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Morphing 3D-Printed Architectures into 4D

April 1, 2019 · No longer will designers focus solely on dimensions like height, width and depth.

Digimat 2019.0 Democratizes Light-weighting Crash Simulation

March 28, 2019 · Support for new material systems, part performances, lifetime predictions and addition of a strong interface to MaterialCenter in this release.

Multi-Material Printing with Light

March 27, 2019 · University of Wisconsin-Madison develops multi-material printer that uses light patterns to form solids.

Wohlers Report 2019: Record Growth in Additive Manufacturing Materials

March 26, 2019 · Revenue from metals grew an estimated 41.9%, continuing a five-year streak of more than 40% growth each year.

SABIC Launches Breakaway Support Filament

March 21, 2019 · Support filament aimed to enhance productivity for part manufacturers.

Titan Robotics Collaborates with Materials Suppliers for Printing of Materials at AMUG 2019

March 18, 2019 · To demonstrate printing of production parts using materials on the Atlas 3D printer platform, Titan is partnering with three chemical companies serving the additive manufacturing industry: Arkema Inc., DuPont and NatureWorks. 

Matereality Adds Lab Information Management to its Material Data Management Software

March 14, 2019 · Release Is accompanied by a new bolt-on for companies to manage and run their test labs.

AddiFab Receives EU Grant to Mature Metal and Ceramic Injection Molding Technology

March 11, 2019 · AddiFab has received an EU grant of mEUR 1.6 to boost commercial readiness of Freeform Injection Molding for ceramic and metal injection molding.

X-Rite Partners with Dassault Systèmes for Appearance Exchange Format 

March 7, 2019 · Product innovation teams using Dassault Systèmes solutions can create virtual materials to share across workflow process from design through production and quality control.

FiberForce Italy Offers Pantone Filaments

February 26, 2019 · The company will initially offer 15 Pantone colors, resulting in more consistent color printing.

USC Prints Self-Healing Rubber

February 22, 2019 · Objects printed using the new process can heal tears or punctures in as little as two hours.

Essentium, eSUN and Polymaker join Ultimaker Material Alliance Program

February 21, 2019 · The Ultimaker Material Alliance Program is designed to further expand the choice of materials and applications for FFF 3D printing in a wide variety of industries.

Desktop Metal Launches 316L Stainless Steel for Various Environments

February 15, 2019 · 316L joins Desktop Metal’s expanding metal 3D printing materials library for the Studio System.

Jabil Offers Comprehensive Materials Services for 3D Printing

February 12, 2019 · Engineering services and new innovation center can accelerate materials development.

EOS Acquires Vulcan Labs

February 12, 2019 · With acquisition, EOS aims to enhance its additive manufacturing talent pool, to continue to deliver custom solutions, augment R&D and drive commercialization of EOS 3D printing platforms.

Rize Receives Frost & Sullivan Award for Best Practices in Technology Innovation for Zero-Emissions Polymer Additive Manufacturing

February 11, 2019 · Award given to Rize for technology innovation best practices for zero-emissions polymer additive manufacturing.

America Makes Announces Qualified Database of Material Properties for FDM Additive Manufacturing of Resin

February 8, 2019 · Database released to the Institute and its members to enable use of ULTEM 9085 Resin for aerospace interiors.

University of Michigan Researchers Tout High-Speed 3D Printing Approach

February 6, 2019 · The process employs dual light sources in place of an oxygen membrane to print at 100 times the print speed of conventional offerings.

Solvay Expands Polymers Offering for 3D Printing Simulation

February 1, 2019 · Solvay adds two new materials to e-Xstream engineering’s latest release of additive manufacturing software. 

EWI Adopts Granta MI System to Enhance Additive Manufacturing Efficiencies

January 29, 2019 · Materials information management system designed to help boost standards development in the AM community.


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