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France’s Cetim one of first to adopt Desktop Metal Shop System AM Industry

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Desktop Metal has announced a new collaboration with Cetim, the France-based Technical Centre for Mechanical Industry. The partners will work together to promote and accelerate the global adoption of metal additive manufacturing across industrial sectors by identifying market opportunities for AM and supporting innovation across Cetim’s customer network. As part of the partnership, Cetim will also become one of the first adopters of Desktop Metal’s new Shop System metal binder jetting platform.

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Rapid Manufacturing AG develops 3D printed glove remover for COVID-19 protection AM Industry

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Swiss 3D printing service bureau Rapid Manufacturing AG, together with Swiss creative agency Atoll and Zurich-based Pragma Engineering, developed a simple solution to address the issue of disposable glove removal: a 3D printed glove remover. This is something many of us have become quite familiar with during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: personal protective equipment has become part of our daily lives in dealing with the risk of contamination.

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Nexa3D partners with 3DZ to enter the Southern European market AM Industry

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Nexa3D, the maker of ultra-fast stereolithography production 3D printers, announced today a reseller partnership with 3DZ Group, southern Europe’s largest additive manufacturing value-added reseller – providing products from top-tier brands like 3D Systems, HP, Markforged, Formlabs, Artec and Materialise, along with training, maintenance, and on-demand 3D printing to blue-chip clients across Europe and around the world. For several years, 3DZ has offered consultancy and services in the additive manufacturing industry, achieving a leading position in EMEA to offer the distribution and application of high precision 3D printing and scanning solutions.

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Alexander Daniels Global provides employment resources in midst of COVID-19 AM Industry

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AM recruitment company Alexander Daniels Global is offering support in the COVID-19 pandemic in the best way it knows how: with recruitment and employment tips and solutions. As part of this effort, the company has launched the Coronavirus Help Hub, through which 3D printing companies, organizations and professionals can access outplacement services, HR crisis management advice and more.

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Nano Dimension and HENSOLDT make breakthrough in electronics 3D printing Electronics

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Global security and defense company HENSOLDT has achieved a milestone in 3D printing electronics in cooperation with Israeli leader in additively manufactured electronics Nano Dimension. The companies, which have been working together since 2016 to advance electronics AM, have assembled the world’s first 10-layer printed circuit board (PCB) with high-performance electronic structures soldered to both outer sides. The 3D printed PCB, made from a new dielectric polymer ink and conductive ink, is the first to successfully use soldering for a two-sided component.

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America Makes unveils top ‘Fit to Face’ 3D printed mask challenge designs AM Industry

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As soon as 3D printing’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic started to crystallize, America Makes stepped up to help consolidate and coordinate 3D printing efforts. As part of this, the national AM institution teamed up with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the FDA and the National Institutes of Health to fast-track clinical reviews of 3D printed personal protective equipment (PPE) and other useful parts. The organization also launched the Fit to Face Mask Design Challenge in a bid to optimize the fit for face masks, a critical part of keeping medical and frontline workers protected.

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Skills needed for an environmentally sustainable AM industry Sustainability

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As additive manufacturing technology has developed rapidly over the last decades, it has shown great potential for environmental sustainability. The benefits offered through reduced material waste, supply chain innovations and the use of recycled plastics and metals in materials can all position AM as a sustainable production solution for companies. In these times, where large companies are increasingly under societal and governmental pressure to reduce their carbon footprint, sustainability in AM is a great opportunity. It could even support the acceleration of the AM industry as a whole.