Digital Tools Fuel Reshoring Revolution
AM and digital manufacturing tools are in the spotlight as companies localize and distribute manufacturing closer to home to build greater resiliency into their supply chains.
/article/digital-tools-fuel-reshoring-revolutionManufacturing the Sustainable Way
Xometry partners with Gravity Climate to help customers factor in carbon footprint goals when contracting for on-demand manufacturing services.
/article/manufacturing-the-sustainable-wayAll Aboard: 3D Printer Lands on U.S. Navy Ship
The Phillips Additive Hybrid system, which combines both subtractive and AM technologies, can create spare parts locally while at sea.
/article/all-aboard-3d-printer-lands-on-u.s.-navy-shipAre You Ready for ChatGPT for 3D Printing?
A startup building AI-based SaaS software for AM has tapped the still-emerging GPT technology to make it easier to instruct 3D printers.
/article/are-you-ready-for-chatgpt-for-3d-printingAM: The Next Tool in the Sustainability Toolbox
A new report from CASTOR reveals how 3D printed parts can help organizations down the path of reducing CO2 emissions.
/article/am-the-next-tool-in-the-sustainability-toolboxSecuring 3D Printing
With 3D printing an engine for distributed manufacturing and localized supply chains, new security techniques are emerging to ensure part authenticity and manufacturing resiliency.
/article/securing-3d-printingPrinting in the Fourth Dimension
Smart materials and new design capabilities will usher in a generation of self-modifying structures with applicability for medical, aerospace and various other innovative uses cases.
/article/printing-in-the-fourth-dimensionHexagon Places Bet on Next-Level Manufacturing for Sustainable Automotive Design
Manufacturing giant makes a $100 million investment in Divergent Technologies and its DAPS digital factory solution.
/article/hexagon-places-bet-on-next-level-manufacturing-for-sustainable-automotive-designGrowth in the AM Market Tied to Ecosystem Expansion
Partnerships aimed at simplifying AM processes dominated 2022 activity, according to IDTechEx 3D printing round-up
/article/growth-in-the-am-market-tied-to-ecosystem-expansionPTC Tools Help Spark Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough
Creo and Windchill were among the key 3D modeling tools used in the development of the National Ignition Facility.
/article/ptc-tools-help-spark-nuclear-fusion-breakthroughPTC Advances Closed Loop PLM
Acquisition of ServiceMax keyed to integration of asset and field service management capabilities to extend digital thread.
/article/ptc-advances-closed-loop-plmTaking a Page from Nature
GE Additive and Shell leveraged metal AM to rethink a large, complex conical part for an oxygen hydrogen micromixer.
/article/taking-a-page-from-natureLarger, Lighter Metal AM Parts Take Flight
European consortium unveils one-meter-in-diameter part manufactured using Direct Metal Laser Melting (DMLM) technologies as part of a push towards lower emissions flight.
/article/larger-lighter-metal-am-parts-take-flightHybrid Work is Here to Stay
An HP Teradici survey flags the ability to deliver a productive employee experience as the greatest challenge to the hybrid work model.
/article/hybrid-work-is-here-to-stayHybrid Work Calls for a Security Makeover
Now that hybrid work is firmly established in the post-pandemic era, companies are updating security architectures, gravitating to a new model built around Zero Trust.
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