Tag: fabrication additive
Rocket Lab’s 1,000th Rutherford Engine: When additive manufacturing becomes a competitive moat
Space company Rocket Lab has just announced a milestone: the 1,000th Rutherford engine has rolled off its production line. In the world of space...
Fitasy makes single-shoe purchasing commercially viable through 3D printing and spatial AI
Indianapolis-based Fitasy has announced a significant update to its on-demand footwear production platform: customers can now purchase a single shoe (left or right) at...
Lynxter brings food-grade silicone into additive manufacturing. Is this really a first?
French 3D printing specialist Lynxter has announced the launch of SIL-004, a silicone material it describes as the “world's first directly 3D-printable material” compliant...
Is additive manufacturing the key to cutting spare part emissions in energy and maritime?
The International Energy Agency (IEA) once estimated that advances in manufacturing technology worldwide could cut industrial energy use by 18–26%. This shift would translate...
Latin America: Petrobras installs DNV-qualified 3D-printed polymer part offshore
Petrobras has officially installed the first DNV-qualified 3D-printed polymer part in the Latin American energy market: a non-metallic handwheel on its P-74 offshore platform.
The...
AERIS: When Mahdi Naïm Studio takes additive manufacturing into the saddle
Mahdi Naïm is not new to additive manufacturing. We previously covered the Lyon- and Casablanca-based industrial designer through his collaboration with Satori, producing 3D-printed...
HP marks a decade in additive manufacturing with a dense portfolio update at RAPID+TCT 2026
Ten years in, HP Additive Manufacturing Solutions used RAPID+TCT 2026 to push on multiple fronts simultaneously (polymer, metal, entry-level access, and high-end materials) with...
How do AM software providers adapt their solutions with the rise of AI agents?
If AI was already the buzzword of last year, end-of-year predictions outside the manufacturing world hinted at the next frontier of generative AI: AI...
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,...
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...