Interviews

The promise of additive manufacturing has always been design freedom, yet engineers frequently face complex, manual design processes to turn a concept into a manufacturable part. The Zurich-based software startup nureo is changing this by bridging the gap between advanced…

Anyone who has swapped traditional braces for clear dental aligners knows the appeal: aligners are much more comfortable and inconspicuous, compared to wires in your mouth. As this consumer preference for a more discreet orthodontic experience drives a massive market…

For decades, hardware design has been dictated by a stubborn reality: the battery is a block. Whether designing a drone or a smartphone, engineers have had to build around the rigid, heavy constraints of traditional cylindrical or prismatic cells, compromising…

Jet turbine engineers need components that can survive some of the most extreme conditions imaginable, like emperatures exceeding 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and for years, no off-the-shelf alloy survived the task. The answer came from NASA Glenn Research Center in the…

Sheyn means “beautiful” in Yiddish. Aesthetics are at the heart of Nicolas Gold and Markus Schaffer’s work, so much so that they chose this word as the name for their design studio. Their approach blends architecture and design to reveal…

Additive manufacturing is expanding into more and more fields, and with it, new materials are being tested. One of the most promising is concrete, especially in residential construction. incremental3d has been dedicated to this type of 3D printing since 2017.…

3D printing’s path to industrial scale has run through aerospace tolerances, medical implants, and automotive lightweighting. It has also, less famously, run through mannequins. The demand for faster collections, smaller batches, and more sustainable production in the display and visual…

Imagine a 3D printer that handles the entire lifecycle of a part – from liquid resin to a fully cured product – without human intervention. That is the promise of FUGO Precision 3D. Based in California, FUGO has developed a…

On June 11, 2026, the Estrel Hotel in Berlin will host the third edition of WAAMathon, the only conference dedicated exclusively to Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing. Organized by Berlin.Industrial.Group., the event brings together engineers and industry leaders to discuss the…

You might expect large corporations, with the budgets and engineering resources to match, to be the first in line when it comes to adopting “new” technologies like additive manufacturing. According to Andrea Gorlezza, CEO of MadeInAdd, the opposite is closer…

For decades, the production of small, precise metal components at scale has been largely defined by Metal Injection Molding (MIM), known for its speed, consistency, and cost efficiency. Replicating these characteristics with additive manufacturing has remained a challenge, particularly in…

While large-format additive manufacturing is gaining ground, can it truly deliver on its promises and transition seamlessly from rapid prototyping to production? BigRep, at the RAPID + TCT trade show, certainly seems to be demonstrating this! They are developing industrial…