Consumer Goods

Meta, the parent company behind the Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, announced a few days ago the acquisition of a company specialized in the manufacturing of 3D printed lenses, Belgian-Dutch Luxexcel. This business had already raised several million euros to market…

When it comes to finding new applications for 3D printing, there truly seems to be no limit. Case in point, the Australian architectural firm BVN and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed Systems Reef 2, an air distribution…

Finding the perfect coffee for your home can sometimes be difficult, but finding the right coffee machine can be even more difficult especially if your favorite breaks. Luckily, Bentax, a Danish company offering a number of solutions to coffee lovers,…

Over the years, the trade in counterfeit goods, mostly of luxury brands, has spread rapidly all over the world. Data from the OECD in 2019 already showed that the trade in fake goods amounted to about 3.3% of all world…

Especially in these times of fast fashion, where a piece of clothing from one brand sometimes looks confusingly similar to a piece from another brand, one thing is increasingly gaining in importance: individual and personalized clothing. How this can look…

Though best known for polymers and metals, more than ever 3D printing is widening its horizons when it comes to material development. This is especially the case when it comes to more sustainable materials. And what could be more eco-friendly…

Music has been a part of humanity for as long as we have been recording history. And though it has changed much over the years, some things have stayed constant. For example the types of instruments and how they are…

Increasingly, it seems as if the sky’s the limit for applications in 3D printing. We have already seen parts made for everything from rocket engines to sneakers. Though when it comes to consumer goods, particularly for sports, 3D printing has…

Oris, a Swiss-based brand, has unveiled its new limited edition watch, the ‘Coulson Limited Edition’, in partnership with Coulson Aviation, a Canadian company that specializes in aerial forest fire suppression. The watch was designed to pay tribute to this organization…

Once again, 3D printing has been used for an innovative and sustainable new solution. This time, nFrontier, a Berlin-based innovation studio, has unveiled UILA, a revolutionary vehicle that is essentially a hybrid between an electric cargo bike and a small…

German company OECHSLER is behind a new innovation that aims to take the additive manufacturing sector into new dimensions. Specifically, they have developed a hiking backpack that incorporates 3D-printed, shock-absorbing mesh material for the first time. OECHSLER’s proposal won the…

The French group Decathlon is constantly looking for innovations in the field of sports and leisure: who out there has not heard of the 2 second tent, diving masks or its windsurfing kit? The company has surrounded itself with a…