As the community finds more applications, improves processes, and looks for new technology, solution providers are working to support additive manufacturing growth through collaboration, investment, and funding. Whether by opening new research facilities, building partner networks, acquiring companies, co-developing applications and technology, receiving grants, raising capital, or other activities, the additive manufacturing industry is committed to supporting 3D printing professionals in achieving their goals.
Explore some of these efforts and find what they might mean for your advancement efforts.
Hexagon Invests $100 M in Autonomous and Sustainable Manufacturing through Divergent: Hexagon AB announced a 100 MUSD investment in Divergent Technologies Inc. Divergent has developed an alternative production process to traditional vehicle manufacturing called DAPS® (Divergent Adaptive Production System) that addresses economic and environmental challenges READ MORE
ABCorp and BATS-TOI Partner to Manufacture Next Generation Smart Multisport Headgear with 3D Printing: Continuum™ raised a total of $36 million in funding led by Ara Partners. The investment will fund accelerated expansion of 100% recycled commercial metal powder production. READ MORE
Australian-US Advanced Manufacturers Collaborate on Novel Thermal Solutions in North America: Mott and Conflux announced a partnership to bring Conflux’s 3D printed thermal solutions to North American markets. Conflux’s additively manufactured heat exchangers improve thermal management of critical components across a multitude of industries, including for advanced aircrafts, by utilizing the design freedom made possible by 3D printing. READ MORE
Fortify Receives Strategic Investment From Lockheed Martin Ventures: Fortify has received a strategic investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures, the venture capital arm of Lockheed Martin Corporation. The funds will be used for process and material development of additive manufacturing of RF (radio frequency) devices. READ MORE
SyBridge Technologies to Acquire Certain Assets of Fast Radius: SyBridge Digital Solutions will acquire certain assets of Fast Radius. The sale is subject to bankruptcy court approval and was expected to close before the end of 2022. READ MORE
Lockheed Martin and Sintavia Team Up to Advance Metal Additive Manufacturing: Lockheed Martin Corporation and Sintavia announced a collaboration to expand research of metal additive manufacturing (AM) opportunities as an alternative to castings and forgings. READ MORE
Fortius Metals Raises Seed Round of $2M from AM Ventures to Bring Advanced Metal 3D Printing to the Aerospace Industry: Fortius Metals, Inc. closed a $2M seed financing round with AM Ventures accelerate its commercialization on large format metal 3D printing.READ MORE
Sigma Additive Solutions Joins the EOS Developer Network: Sigma Additive Solutions announced it has joined the EOS Developer Network (EDN). This enables Sigma to provide software and analytics applications from EOS application programming interfaces (APIs). READ MORE
ICON to Develop Lunar Surface Construction System with 457.2 Million NASA Award: ICON received a nearly $60 million contract awarded under Phase III of NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to research and develop space-based construction systems to support planned exploration of the Moon and beyond. READ MORE
Autonomous Manufacturing: AMFG Receives $8.5 Million in Funding Led by Intel Capital: AMFG Corp. has secured $8.5M in funding led by Intel Capital to further catapult their spot in the new age of industrial transformation. With this new funding, AMFG will continue to help companies scale their additive manufacturing processes. READ MORE
Post Processing: AMT Provides Integrated Solutions to HP’s 3D Printing Customers: AMT and HP announced a strategic partnership to deliver advanced post processing capabilities to HP customers. READ MORE
High Performance Aluminum Powders: Equispheres partners with Morf3D: Aiming to improve the performance and productivity of metal additive manufacturing, Morf3D Inc. and Equispheres Inc. are collaborating to qualify Equispheres’ high-performance aluminum powders and to develop new applications which will result in further performance improvements based on current expectations. READ MORE
Strategic Partnership: Precision ADM and Tecomet: Precision ADM entered into a strategic partnership with Tecomet, to expand development and production opportunities in the area of additive and subtractive manufacturing. READ MORE
Energy Transition: Shell and GE Additive Metal 3D Print Oxygen Hydrogen Micromixer: Shell International B.V. and GE Additive unveiled the results of a joint design and engineering project – an additively manufactured oxygen hydrogen micromixer. READ MORE
