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DNV introduces new edition of 3D printing standard to cut costs and CO2

The independent assurance and risk management provider DNV has upgraded its flagship standard for additive manufacturing (AM), DNV-ST-B203. This new edition, a key outcome of...
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Formnext Awards 2025: Who are the winners?

Launched last year as a replacement for the Start-up Challenge, the Formnext Awards recognize innovations, sustainable concepts, and special achievements that have had a...
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Evove: Making “filtering the unfilterable” sustainable with additive manufacturing

When people talk about technologies that could enable a net-zero future, water filtration rarely makes the list. Yet filtration membranes can consume up to...
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Apple’s big bet on metal AM: What scaling looks like and what we still don’t know

By openly emphasizing its deployment of metal additive manufacturing, Apple is adding real weight to the argument that AM is maturing into a mass-production...
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ULT AG introduces a gas-tight gas purification system in metal 3D printing

At Formnext 2025, ULT AG introduced the AMF 100, a new compact and gas-tight gas purification system. This mobile and flexible solution is suitable...
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Post-processing | Why do you need a robot for depowdering? – Solukon explains.

“Due to the wide range of possible tasks, the robot-integrated depowdering system is a custom solution, not a series machine,” Andreas Hartmann, Cofounder &...

ATLIX: the return to Italian roots with a German legacy

During its debut at Formnext 2025, ATLIX introduced not only a new brand but also a renewed vision for industrial additive manufacturing. Matthias Himmelsbach,...

Formnext 2025: Fifty shades of the “cost conversation”

As I wrote in our weekly newsletter, Formnext is always a rush, but that’s also part of its charm. From the inevitable sprints between...
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The Sintokogio Group acquires Bosch Advanced Ceramics

On Tuesday evening at Formnext, they made it official: Bosch Advanced Ceramics is now part of Sintokogio Group, a global leader in industrial equipment...
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The Exploration Company acquires Thrustworks Additive Manufacturing GmbH

Thrustworks Additive Manufacturing GmbH, an additive manufacturing service provider that focuses on aerospace and energy, is now part of The Exploration Company (TEC). The acquisition...