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During Formnext 2021, the four-day international trade fair for additive manufacturing, we saw new and optimized machines, innovative materials, software packages and post-processing solutions and applications. In recent years, it has become clear to many manufacturers, but especially to users,…

Around Formnext, we always expect a flurry of announcements from companies in the additive manufacturing sector. Leading German supplier for industrial 3D printing EOS is no exception. Recently, the company announced the addition of a new material, EOS Aluminium Al2139…

3D scanners have found their way into many different sectors. One industry that has especially embraced them is dentistry. Thanks to 3D scanning, dentists can create fully customizable retainers and prosthetics for their patients. This can be done with either…

Back in 2017, L’Oréal revealed that 100 percent of its new product packaging involved 3D printing. Since then, L’Oréal has been able to integrate even more additive manufacturing processes throughout product production for its varied product lines. Recently, HP announced…

During Formnext 2021, we met with the team from Arkema, one of the leading chemists on the market. The French company develops material solutions for additive manufacturing and covers several technologies: resin, powder and extrusion. This year, it unveiled its…

Formnext 2021 closed its doors last Friday after 4 days of meetings and exchanges. This edition brought together 600 exhibitors from 35 different countries, spread over 3 halls of the Frankfurt Messe, along with about 17.8k visitors from 76 countries.…

This week, take a look inside the new 3D printing medical lab at the National Univerity Hospital in Singapore that is capable of slashing surgery time in half! The lab is a collaboration with Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and it…

Today was the final day of Formnext as well as our 3D Daily Show #4, with exclusive content from the event. Since it’s the last day, it’s only fitting that we also spoke about the last step of the additive…

The Formnext trade show is often considered to be one of the best occasions to discover the new products of the market and to see the machines of different exhibitors in action. This year, we were interested in exploring which…

Formnext 2021 started this week and has been an incredible opportunity for many of the leading actors in additive manufacturing to get together after two years to connect and share ideas. One aspect of the trade show that particularly excited…

How is additive manufacturing industrializing? Though a dream for many years, it has been at this Formnext that we have truly started to see the full realization of AM for industrial purposes such as manufacturing. To accomplish this impressive feat,…

Already renown for their ultrafast polymer 3D printers, Nexa3D decided to up the ante with their latest launch — the QLS 350 thermoplastic 3D printer. During this year’s Formnext in Frankfurt, the California headquartered company announced the pre-launch of its…