Bioscaffolds: Dimension Inx and Lurie Children’s Hospital Awarded Joint NIH Grant to Expand Fertility Restoration Options: Dimension Inx and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago were jointly awarded an NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant to uncove a novel approach to in vitro growth and maturation (IVGM) of ovarian follicles. READ MORE
Micro Additive Manufacturing: Nano Dimension Signs Materials Development Deal for Its Fabrica 2.0 3D Printing: Nano Dimension has signed an agreement with Tethon 3D to develop new materials for its Fabrica 2.0 micro additive manufacturing system. The agreement is focused on micro additive manufacturing materials with high-performance and specialty specifications, including high temperature, transparent, and carbon nano tubes. READ MORE
Lightweighting: Hexagon and Stratasys unlock 3D-printed PEKK’s Potential for Aerospace Engineers with Simulation: Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division and Stratasys applied Hexagon’s simulation technology to capture the behavior of Stratasys’ high-performance, ultra-lightweight Antero™ reinforced polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) materials and its additive manufacturing processes. READ MORE
Materialise Expands CO-AM Platform with Seven New Technology Partners and Magics Integration: Materialise announced seven additional technology partners joined the CO-AM platform. These solutions support design and pre-printing automation, traceability, printing, and post-processing for 3D printed parts. READ MORE
FreeFoam: Desktop Metal Announces Major Contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for Variety of 3D Printed Products: Desktop Metal announced a three-year, multimillion-dollar contract with the Veterans Health Administration to develop, test, and manufacture a variety of 3D printed healthcare products with a revolutionary new FreeFoam™ material. READ MORE
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Inspires All-new Lexus RX from Collaboration with Lexus, Adidas, Adidas S.E.E.D and Carbon: Lexus unveiled what’s possible when the luxury automaker, adidas, adidas S.E.E.D, Calty Design Research and Carbon joined forces. A Lexus RX 500h F SPORT was transformed into an eye-catching crossover inspired by Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” READ MORE
Automated Additive Manufacturing Workflow: Nexa3D and DyeMansion Announce Strategic Partnership: Nexa3D and DyeMansion announced a strategic partnership to drive an automated additive manufacturing workflow, integrating Nexa3D’s powder bed fusion workflow; leveraging DyeMansion’s automated post-processing hardware, the QLS 820 printer, as well as the printer’s Siemens PLC integration and NexaX for QLS manufacturing software. READ MORE
Value Chain: Sigma Additive Solutions and Dyndrite Announce Agreement to Build Connected In-process Data Software Using Dyndrite Application Development Kit: Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc. announced an agreement with Dyndrite™ to expand development of Printrite3D®’s visualization and analysis on Dyndrite’s Additive Developer Kit (ADK). READ MORE
Life Cycle Assessment for Additive Manufacturing: Fraunhofer ILT and 6K Additive Announce Partnership: 6K Additive and Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT announced a collaboration to create a complete life cycle assessment (LCA) for additive manufacturing. READ MORE
Printed Electronics: Henkel and Quad Industries Offer Unique Solution for Faster Development of Health Patches: Henkel and Quad Industries have developed a new concept to enable innovations for smart health patches with accelerated speed to market at lower cost. The partners’ demo package allows engineers to quickly test the functionalities of the concepts, significantly reducing the development time by up to three months and lowering the overall design costs. READ MORE
In-Process Quality: Sigma Additive Solutions Announces Agreement with SLM Solutions: Sigma Additive Solutions Inc. announced that its PrintRite3D® in-process quality assurance solution will be certified as PrintRite3D Ready to work with SLM’s industrial metal additive manufacturing machines. READ MORE
Intraoral Scanners: Align Technology and Desktop Metal Announce Strategic Collaboration to Make iTero Element™ Flex the Preferred Restorative Intraoral Scanner for Desktop Labs’ Customers Serving General Dentists: Align Technology, Inc. and Desktop Metal, Inc. announced a strategic collaboration to supply iTero Element™ Flex intraoral scanners to Desktop Labs so it can connect general dentist locations with its growing network of premium full-service labs. READ MORE
Integrated Digital Technology: Desktop Labs Unveils Strategic Vision to Connect Dental Offices to its Network of Premium Dental Labs: Desktop Metal, Inc. unveiled Desktop Labs, a growing network of full-service dental laboratories that will connect directly to dental practices through integrated digital technology. READ MORE
