News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Roboze, The Italian producer of industrial 3D printers for techno-polymer advanced applications has inaugurated its USA branch today in the USA with the official opening of its Roboze Inc operating office in New York City. The opening of the new center is in line with the company’s strategic business plan of international expansion, aimed to offer reliable and trusted solutions, in line with the demands of the American market.
Optomec, a leading global supplier of production grade additive manufacturing systems for 3D printed metals and 3D printed electronics, today announced the results of a three-year landmark study that validated the repeatability and transferability of the Optomec LENS metal additive manufacturing process. Leading Aerospace OEMS and technical experts participated in the study, which was performed on different LENS metal additive manufacturing systems at different locations.
Arcam AB, listed on NASDAQ Stockholm, and a leading supplier in the Additive Manufacturing field, launched a new branding identity for the Arcam Group, unifying the three businesses Arcam EBM, AP&C and DTI with a common mark and at the same time endorsing the operations as being part of GE Additive.
The vibrant filament extrusion 3D printing community in Argentina is growing rapidly, judging by the amount of filament that is being consumed. Buenos Aires based Printalot, a leading filament manufacturer in South America, just distributed 2 metric tons of filament thought a “Compra Comunitaria”, a community purchase operation where a number of 3D printing users acquired the materials directly from the factory.
Leading 3D printer manufacturer 3D Systems and biotech firm United Therapeutics Corporation are partnering to develop solid-organ scaffolds by 3D bioprinting for human transplants. The multi-year collaboration and development agreement combines the 3D printing and precision healthcare expertise of 3D Systems with the regenerative medicine and organ manufacturing capabilities of United Therapeutics, focused on development of 3D bioprinted lungs.
Reuters reports that German industrial engineering giant Thyssenkrupp plans to open its own 3D printing center this year to manufacture products for its customers, a company executive said on Tuesday at an event held during the Hannover Messe industrial fair.
Aviation and defense parts manufacturer Safran and industrial 3D printer manufacturer Prodways Group are teaming up accelerate development of additive manufacturing (3D printing) materials and processes.
Avi Reichental, a very well known executive figure in the 3D printing industry will be joining the Board of Directors at Nano Dimension, the NASDAQ listed current technological leader in 3D printed electronics. Reichental served as president, chief executive officer and director at 3D Systems for more than a decade. Under his leadership, 3D Systems emerged as a formidable global 3D-printing provider, growing revenue by more than six-fold and increasing market valuation by more than twelve-fold, before running into rough times – as most other publicly traded 3D printing companies – toward the end of his tenure.
Stratasys, the 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions company, today announced that the Mobility Division of global engineering and technology solutions leader, Siemens, is pioneering the use of Stratasys FDM 3D printing technology by producing customized final production parts for German transport services provider, Stadtwerke Ulm/Neu Ulm (SWU) Verkehr GmbH.
GE Additive, the division of General Electric which is focusing specifically on developing and industrializing AM technologies, is establishing a “Customer Experience Center” in Munich, Germany – the first of several GE Additive centers (they are 18 already) planned worldwide to accelerate the use of additive manufacturing.