Acquisitions & Partnerships
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Solvay, a Belgian chemicals company with a growing AM materials portfolio, has announced a new research agreement with Belgian 3D printing company Aerosint, which has developed a fascinating new approach to SLS that enables multi-material printing. Through the partnership, the companies will combine their respective expertise to develop a cost-effective…
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AstroPrint has announced a partnership with Stanley Black & Decker to connect, control and optimize their fleet of 3D printers across multiple facilities. With AstroPrint’s Enterprise Cloud, Stanley Black & Decker will effortlessly automate their additive manufacturing systems and workflows on a single platform, ensuring that resources are properly shared and…
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Within the transport industry, German railway leader Deutsche Bahn was an early adopter of 3D printing technologies—five years ago, it even founded its own 3D printing division. As of 2018, the company reported having 3D printed nearly 15,000 spare parts and other products for its trains, including coat hooks, headrests,…
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Victrex, a UK-based specialist in high-performance polymers, has announced a multi-million euro investment in Dutch 3D printing company Bond High Performance 3D Technology. The companies seek to accelerate the development of 3D printing technologies for high-performance PAEK materials. It is no surprise that Bond has attracted the interest of materials…
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HBIS Group Co., a leading steel supplier in China, has announced a collaboration with Siemens focused on additive manufacturing technologies. Through the partnership, the companies will work on 3D printing R&D to advance industrial applications for the technology. This is not the first collaboration between the two companies, as Siemens…
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Sintratec, a Switzerland-based SLS 3D printer manufacturer, has expanded its reseller range in Southern Europe with a new partnership with CMF Marelli. The Milan-based machine instruments supplier will now be distributing Sintratec’s additive manufacturing solutions to the Italian market. Founded nearly 70 years ago, CMF Marelli has made a name…
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HAVA 3D, a leading France-based additive manufacturing company, will now exclusively be offering 3D Kimya filaments via its distributor SOTEC3D, one of three branches of the group along with Neofab and Makershop. “The Kimya 3D filaments have the notable advantage of being produced with the approval of printing manufacturers Ultimaker…
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3D printing service provider Shapeways has announced a new collaboration with digital manufacturing company Carbon. As of today, select Shapeways customers will be able to order prints made using Carbon’s innovative Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) technology. The partnership broadens Shapeways 3D printing services portfolio. Carbon’s Digital Light Synthesis technology is…
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Boston-based AM company Fortify is teaming up with multinational science company DSM to develop high performance composite resin materials for 3D printing structural parts. The partnership will combine Fortify’s innovative Digital Composite Manufacturing (DCM) technology and DSM’s expertise in resin development to bring new, higher performing 3D printing composites to…
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Working together, Autodesk, Arkema and Farsoon are developing an optimized software, hardware, and advanced materials ecosystem with the goal of accelerating industrial production with polymer laser sintering. When hardware, software and materials are developed together, it simplifies the design to print process, making it easier for customers to adopt polymer…
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