Patient-specific 3D Printing: Stratasys Makes Strategic Investment in Axial3D: Axial3D announced the closing of a $15 million investment round led by a strategic investment of $10 million from Stratasys Ltd. The two companies also will be providing a joint offering to make patient-specific 3D printing solutions for hospitals and medical device manufacturers more accessible. READ MORE
Volumetric 3D Printing: Vitro3D has Raised $1.3M in an Oversubscribed Seed Financing: Vitro3D raised $1.3M in an oversubscribed seed round led by Buff Gold Ventures to commercialize volumetric 3D printing. READ MORE
Quality Assurance for Production-Scale Additive Manufacturing: Stratasys Acquires Software Company Riven: Stratasys announced the acquisition of quality assurance software company Riven. The start-up has been a Stratasys connectivity software partner and its cloud-based software solution will now be fully integrated into Stratasys’ GrabCAD® Additive Manufacturing Platform. READ MORE
Quality Assurance: Sigma Additive Solutions and Novanta Pioneer First Fully Integrated Scan Head: Sigma Additive Solutions partnered with Novanta to create an integrated hardware/software solution to make quality assurance a standard part of the optical train. READ MORE
SUN METALON, Startup Company Developing Revolutionary Ultra-fast Metal 3D Printer, Raises US$5.6 Million from Japanese and U.S. Investors: SUN METALON Inc., a startup company developing an ultra-fast metal 3D printer, announced procurement of US$5.6 million in its pre-series A funding round. The funds were raised from new investor GLOBIS CAPITAL PARTNERS & Co., along with existing investors UTEC, D4V, and Berkeley SkyDeck Fund. READ MORE
3DPrinterOS is Bringing Full Cloud Support to Formlabs 3D Printers: 3DPrinterOS‘ cloud solution is now available with the new Formlabs integration for print farms of any size to help scale your additive manufacturing operations. READ MORE
6K Awarded Prestigious Department of Energy Grant to Fund $107M UniMelt Plasma Processing Plant for Domestic Battery Material Production: 6K announced it has been selected as a recipient of the first set of projects funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. READ MORE
New Agreement with NASA Puts Relativity Space on Path to Operate One of America’s Largest Rocket Engine Test Facilities: Relativity Space detailed plans to operate one of the largest rocket engine test facilities in the United States. Through an agreement with NASA, Relativity is expanding its facilities and infrastructure at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi. READ MORE
Hawk Ridge Systems Expands Manufacturing Reach by Acquiring ACCESS Manufacturing Systems, Inc.: Hawk Ridge Systems acquired ACCESS Manufacturing Systems, Inc. as part of a strategic initiative to expand coast-to-coast manufacturing services and solutions. READ MORE
Siemens and Desktop Metal Partner for Production Applications of Additive Manufacturing: Siemens and Desktop Metal, Inc. announced a multi-faceted partnership aimed at accelerating production applications of additive manufacturing (AM) with a focus on the world’s largest manufacturers. READ MORE
Lithoz acquires CerAMing, Expands into Third Ceramic 3D Printing Technology: Lithoz GmbH acquired Germany-based CerAMing, the patent holder of the Layer-wise Slurry Disposition (LSD)-Print ceramic 3D printing process. READ MORE
3D Printed Antimicrobial Trauma Device Development Grant Awarded by NIH: SINTX Technologies, Inc. received a Phase I grant of $275k from the the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop and test an antimicrobial trauma device constructed of a 3D printed continuous carbon fiber (cCF) reinforced polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) plate with silicon nitride embedded into its surface. READ MORE
Critical Battery Materials Focus of 6K Energy and ONE Joint Development Agreement 6K announced that its 6K Energy division has signed a joint development agreement with Our Next Energy (ONE) to develop and produce the critical battery material that ONE will use in their Gemini and Aries battery platforms. READ MORE
Medical Device Innovation and Advancement of Care Focus of FDA, VHA Collaboration: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) announced a collaboration intended to help accelerate American medical device innovation to further improve and benefit public health. READ MORE
3D Printed Ceramic Heat Exchangers Development Grant Awarded: SINTX Technologies, Inc. announced the receipt of a Phase II award of $1.1M, issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop, design and characterize 3D-printed alumina ceramic heat exchangers for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems (HVAC). READ MORE
