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Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, has signed a “One DSM” framework technology partnership agreement with Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG), a 100% subsidiary of the Toyota Motor Corporation. The agreement involves all DSM businesses active in supplying materials and technology to the automotive sector – Engineering Plastics, Dyneema® (ultrahigh […]

During this event, modern technological solutions, applied in various branches of industry, are presented. Some of them are going to be presented for the first time. Among such new solutions will be the 5-Axis VSHAPER 3D Printer created by VERASHAPE with the support of Polish National Research and Development Center. VSHAPER 5-Axis Machine, developed by […]

Covestro is presenting its latest materials and technologies at the K 2016 – the largest plastic industry shows in the world – ranging from an electric car to 3D-printed surfaces for shoes to rotor blades for wind power systems. Covestro will be exhibiting athletic shoe uppers. What is special about them is that they come straight […]

Earlier this year we came across the new design Daniel Norée made: an F1 car, his follow-up to the openRC Truggy design we had printed previously. “After a bit of thinking I came to the conclusion that a Formula 1 car would probably a perfect follow up project to the Truggy!” says Daniel Norée. As he stepped up […]

You could say that MakerBot is turning over a new leaf: with the newly released MakerBot+ and MakerBot Mini+ the company is targeting quality, superior mechanics and reliability. We have the first exclusive photos from unboxing and testing of the new desktop 3D printers and we also discovered that their best new feature – by far […]

DEVELOP3D LIVE is the UK’s leading conference and exhibition celebrating design, engineering and manufacturing technology and how it brings world-leading products to market faster. The 2016 edition will take place on 31st March at Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick University, Coventry, CV4 7AL. Exhibition opens at 8:00am. Conference starts at 9:10am prompt. Conference finishes at 5:15pm. Why […]

Following early successes with customers such as BMW Group and Delphi, Carbon (Carbon 3D Inc.) today announced new funding from strategic investors toward the goal of bringing additive technology to more customers transitioning from prototyping-only use cases, to applications requiring final production quality parts with great surface finish, broad and expanding material options and the […]

In the aftermath of GE Aviation’s announced $1.4 billion acquisition of Arcam AB and SLM Solutions), investors showed confidence in the two metal 3D printer manufacturers and – as was to be expected – remained somewhat skeptical as to the short and medium term benefits of this deal for GE, with the stock losing a […]

Announced at the AM Show in Amsterdam end of June this new steelFill specialty material is available as from today. With steelFill colorFabb is adding a fourth metal based filament to its portfolio, after successfully announcing bronzeFill in 2014, copperFill later that year and brassFill in early 2015. As with these other filaments, the key […]

Zortrax reached a record-breaking $6,7M turnover in the first half of 2016, exceeding last year’s first-half result by more than $1.9M Zortrax – one of the leading European providers of 3D printing solutions – recently published its financial results for the first half of 2016. The company’s income level increased by 42% (compared annually), which […]