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3D Systems appoints new President and CEO, Dr. Jeffrey A. Graves AM Industry

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3D Systems today announced the appointment of a new President and CEO, Dr. Jeffrey A. Graves, a veteran of the manufacturing industry with over 17 years of experience in a CEO position. Dr. Graves will officially join 3D Systems in the leadership position on May 26, 2020, replacing Vyomesh Joshi, who announced his retirement in February and has served as CEO of 3D Systems since April 2016, leading the company through a critical period.

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Peekay Steel Castings installs VX4000 3D printer in Bangalore AM Industry

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Voxeljet reports that it is further expanding in the Indian market as Bangalore foundry Peekay Steel Castings installs VX4000 sand 3D printer, with a job box size of 4000 x 2000 x 1000 mm, to quickly and cost-effectively conduct technically demanding projects and expand into new business areas. The VX4000 system is one of the world’s largest and most productive 3D printers with a build volume of eight cubic meters.

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€10.7M POLYLINE project to create SLS-based production line for automotive Additive Manufacturing

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The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research has funded and launched POLYLINE, a collaborative project aimed at developing a next-generation production line for the automotive industry. The €10.7 million project specifically addresses the integration of additive manufacturing into plastic part production in the automotive industry to complement conventional production methods through high-throughput production line systems.

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Stratasys’ CoVent-19 Challenge moves into finalist round 3D Printing Events

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On April 1, Stratasys and a team of Boston-area anesthesiology residents launched the CoVent-19 Challenge, inviting designers and engineers from around the world to come up with a design for a rapidly deployable, minimum viable mechanical ventilator to help treat COVID-19 patients. This week, the challenge moved into its finalist round, and seven submissions out of 200 have been selected to participate.

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HP COVID-19 devices are the next million-part 3D printing application AM Industry

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In the very first days of the COVID-19 emergency in Europe, 3dpbm connected with the team at HP evaluating possible responses. At the time HP was working on just two medically validated devices: the Materialise hands-free door opener and a surgical mask fitter. Since then, Fabio Annunziata, who during “peacetime” heads Strategy and Planning for HP 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing business, built an internal team and coordinated with HP centers and customers around Europe and North America to 3D print and deliver to hospitals over a million protection devices. Healthcare professionals were able to use these 3D printed devices to defend themselves against the virus during exhausting shifts attending to COVID-19 patients. We caught up with Fabio to understand the challenges associated with this effort and what it means for the 3D printing industry as a whole.