Quickparts Acquires Xcentric Mold & Engineering to Expand Digital Manufacturing: Quickparts acquired Xcentric Mold & Engineering an innovator of on-demand digital manufacturing. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. READ MORE
World’s Largest Additive Manufacturing Machine: Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) was awarded a $5.2 million U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract that involves building the world’s largest additive manufacturing (AM) machine. READ MORE
Polyolefin Materials for Sustainable AM at Scale: Essentium, Inc. is partnering with Braskem to offer manufacturers a fully integrated additive manufacturing machine and materials solution;combining the Essentium High Speed Extrusion (HSETM) 280i HT 3D Printer with Braskem’s polyolefin materials. READ MORE
Ultra-precise Parts Focus of Henkel and Prodways Collaboration: Henkel announced a collaboration with Prodways. With this new collaboration, users can access Loctite’s high-performance 3D printing resins on the Prodways’ industrial platform. READ MORE
In-Situ Monitoring “AcGovDustrial” Network Formed: Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc. formalized its program of working with universities, research labs, government organizations, and industrial companies to provide a platform for improving collaboration related to in-situ monitoring and real-time analysis for quality assurance, certification, and qualification of additively manufactured parts. READ MORE
Desktop Health and Keystone Industries to Deliver Dental Photopolymer Resins: Desktop Health and Keystone Industries announced a partnership to make a broad range of Keystone 3D printing dental resins available on Desktop Health’s Einstein printer, beginning with KeySplint Soft. READ MORE
Nikon Announces Investment in Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Global, Inc.: Nikon announced an investment in Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Global and their approach that enables users to integrate additive tools onto any platform. READ MORE
Stratasys Completes Merger of MakerBot With Ultimaker: Stratasys closed the merger of subsidiary MakerBot with NPM Capital-backed Ultimaker to form a new entity under the name Ultimaker. READ MORE
GE Completes Latest Adaptive Cycle Engine Tests, Successfully Concludes Adaptive Engine Transition Program Efforts: The U.S. Air Force and GE concluded testing on GE’s second XA100 adaptive cycle engine at the Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC). READ MORE
Fully Automated Work Cell for the Additive Repair of Turbine Parts: Optomec Inc. and Acme Manufacturing announced an industry first, fully automated work cell initially optimized for repairing aviation compressor blades made of titanium. READ MORE
Biotech Company, Systemic Bio™ Announced by 3D Systems: 3D Systems formed a wholly owned company called Systemic Bio™, a biotech company focused on the application of advanced bioprinting technologies to pharmaceutical drug discovery and development. READ MORE
Materialise Makes CO-AM the Most Secure Platform for Distributed Manufacturing with Acquisition of Identify3D: Materialise acquired Identify3D, a company that develops software to encrypt, distribute and trace the flow of digital parts across complex supply chains. The acquisition of Identify3D makes Materialise’s CO-AM platform the most secure platform for distributed manufacturing. READ MORE
Markforged Completes Digital Metal Acquisition: Markforged acquired Digital Metal extending Markforged’s capabilities into high-throughput production of metal additive parts READ MORE
Nikon to Partner with SLM Through a Public Takeover Offer: SLM Solutions Group AG and Nikon Corporation have entered into an Investment Agreement in relation to a voluntary public takeover offer that Nikon intends to launch for all outstanding shares of SLM at a cash consideration of EUR 20 per share. READ MORE
GoEngineer Acquires Computer Aided Technology, Inc.: Court Square Capital Partners announced its portfolio company GoEngineer, has acquired Computer Aided Technology, Inc. (“CATI”), a product development solutions provider specializing in 3D software and 3D printing hardware. READ MORE
Carbon Acquires ParaMatters to Expand Design Software Optimized for Additive Manufacturing: Carbon acquired ParaMatters, expanding Carbon’s current software capabilities to include topology optimization. READ MORE
NUBURU Awarded SBIR Phase II Contract to Develop Blue Laser-Based Area Printing Additive Manufacturing System: NUBURU® has been awarded an AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to develop a blue laser-based 3D printing solution with area printing technology. READ MORE
Desktop Metal Expands Partnership with Henkel, Qualifies Loctite® Materials on Xtreme 8K: Desktop Metal expanded its partnership with Henkel on photopolymer material development, beginning with the qualification of Henkel’s Loctite® 3D IND405 Black and Loctite 3D 3843 for use on the Xtreme 8K. READ MORE
