Global AM Hubs
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Local Motors has just deployed Olli, a 3D printed, self-driving, electric shuttle, in the Italian city of Turin. The vehicle will be used over a four-month trial period to transport people within the International Training Centre campus of the UN’s International Labour Organization (ITC-ILO). The deployment marks the automated shuttle’s…
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LimaCorporate, an Italy-based multinational specializing in orthopedics, has today announced the launch of a new Research & Innovation Center (R&I Center) and an Advanced Laboratory for Testing and Analysis (ATLAs). The new facilities, based at LimaCorporate’s headquarters in Udine, Italy, will be dedicated entirely to 3D printing and advanced testing…
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Italy-based additive manufacturing service provider BEAMIT has announced the acquisition of stake in PRES-X, a startup specializing in AM post-processing. The investment in PRES-X will enable BEAMIT to expand its own knowledge of AM as well as its offering, strengthening its position in the European AM market. PRES-X is reportedly…
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It’s been 30 years since the end of the cold war and yet Russia continues to evoke those memories. In fact, Russia is totally different now. Moscow is an ultra-modern, vibrant city and its state of the art Skolkovo research center is one of the clearest signs of this change.…
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Russia is secretive and mysterious. That’s just the way it is. This clashes with the very modern need for constant and global visibility of its many tech startups. Russia is enormous and ironically – as if its huge territory were not enough – it is also the nation that has…
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Ever since we began covering them as the first Russian bioprinting company, 3D Bioprinting Solutions, or 3dbio for short, came across as more focused on raising awareness on bioprinting by conducting high profile experiments than on exploring commercial applications for the future of bioprinting. Visiting the company’s lab in Moscow, and…
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Sisma, an Italy-based developer of machinery and laser systems, debuted two new additive manufacturing systems at Formnext last week: the new EVEMET 200 laser metal fusion 3D printer series and the new EVERES VARIO DLP 3D printer. The company, which has primarily focused on the jewelry segment but also serves…
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50 years ago, three American astronauts would make history, becoming the first humans to reach and—in the case of two of them—step foot on the moon. Though we don’t often think of it, on the long journey to and from the moon, the astronauts required some pretty mundane items—like brushes,…
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Invited by Outpie Partners, a Netherlands-based company that promotes and facilitates business relationships between China and Europe, we recently had the opportunity to tour many of China’s tech hubs, focusing mainly on AI, from Shenzhen to Hangzhou, and then further up the Chinese East Coast to Shanghai, Wuxi, Jinan, and…
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BCN3D, a Barcelona-based 3D printer manufacturer, has launched its latest professional printer, the BCN3D Epsilon. The printer, which the company will showcase next week at Formnext, promises to “bring industrial power to your workbench.” The Epsilon becomes the third 3D printer in the BCN3D arsenal, following the successful Sigma and…
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