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The practical additive manufacturing news brief. What matters, what's hype, and what it means for builders.

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  • #7
    July 3 · 20 min

    Rocket Lab Buys Iridium — and Did 3D Printing Really Do It?

    An $8 billion space mega-deal gets sold as a win for 3D printing — but was it? Plus Velo3D's giant new metal factory, a defense-and-maritime AM surge, recycled scrap becoming LPBF powder, Bambu's 'safer' filament, and the week's most gloriously silly headline: a 3D-printed steak coming to your backyard grill.

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  • #6
    July 1 · 25 min

    Stratasys: The FDM Founder Trying to Become an Industrial Company

    We profile Stratasys, the 35-year-old company that invented FDM and now sits in the middle of a high-stakes pivot from prototyping to serial production. From Scott Crump's original patent to a multi-technology portfolio, CEO Yoav Zeif's industrial bet, the $42.5M Markforged deal, and a balance sheet under pressure — here's what the original incumbent actually is in 2026.

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  • #5
    June 26 · 20 min

    ORNL Folds Composites Flat, and a Sub Gets Its Parts in Four Weeks

    Oak Ridge prints composites onto fabric and folds them into shape — claiming a 90% cost cut. Plus sand binder jetting for small foundries, Dow's tougher PLA, metal repair quadrupling bridge life, QinetiQ rescuing a Royal Navy sub, and a consumer 'metal laser printer' that sets off every alarm we own.

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  • #4
    June 20 · 19 min

    Divergent's 64-Machine Bet and the Defense AM Land Grab

    Divergent unveils a twelve-laser metal printer and a defense super-factory, Beehive drops $50M on EOS machines, and the C-17 microvanes go fleet-wide. Plus Bambu's 'safe' filament, an open-source revolt against the cloud, and Nano Dimension quietly walking out of the room.

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  • #3
    June 12 · 22 min

    TDK Buys ECAM, the Air Force Prints 222 Planes' Worth of Vanes

    TDK drops up to $400M on electrochemical metal printing for AI data centers, the US Air Force commits to fleet-wide 3D printed microvanes, and a tower-crane concrete printer makes some very tall promises. Plus a yeast-based building material, a high-temp aluminum, and the return of Thingiverse.

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  • #2
    June 5 · 15 min

    States Try to Code Guns Out of Your Printer

    New York's mandatory gun-blocking software for 3D printers raises huge feasibility and free-speech questions, with California close behind. Plus Bambu's $469 large-format A2L, Sandvik exits metal AM, Creality's billion-dollar IPO, Prusa's open-source ColorMix, and a Pentagon volcanic-fiber boat fantasy.

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