ExLattice Receives NSF SBIR Phase I Award to Accelerate Engineering Simulation for Additive Manufacturing: ExLattice, Inc received a Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program for further developing its accelerated simulation engine dedicated to additive manufacturing. READ MORE
TriTech Titanium Parts Matches Production Technology to the Part: TriTech Titanium Parts was launched on April 5, 2022, a spin-off of AmeriTi Manufacturing, which was sold to Kymera International also on April 5, 2022. READ MORE
Accelerating High Volume Additive Manufacturing: 3D Systems to Acquire dp polar GmbH3D Systems entered into an agreement to acquire dp polar GmbH. With this acquisition, 3D Systems will leverage its polymer materials portfolio and Oqton’s software technology for high-speed, mass production additive manufacturing to many industries. READ MORE
Stratasys to Acquire Covestro’s Additive Manufacturing Materials Business: Stratasys announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the additive manufacturing materials business of Covestro AG. READ MORE
Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Collaboration with GA-ASI for UAS Tooling: Baker Industries and Lincoln Electric Additive Solutions (LEAS) announced a strategic relationship with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) on a research and development project exploring the feasibility of wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) for producing steel layup tooling used in the manufacturing of composite lamination for GA-ASI’s unmanned aerial systems (UAS). READ MORE
Sakuu Opens New Battery Printing and Engineering Facility: Sakuu, developer of the world’s first 3D printed solid-state battery, opened a state-of-the-art multi-faceted engineering hub for its battery printing initiatives in Silicon Valley. READ MORE
Prototek Acquires Prototype Solutions Group: Prototek acquired Prototype Solutions Group (PSG), adding capabilities and capacity to Prototek’s Midwest operations. READ MORE
Hybrid 3D Printing Part of Nearly $30 Million Initiative for Gas Turbines: PROENERGY announced a $28.8-million investment on an advanced manufacturing initiative, starting with the recent acquisition and proven application of a hybrid 3D printing machine. READ MORE
Micro Additive Manufacturing: BMF Raises $43M Series C: Boston Micro Fabrication closed a Series C round of funding, totaling $43 million led by Shenzhen Capital Group Co., Ltd. (SCGC). READ MORE
Low Cost AM Titanium Alloys Focus of Collaboration: The U.S. Department of Energy approved a technical collaboration between IperionX and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop low cost titanium alloys for additive manufacturing utilizing using IperionX’s titanium metal powders. READ MORE
Industrial 3D Printing Focused Fund Closes at EUR 100 Million: AM Ventures closed its venture capital fund focused on industrial 3D printing. The oversubscribed fund closes at EUR 100M hard cap. The VC firm will use the funds to expand its strong portfolio of 17 companies. READ MORE
First Commercial Mission to Mars Announced by Impulse Space and Relativity Space: Impulse Space announced partnership with Relativity Space to deliver the first commercial payload to Mars with an anticipated launch window starting in 2024. READ MORE
Biofabricated Implants for Ophthalmology to be Developed by Carl Zeiss Meditec & Precise Bio: Carl Zeiss Meditec and Precise Bio entered into a partnership to develop and commercialize biofabricated corneal tissue for transplants in patients that require endothelial keratoplasty and natural lenticule transplants. READ MORE
Triastek & Lilly to Explore the 3D Printing for Oral Delivery of Drugs: Triastek, Inc. announced a collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company to leverage the advantages of 3D printing technology to enable precisely targeted and programmed release of drugs in specific regions of the GI tract. READ MORE
AddUp Partners with the ECM Group to Offer AM Post Processing Heat Treatment Solutions: AddUp and the ECM Group have signed a partnership to develop post processing solutions for the heat treatment of 3D printed metal parts. READ MORE
Nano Dimension Acquisition Creates Metal & Ceramic Additive Manufacturing Portfolio: Nano Dimension Ltd. closed a definitive agreement to acquire Formatec Holding B.V., which includes its two subsidiaries – Admatec Europe B.V. and Formatec Technical Ceramics B.V. to create a metal and ceramic additive manufacturing portfolio. READ MORE
3DCeram Sinto Expands 3D Printing Technology: 3DCeram Sinto has become the majority shareholder of the start-up TIWARI Scientific Instruments, that is becoming 3Dceram Sinto Tiwari. TIWARI Scientific Instruments was created in 2019 within the ESA (European Space Agency) ecosystem. READ MORE
