LightForce today announced the next generation in orthodontics. LightBracket Metal™.

LightForce Orthodontics brings 3D-printed metal brackets to market

When we last covered LightForce Orthodontics in August 2023, the Boston-based company had just closed an $80 million Series D round to scale production...

Eplus3D, Rosswag Engineering and qualloy team up to industrialize next-generation metal 3D printing

A new tripartite MOU pairs large-format LPBF systems, qualified powders and industrial process expertise with a clear bet on serial production. Eplus3D, Rosswag Engineering and...
Metal powder for additive production at Metalpine - Image credit Renishaw

EOS acquires Metalpine: A strategic move to control the titanium supply chain

EOS has announced the full acquisition of Metalpine GmbH, an Austrian specialist in high-quality metal powders for additive manufacturing. Having already held a shareholding...
▲ Dome-shaped titanium high-pressure tank produced using a support-free additive manufacturing (3D printing) process ▲ Comparison of conventional additive manufacturing processes (left) and advanced support-free additive manufacturing processes (right)

INNOSPACE commercializes support-free titanium AM and it raises a familiar question

We'll be honest: when a company claims it has cracked support-free metal additive manufacturing for complex titanium aerospace components, within a standard LPBF environment,...
OPPO's Find N6 smartphone

How BLT’s titanium 3D printing helped OPPO crack the foldable display crease problem

The crease is one of those details that may seem cosmetic at first glance, but anyone who has worked with foldable display technology knows...
2 keynote speakers receiving their award at AMUG 2026, award given by the MC, Todd Grimm on the picture as well

WATCH | AMUG 2026: A new city, the same community spirit, and the partnerships worth watching

After five consecutive years in Chicago, the Additive Manufacturing Users Group packed up and headed west. AMUG 2026 took place in Reno, Nevada, a...

A 200 kN 3D printed aerospike rocket engine powers Aspire’s fully reusable Oryx spacecraft

When we reported last June on Aspire Space's ambition to develop a fully reusable launch vehicle powered by computationally engineered, 3D-printed engines, it was...

TCT Asia 2026: Different world, different rules (Part 1)

Do you know that feeling when you're the newcomer, at school, at work, or in a room where everyone else seems to know the...
Military vehicle

From damage to deployment in 24 Hours: How Cold Spray AM is leveraged for a critical defense infrastructure

On a Tennessee training range, a critical combat support vehicle sat “deadlined” and effectively out of the fight. A failed Battle Lock Handle had...
Conflux oil cooler used in a full-distance endurance race on a Multimatic-engineered car

Multimatic Motorsports proves reliability of 3D printed thermal systems on the track. Here is how.

A 3D-printed, configurable transmission oil cooler from Conflux Technology has completed a full-distance endurance race on a Multimatic-engineered car, demonstrating the viability of additively...