser metal 3D printing solutions.