Sustainable Additive Manufacturing Clothing: $3.5M Investment: Simplifyber, Inc. closed a $3.5M round of seed funding, led by At One Ventures. Simplifyber will leverage its additive manufacturing technology to bring economically competitive, sustainable garments to market. READ MORE
VulcanForms Raises $355 Million for Industrial-Scale Digital Manufacturing: VulcanForms raised $355 million and is valued at over $1 billion. Investors include Eclipse Ventures, Stata Venture Partners, Fontinalis Partners, D1 Capital Partners, Standard Investments, Atlas Innovate, Boston Seed Capital, Industry Ventures, and the Simkins Family. READ MORE
Lunar Outpost Designs Released by AI SpaceFactory: AI SpaceFactory announced its designs for LINA, the first lunar outpost developed in collaboration with NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) engineers and planetary scientists. READ MORE
Relativity to Launch Oneweb’s Low Earth Orbit Satellite: Relativity will launch OneWeb’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites on Terran R starting in 2025 under a multi-year, multi-launch Launch Services Agreement (LSA) with OneWeb. READ MORE
Metal Additive Manufacturing Focus of Velo3D European Technical Center: Velo3D, Inc. opened its European Technology Center in Augsburg, Germany to manage the company’s operations in Europe, host customers for trainings, and conduct meetings with customers and partners. READ MORE
Prototek Acquires ProtoCAM, Industrial 3D Printing Company: Prototek Holdings LLC announced it completed the acquisition of ProtoCAM, an industrial 3D printing company located in Allentown, Pa. ProtoCAM will merge into Midwest Prototyping, Prototek’s additive manufacturing arm acquired in July 2021. READ MORE
Altair Expands Design Technology for Additive Manufacturing with Acquisition of Gen3D: Altair acquired Gen3D, a startup out of the University of Bath, U.K. Gen3D is a pioneer implementing the implicit geometry method for describing highly complex geometries such as lattice structures in additive manufacturing. READ MORE
Conflux Technology and GKN Additive to Collaborate on Heat Exchanger Development, Design and Production in Europe: Conflux and GKN Additive announced they will cooperate in the development, design and production of 3D printed heat exchanger solutions in Europe. READ MORE
Elementum 3D Secures DARPA Funding to Develop 3D Printing Process for Rhenium Metal: Elementum 3D has been awarded a Direct to Phase II SBIR contract from DARPA to develop a robust, economical additive manufacturing (AM) process to fabricate complex-shaped components from the refractory metal rhenium (Re). READ MORE
Morf3D and 6K Additive Partner to Qualify Metal Powders for Additive Manufacturing: 6K Additive announced that they are collaborating with Morf3D to qualify metal powders for additive manufacturing. READ MORE
XYZprinting Partners with BASF Forward AM to offer Ultrasint PA6 Series on its MfgPro236 xS SLS System: XYZprinting partnered with BASF to provide a high-performance yet low-cost SLS 3D printing ecosystem. READ MORE
Essentium and Vorum Advance Biocompatible 3D Printing for the Orthotics and Prosthetics Industry: Essentium, Inc. collaborated with Vorum to introduce a line of 3D printing materials that can be biocompatible. The new materials meet ISO 10993 and US FDA guidance for intact skin surface devices as verified by certified, independent lab testing. READ MORE
EOS and Hyperganic Group Team Up to Elevate the Design and Performance of Space Propulsion Components: EOS announced an exclusive partnership to advance the field of space propulsion with Hyperganic. READ MORE
Deakin University, Australia, and National Centre for Additive Manufacturing Foundation sign an MoU to Foster Research and Innovation: Deakin University, Australia, and National Centre for Additive Manufacturing (NCAM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work toward a long-term vision to develop a self-sustainable ecosystem of Additive Manufacturing (AM) in the country. READ MORE
A.D.A.M. Bioprinting Will Cooperate with a Large Hospital System in US: A.D.A.M. was accepted into Elementa Labs, the virtual incubator program of the Mount Sinai Health System in New York, NY. READ MORE
Ryerson Announces Investment in FreeFORM Technologies: Ryerson Holding Corporation invested in FreeFORM Technologies, an additive manufacturing and engineering company specializing in metal additive manufacturing. READ MORE
BCN3D and Henkel Announce Collaboration to Make Headway on New Applications for VLM™ Technology: BCN3D Technologies and Henkel Adhesive Technologies announced a collaboration to develop formulations for the recently released Viscous Lithography Manufacturing (VLM)™ 3D printing technology. READ MORE
