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The consumer 3D printing market is evolving rapidly, with increasingly high-performance, affordable machines. Among the new products recently launched, the Anycubic Kobra S1 Combo stands out with its closed design, CoreXY architecture, compatibility with the ACE Pro multi-material station and…

The market for handheld 3D scanners is evolving rapidly, and SHINING 3D continues to innovate with its Einstar range. Founded in 2004, SHINING 3D is a major player in the 3D scanning field, with recognized expertise in both industrial metrology…

HeyGears, renowned for its professional dental 3D printing solutions, has recently made a splash on the consumer market with its first resin desktop printer, the Reflex. Following the success of the UltraCraft Reflex, the Chinese brand now offers a more…

Founded in 2011 in Jinhua, China, Flashforge is a long-standing player in the desktop FDM/FFF 3D printer market, with flagship models such as the Creator, Finder, Guider and Dreamer. More recently, the brand has extended its offering with a range…

Whether created by historic manufacturers or up-and-coming players, it’s always interesting to discover the latest innovations that have emerged on the 3D printing market. Case in point, recently, the 3Dnatives Lab had the opportunity to take a look at the…

In 2020, Bambu Lab entered the world of additive manufacturing through crowdfunding. Thanks to the dazzling success of their Kickstarter campaign, during which they raised over $7 million, Bambu Lab has become the new player everyone’s talking about. Indeed Bambu…

RAYSHAPE is a Chinese manufacturer specializing in the development and sale of resin 3D printers. With a wealth of experience in the field, founder Bill Liu and his teams have developed a full range of DLP 3D printers over the…

In 2010, as part of the Reprap movement, a team of Dutch enthusiasts decided to build their own FDM printer, the Elserbot, in a Fablab. A year later, in 2011, this same team founded the company Ultimaker by commercializing the…

Founded in 2004, SHINING 3D is a Chinese manufacturer of both 3D printers and 3D scanners. With a particular focus on the medical and dental sectors, the brand has grown internationally in recent years and now has offices in China,…

Created in China, in Jinhua, in 2011, Flashforge is a historical player in the desktop FDM/FFF 3D printer market, with many recognized models to its name including the Creator, the Finder and the Dreamer. More recently, the brand has also…

Nexa3D was born from a meeting between Avi Reichental, former CEO of 3D Systems, and the inventors of the “Lubricant Sublayer Photo-curing” (LSPc) technology. Interested in the developments of the latter, Reichental decided to create Nexa3D in 2015. And three…

A prominent figure in the 3D printing market for more than 10 years, Formlabs introduced the third generation of its popular desktop SLA 3D printer with the Form 3 in late 2019. Since then, the Boston-based manufacturer has unveiled various…