30 years after it started using AM, Hyundai opened a dedicated AM facility

Hyundai and Kia establish first standalone additive manufacturing site Hyundai Motor is continuing to grow its additive manufacturing work in South Korea. Together with Kia,...

Volkmann tackles powder moisture upstream of the printer, without heat

 The vDryer vacuum drying module from metal powder handling equipment manufacturer Volkmann USA restores metal 3D printing powders that have absorbed moisture to a...

Jean Paul Gaultier brings 5 haute couture designs to life using 3D printing

In a collaboration with 3D printing service bureau Sculpteo, fashion designer ROMI creates five haute couture looks for iconic haute couture fashion house Jean Paul...

Rowan University teams up with Phase3D to strengthen data driven metal AM research, education, and process reliability

Phase3D and Rowan University’s Digital Engineering Hub (DEHub) recently teamed up to advance data-driven metal additive manufacturing research, education, and process confidence. The collaboration...

Virtual surgical planning at scale: How SGH built a point-of-care AM program that works

The diversity of perspectives shared at EFHAM 2025 further reinforced something I find myself returning to often: that advancing modern medicine, and in this...
© Fraunhofer IWM, Photo: Kai Wudtke Cyclic load testing of an additively manufactured metal component after me-chanical surface treatment at the highly stressed zones. In the experiment, the increase in service life achieved by the post-treatment is tested.

Fraunhofer IWM boosts fatigue strength of metal 3D printed parts by up to 40% and can now predict it

When a metal part is 3D printed, it comes out of the machine with weaknesses concentrated at its surface: roughness, tensile residual stress locked...
A 3D printed metal part being inspected on a quality control machine in a factory

Hybrid Manufacturing: Additive freedom, metalworking quality

Conditions driving renewed interest in Additive Manufacturing (AM) are real and structural. Supply chain disruptions, reshoring pressures, workforce shortages, and the erosion of domestic...
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IMTS 2026: Solukon to debut new simulation software for automated depowdering of complex 3D printed parts

Several companies of the additive manufacturing are already familiar with IMTS, the largest manufacturing technology trade show in North America. Automated depowdering expert Solukon is one...

Matthäi Schlüsselfertigbau opens construction 3D printing division

Matthäi Schlüsselfertigbau has established its own construction 3D printing division. Matthäi Schlüsselfertigbau is a subsidiary of the German construction giant Matthäi, with over 3,300...

ASTM to develop standards framework for 3D‑printed ceramics

Standards organization ASTM International has announced a standard to outline the design process for technical ceramics using additive manufacturing (AM). The additive manufacturing technologies committee (F42)...