Larsen Motorsports Becomes an Affilliate of CAMID M: Larsen Motorsports (LMS) announced official affiliation with Florida Tech’s CAMID (Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Innovative Design) facility. This affiliation allows for an entirely new avenue of educational development along with mutually beneficial projects and interactive workshops. READ MORE
USAF and GE ‘Pacer Edge’ Pathfinder Metal 3D Prints Four Out-of-Production Parts: The US Air Force (USAF) and GE entered the third phase of its ‘Pacer Edge’ pathfinder. Phase III has focused on 3D printing for four parts that are currently obsolete: a bellcrank, gearbox seat, anti-icing valve body and a cross shaft arm. READ MORE
Adaptiiv Collaborates with HP and Varian to Enhance Personalization in Radiation Oncology with 3D Printed Medical Devices: Adaptiiv Medical Technologies Inc. is collaborating with HP Inc. and Varian, a Siemens Healthineers company, to advance the quality of and access to personalized cancer care for U.S. patients with 3D printed medical devices. READ MORE
Black Buffalo 3D and MAPEI Announce Complete 3D Construction Printing Solution with Launch of Planitop® 3D Construction Ink: Black Buffalo 3D Corporation and MAPEI Corporation announced a strategic research, development, and manufacturing partnership for the 3D construction printing industry. READ MORE
Biden Administration Celebrates Launch of AM Forward and Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan Innovation Act: AM Forward will help lower costs for American families by improving the competitiveness of America’s small-and-medium-sized manufacturers, creating and sustaining high-paying manufacturing jobs, and improving supply chain resilience through adoption of additive manufacturing. READ MORE
Amorphology Partners with AddiTec for the Additive Manufacturing of Multi-Metal Robotics Gear Components: Amorphology Inc, a NASA spinoff, has partnered with Additive Technologies (AddiTec), a founding partner of Meltio, to develop the additive manufacturing of multi-metal gear components for robotics. READ MORE
Fortify Announces Several High-Value Materials for Electronics Market and New Funding: Fortify announced a strategic investment agreement with In-Q-Tel, Inc. (IQT). The partnership between In-Q-Tel and Fortify will apply innovative materials and additive manufacturing technology to the field of RF devices and wireless infrastructure. READ MORE
Divergent Technologies Announces $160 Million Series C Funding: Divergent Technologies completed its Series C funding totaling $160 million to enable industrialization of its platform combining generative design, additive manufacturing, and automated assembly, expand operations, and meet demand from automotive OEMs for design and production of vehicle structures. READ MORE
GE Renewable Energy Inaugurates 3D Printing Facility that will Research More Efficient Ways to Produce Towers for Wind Turbines: GE Renewable Energy inaugurated a new research and development facility that will conduct research on how to 3D print the concrete base of towers used in wind turbines. READ MORE
Morf3D’s Applied Digital Manufacturing Center Partners with Siemens Advanta to Create Optimized Additive Manufacturing Facility: Morf3D, Inc. announced its partnership with Siemens Advanta. The two entities have committed to an ongoing technology development partnership as Morf3D continues to build its new Applied Digital Manufacturing Center (ADMC) in Long Beach, California. READ MORE
$1.5 Million Mass. Manufacturing Innovation Initiative Grant Awarded to North Andover’s 6K: The Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2) made a $1.5 million grant to 6K. The grant will be used to advance materials used in additive manufacturing and the production of batteries for electric vehicles, grid storage, and consumer electronics. READ MORE
Xerox® Elem™ Additive Solutions Announces New Strategic Collaboration with Siemens to Strengthen Metal Additive Manufacturing Capabilities: Xerox® Elem™ Additive Solutions announced a new collaboration effort with Siemens aimed at strengthening the metal additive manufacturing (AM) capabilities of both businesses. READ MORE
Tethon Corporation and Showa Denko America Announce Collaboration for Innovative Ceramic Resin: Tethon Corporation Inc. collaborated with Showa Denko K.K. to develop a ceramic UV resin. READ MORE
3D Systems Partners With Enhatch To Scale Personalized Medical Device Delivery: 3D Systems and Enhatch Inc. entered a partnership with technologies to drive Intelligent Surgery streamlining and scaling the design and delivery of patient-specific medical devices by automating the process. READ MORE
Triastek and Siemens Announce Strategic Collaboration to Accelerate Digital Transformation of the Pharmaceutical Industry: Triastek, Inc. and Siemens Ltd., China signed a strategic collaboration agreement to provide digital technologies for the global pharmaceutical industry. READ MORE
Stämm Secures a Series A round of $17 Million: Stämm closed a Series A, securing $17M to further develop and commercialie their biomanufacturing platform of continuous and autonomous production. READ MORE
