The “Factory of the Future” is everywhere. But what does it actually mean?
The phrase has become ambient noise in manufacturing. Every major industrial player, every technology vendor, every trade show keynote has its own version of...
Defining “Mass” in AM: Can 3D printer farms deliver consumer-scale production?
As the surge in entry-level 3D printer shipments tops 1 million in Q1, I can’t help but link it to the growing rise of...
A new network sets its sights on additive manufacturing for European defense
Interest groups focused on additive manufacturing are nothing new. Most, however, share a familiar set of limitations: they tend to be industry-driven, nationally anchored,...
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...
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...
DTU and Lithoz rethink fuel cell architecture with 3D-printed ceramic gyroids
For years, improving the power density of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) meant gradually optimizing the same flat, stacked architecture, tightening seals, refining interconnects,...
Could additive manufacturing be the key to realistic machinery replicas at tradeshows?
OEMs exhibiting at trade shows face a recurring challenge: how to showcase large, complex machinery without transporting the full-scale system. From engine assemblies to automated mechanisms and sprawling factory...
Civil AM certification vs. defense: Two worlds that rarely talk to each other. Should they?
They use the same materials. Often the same machines. They are both building a future in which additive manufacturing produces parts that fly, withstand...
From Lagos to Accra: RusselSmith in discussions to bring industrial AM to Ghana’s waters
You don’t get many chances to put industrial AM in Africa in the spotlight, and when you find a company that’s serious about it,...
Some ideas are so obvious they seem impossible. Michael Molitch-Hou’s book is both.
There are projects you come across and immediately think: this needed to exist. Michael Molitch-Hou's Impossible Works: The Book of 3D Printed Art is...