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Concept Laser Breaks Ground on Groundbreaking New 3D Campus Facility AM Industry

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With today’s groundbreaking, GE and Concept Laser are laying the foundation for a new facility in Lichtenfels, Germany. In the future, the 3D Campus will unite research and development along with production, service, and logistics. The new offices should be ready for move-in early 2019, and around 40,000 square meters will provide room for about 500 employees. The future machine production capacity will be four times higher than today. This will make Concept Laser’s Lichtenfels facility a global GE center for the production of 3D metal printing machines. About 105 million euros will be invested into the location.

Hawk 3D Proto Adds Lulzbot 3D Printers and Magigoo to Portfolio AM Industry

Hawk 3D Proto Adds Lulzbot 3D Printers and Magigoo to Portfolio AM Industry

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Hawk 3D Proto, an independent UK-based 3D printing company, supplies a wide range of 3D printing products and services to a fast-growing customer base. One significant part of the company’s remit is to supply high-performance desktop 3D printers and in this regard, Hawk 3D Proto adds Aleph Objects and is now a UK reseller for the Lulzbot 3D printer range. In addition, the company has formalized a distributor agreement with Magigoo.

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Bottom’s Up, More Good News From Formnext 2017 3D Printing Events

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The AM industry is unique in many ways but one of those ways is how innovation is not just coming from the very top of the pyramid but also from the base. This young industrial segment is still far from consolidating in the hands of just a few major players as most mature industrial segments have for several decades. We are at the dawn of a new industrial revolution, however a revolution of this magnitude takes decades to complete. The best part in the beginning anything new is the galactic chaos formed by a growing number fragments which will eventually disappear or gravitate toward larger stars and galaxies. On this front there were many good news from formnext 2017.

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EUROCEMENT and Specavia partner to massively upscale construction 3D printing Construction 3D Printing

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The largest producer of building materials in the CIS (the Commonwealth of former Soviet Republics) – the EUROCEMENT group holding and Specavia (AMT-SPETSAVIA), a world-leading developer and manufacturer of professional 3D equipment for the construction industry formed a official cooperation to develop new materials optimized for construction 3D printing and further expand the use of this technology.

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Global Innovations, Business Deals, and a Record Number of Visitors Make formnext 2017 a Success 3D Printing Events

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A vibrant platform of innovation and networking formed a solid basis for outstanding business opportunities. This was the conclusion drawn by visitors and exhibitors who attended the formnext powered by tct 2017 from 14-17 November. The exhibition and conference drew a total of over 21,492 attendees, representing an increase of over 60 percent and another chapter in formnext’s impressive success story.