Diamond Age Raises $50 Million Series A Round to Advance Robotic 3D Printing Home Construction System: Diamond Age, a robotic 3D printing startup focused on new home construction, raised a $50 million Series A round led by Prime Movers Lab. Seed investors Alpaca VC, Dolby Family Ventures, Timber Grove Ventures, and Gaingels all invested above their pro-rata and are joined by Signia Venture Partners. READ MORE
UpNano GmbH, Leader in 2PP 3D-Printing, Tackles US-Market: UpNano GmbH extended operations to the United States, adding Erika Bechtold as Vice President of US operations. READ MORE
polySpectra & Keyland Polymer Announce Strategic Partnership to 3D Print Consumer Goods with Any Color: Keyland Polymer and polySpectra today announced a strategic partnership to provide UVMax® powder coatings to COR Alpha 3D printed parts. READ MORE
3D Systems to Add Extrusion Technology to Solution Portfolio with Acquisition of Titan Additive LLC: 3D Systems acquired Titan Additive LLC (Titan Robotics). With this acquisition, 3D Systems will expand its polymer AM solutions portfolio to address new applications. READ MORE
3D Systems to Expand Healthcare Applications Portfolio with Acquisition of Kumovis: 3D Systems entered into an agreement to acquire Kumovis. With this acquisition, 3D Systems will add a unique extrusion technology to its polymer printing healthcare portfolio. READ MORE
Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Oerlikon Jointly Founding an AM Institute: The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Oerlikon have founded the TUM-Oerlikon Advanced Manufacturing Institute to master the technical challenges on the road to industrialization. READ MORE
Xact Metal Introduces High-Performing Dental Solutions: Xact Metal collaborated with Materialise and BEGO Medical to offer metal 3D printing to expand into dental industry. READ MORE
Authentise Acquires Elements to Deliver Data-Driven Flexibility Across Manufacturing: Authentise acquired all assets of Elements Technology Platform. As part of the transaction, Elements’ team will join Authentise. READ MORE
Amorphology Partners with AddiTec for the Additive Manufacturing of Large Steel Strain Wave Gear Flexsplines: Amorphology partnered with Additive Technologies (AddiTec) to develop the additive manufacturing of large steel strain wave gear flexsplines. READ MORE
Headmade Materials secures EUR 8.25m funding from AM Ventures and the European Innovation Council: Headmade Materials closed a €2.5m Series A financing round with AM Ventures as lead investor. The btov Industrial Technologies Fund also participated as existing shareholder. Additionally, Headmade Materials will receive a funding of up to EUR 5.8m under the EIC Accelerator Program. READ MORE
Intelivation Announces New Research & Development Center: Intelivation Technologies announced the inception of its state of-the-art research and development Center of Excellence located in the greater Philadelphia area including additive and subtractive manufacturing processes. READ MORE
The Aspen Group Announces Nationwide Transformation to Fully Digital Dental Offices: The Aspen Group announced details on a plan to convert all its Aspen Dental locations to fully digital operations. The company’s first all-digital office is now open in Pompano Beach, FL, with plans to complete the digital transformation across nearly 1,000 existing Aspen Dental offices by early 2023. READ MORE
Materialise and Sigma Labs Develop Breakthrough Technology to Advance Metal Additive Manufacturing: Sigma Labs and Materialise have developed a new platform combining the Materialise Control Platform and Sigma Labs’ PrintRite3D® sensor technology to allow users to identify and correct metal build issues in real-time. READ MORE
Seurat Technologies Raises $21M to Decarbonize Manufacturing: Seurat Technologies closed a $21M Series B extension with investments from new investors Xerox Ventures and SIP Global Partners. Seurat’s latest funding has participation from previous investors including Capricorn’s Technology Impact Fund, True Ventures, Porsche Automobil Holding SE, and Maniv Mobility bringing total funding for Seurat to $79M. READ MORE
Albemarle and 6K Sign Joint Development Agreement to Develop Novel Lithium Battery Materials: Albemarle Corporation and 6K have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to explore the use of 6K’s patented UniMelt® production platform to develop novel lithium battery materials. READ MORE
PrintParts Launches SmartParts Software Integration Partner Program: PrintPartsannounced the launch of its SmartParts Integration Partner Program. The new partnership program will focus on the development of integrations between the SmartParts cloud-based platform and existing advanced manufacturing workflow software solutions. READ MORE
