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Massivit Will Demo Its Ultrafast, Large Format 3D Printing Technology at ISA Sign Expo 3D Printer Hardware

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  Massivit 3D Printing Technologies, the company that is disrupting large format 3D printing with its gel deposition technology (a hybrid between extrusion and photopolymerization processes) will showcase the extensive sign & display applications achievable with its market-leading 3D printing technology at ISA Sign Expo, from 20-22 April at Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Showcasing a range of […]

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Identify3D closes multi-million investment round for market expansion AM Software

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Identify3D announced it has completed its multi-million Series Seed investment round led by SoftTech VC. Among other investors participating in the round are the pre-seed lead investor Bee Partners, and international investors including Siemens Venture Capital GmbH, which is now a part of next47, the venture capital, advisor and catalyst into Siemens for external startups, La Famiglia, whose LP’s include large European Industrial families such as Krohne, Miele and Viessman, and DART Capital Partners, an Australian based venture capital group focused on Digital and Additive Manufacturing opportunities. Capital raised will help the company meet demand from its existing customer base in aerospace and defense and expand to meet the needs of other advanced manufacturing sectors including power generation, oil and gas, transportation and healthcare.

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SUR3D Launches New Decoded Mass Customization App for 3D Printed Jewelry AM Software

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Sur3D is the South American startup that created Selva 3D, one of the most intuitive and fun to use web apps ever made, to rapidly create custom consumer products ready for 3D printing. The company is now moving on up with its new Decoded app, currently in beta testing, which enables users to create a range of highly customized jewelry to then get it professionally 3D printed in metal and delivered.

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Thrinno Design Analysis Software Helps Metal AM Services with Price Calculation 3D Printing Processes

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Software start-up Thrinno is launching a product targeted at metal AM service providers that allows them to provide quick and professional price calculations with visual design feedback for their clients. To make more efficient use of resources in preparing quotations, current practice in the industry is to use quick and rough, or expensive time-consuming estimations. Through the application of complex 3D algorithms and visual feedback, Thrinno is helping both designer and metal AM service provider to remain profitable in this competitive industry.

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Microsoft Changes Windows Holographic to Windows Mixed Reality and Ships Dev Kits 3D Printing Processes

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Windows 10 is set to become the most complete platform across the broadest range of mixed reality devices and experiences. Microsoft believes that mixed reality can empower new waves of creativity and should be affordable and attainable for everyone. At the GDC Conference in San Francisco Microsoft announced that to reflect this broad objective the platform has changed name from Windows Holographic to Windows Mixed Reality.

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Forbes Shines Spotlight on 3Doodler’s $20 Million Business 3D Printer Hardware

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Last spring, Forbes named WobbleWorks one of the 10 most successful companies built on Kickstarter. At the time, it had raised $3.9 million on the crowdfunding platform in two campaigns for the 3Doodler, a 3D printing pen that had launched there in 2013. Today WobbleWorks has yearly sales for around $20 million from three different lines of pens and recently signed licensing deals with the Cartoon Network and CBS for kits featuring, respectively, the Powerpuff Girls and Star Trek.