3D Printing Filaments
Although it started almost as a game, today 3D printing filaments manufacturing for both industrial and low-cost 3D printers is an industry.
So much so that even giants such as SABIC, Verbatim (Mitsubishi) and others have begun to target it. Other large companies such as Covestro (Bayer) and Eastman Chemical partnered directly with companies operating in the low-cost 3D printing arena. NatureWorks, the largest producer of PLA in the world, has begun focusing specifically on 3D printing.
As 3D printing expands it also evolves more and more into a true industrial production newer companies continue to evolve their offer and technological capabilities. Each company focuses on specific material and specific customer segments (Industrial, Professional, Consumers, Makers and Education) and all agree that explosive growth is on the horizon.
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Latest 3D printing filament news:
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Filamentive launches Filamentive PRO high performance polymers
UK 3D printing filament brand, Filamentive, launched the new Filamentive PRO range, a specialized portfolio of high-performance 3D printing polymers for engineering applications. Offering strength-to-weight ratios that surpass most metals, this next generation of high-performance polymers have the capability to disrupt the automotive, aerospace, manufacturing and medical industries – so…
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Recreus introduces Conductive Filaflex TPU filament
Recreus introduced Conductive Filaflex, the new electrically conductive TPU flexible filament for 3D printing. Conductive Filaflex is the new flexible, electrically conductive TPU filament, ideal for manufacturing electrically conductive parts or components and for creating wearable devices. At Recreus we continue to innovate, and this time we continue to bring…
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Nanovia helps recycle fishing nets into 3D printing filaments
Nanovia is joining the fishing nets recycling program in Brittany, France to create PA-6 Nylon filaments for thermoplastic extrusion 3D printing. In order to do away with in-ground burial disposal of used fishing nets at its ports, Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération started looking at new solutions to this problem in 2019 to reinsert…
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Covestro and Nexeo Plastics develop new PC/ABS filament for 3D printing
Nexeo Plastics, a leading global thermoplastics resin distributor, has worked together with material manufacturer Covestro on the development and launch of the new Polycarbonate/ABS 3D printing filament Addigy FPB 2684 3D. This filament is available from now on via Nexeo Plastics’ distribution platform. The product sets the standard for performance…
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Nanovia launches Nanovia Mt(Metal) and Nanovia Cr (Ceramic) filaments
French filament manufacturer Nanovia is introducing Nanovia Mt(Metal) and Nanovia Cr (Ceramic), a new range of metallic and ceramic filaments for extrusion 3D printing and sintering. Using a standard 3D printer this new range of filaments allows for the creation of dense metallic and ceramic pieces, which can be sintered…
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Caverna PP microporous material offers a new level of design freedom
Infinite Material Solutions LLC. (Infinite), an innovator in material design for additive manufacturing, has just launched a new material with fascinating potential. The product, called Caverna PP, is the world’s first extrusion thermoplastic with a water-soluble, co-continuous, microporous morphology. In simpler terms: It’s a 3D printing filament that allows users…
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Covestro and Polymaker collaborate on recycled polycarbonate filament
Polymaker, a manufacturer of 3D printing materials, is now using a recycled polycarbonate developed by Covestro, a materials supplier, to produce Polymake PC-r, a new polycarbonate filament for 3D printing made from recycled plastic. The material comes from 19-liter bottles from Chinese water supplier Nongfu Spring, which contain polycarbonate in…
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Maip Group acquires Ciceri de Mondel (FILOALFA)
Maip Group officially formalized the acquisition of Ciceri de Mondel S.r.l., an Italian company known in the additive manufacturing world for its activities in the 3D printing filament segment with the FILOALFA brand. Heaquartered in in Ozzero, near Milan, Ciceri de Mondel has been operating for many years in the…
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UBQ Materials and Plastics App partner on more sustainable 3D printing filaments
UBQ Materials and Plastics App have launched a novel filament with a significantly reduced carbon footprint so as to enable more sustainable and eco-conscious manufacturing. Widely recognized as environmentally responsible, 3D printing is a versatile manufacturing technique that enables less energy and raw material usage than traditional production methods. Significant…
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Filamentive launches Eco Responsible 3D Printing Alliance to promote sustainable AM
As sustainability-focused initiatives in the AM world continue to pick up momentum (stay tuned for 3dpbm’s Sustainability AM Focus during the entire month of May), UK 3D printing filament brand, Filamentive, launched the Eco Responsible 3D Printing Alliance – an initiative to promote sustainable additive manufacturing practices. Whilst at its…
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