Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Tokyo, Japan, recently announced its acquisition of Persimmon Technologies, Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA for $33 million. With the acquisition, Sumitomo will gain access to ... Read more »

Sandvik Osprey Ltd, a leading producer of gas atomised metal powders for advanced applications in net-shape manufacturing, has announced that it has formed a relationship with Desktop Metal ... Read more »

The Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF), Princeton, New Jersey, USA, has announced its intention to form a trade association for the metal Additive Manufacturing industry ... Read more »

Germany’s Fraunhofer IWS Dresden and the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) have signed a memorandum of understanding for international collaboration in the fields of laser based Additive Manufacturing ... Read more »

The Metal Additive Manufacturing Conference, MAMC2016, took place November 24-25, 2016, at voestalpine Stahlwelt in Linz, Austria. The two day event was the second in the series organised by the Austrian ... Read more »

Additive Manufacturing machine at its base in southwest Washington, DC. NRL will be using Concept Laser’s M2 cusing machine to manufacture stainless steel components. Along with the machine ... Read more »

Sintavia LLC, a key figure in metal Additive Manufacturing (AM), has announced the closure of a $15 million round of equity financing from its primary investor, Neff Capital Management LLC ... Read more »

Samuel, Son & Co. Limited, headquartered in Ontario, Canada, has announced its intention to invest in Additive Manufacturing and metal 3D printing. The company has recently signed an agreement to purchase Burloak Technologies ... Read more »

BeAM, a French manufacturer of industrial metal Additive Manufacturing machines using Directed Energy Deposition (DED), has opened a US subsidiary, BeAM Machines, Inc., in Cincinnati, Ohio ... Read more »

Siemens has completed its first full load engine tests for gas turbine blades produced entirely using Additive Manufacturing technology. Components were tested at 13,000 rpm and temperatures beyond 1,250°C ... Read more »

SAP SE has announced it will showcase new technology to accelerate the adoption of Additive Manufacturing in mainstream manufacturing and supply chains at this year’s Hannover Fair, taking place in Hannover ... Read more »

New Zealand’s Rapid Advanced Manufacturing (RAM3D) has announced the opening of a new facility in Tauranga’s Tauriko Business Park, with the aim of making metal Additive Manufacturing more accessible to the Australian ... Read more »