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Markforged, the creator of the Digital Forge, an integrated metal and carbon fiber additive manufacturing platform, has announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to merge with one, a special purpose acquisition company founded and led by technology industry…

Inkbit, a spinout of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT, has developed a new additive manufacturing system that they claim will revolutionize 3D printing. Led by Professor Wojciech Matusik and Davide Marine, the company is known…

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the West, Dassault Systèmes and Xometry announced during the 3DEXPERIENCE World event in Nashville, Tennessee that they would be partnering to provide customers with a seamless, integrated way to produce parts that accelerates the concept…

In early February, Essentium, Inc announced the results of the second in a series of findings from independent global research on the current and future use of industrial 3D printing. We previously covered the first survey published in 2019, which…

BASF 3D Printing Solutions is the subsidiary of German chemist BASF, dedicated to additive manufacturing and especially to the development of advanced materials. It now markets its solutions under the name BASF Forward AM. The company recently announced the launch…

Last October, HP unveiled its Digital Manufacturing Report, a study conducted among 2,175 decision-makers around the world ( across 3 continents and 9 geographic areas to be precise). After the recent publication of its French study, we decided to look…

ExOne announced last week that it has joined the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA) as a founding member. The AMGTA, a non-profit global trade group, is devoted to the promotion of the environmental benefits of additive manufacturing (AM). With…

For the additive manufacturing industry, 2020 has been a year of great change, both positive and negative. Many companies have taken advantage of their capabilities to grow in the sector, while others have not been able to withstand the impact…

Redefine Meat develops 3D printing technology to produce plant-based meat alternatives (which they call Alt-Meat products). Today, the Israeli-based company revealed the results of the largest-scale public blind-tasting of Alt-Meat products ever made, targeted to meat eaters. Conducted with Best…

From today, 3D Hubs will officially become a part of Protolabs. The two companies announced earlier that they had sealed a deal in a definitive agreement. In it, Protolabs will acquire 3D Hubs in a $280 million deal, of which…

Nano Dimension is an Israeli manufacturer that specialises in intelligent machines for the 3D printing of high fidelity active electronic and electromechanical subassemblies, and has recently obtained a patent for their circuit board additively manufactured with inkjet printing. Components such…

Desktop Metal, Inc. announced today the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire EnvisionTEC, a leader in photopolymer 3D printing solutions for end-use parts, in a $300 million deal made out of cash and newly issued Desktop Metal stock. The…