Simufact, a global operating software company providing process simulation solutions and services to manufacturing industries, announced at this year’s Formnext a dedicated simulation solution to help manufacturers improve quality for Direct Energy Deposition (DED) metal Additive Manufacturing processes. ... Read more »

3T Additive Manufacturing is celebrating its 20th anniversary at Formnext 2019, Frankfurt, Germany, this week. Founded in 1999 and based in Newbury, Berkshire, 3T is focused on driving the advancements in Additive Manufacturing to help its customers move toward serial production. ... Read more »

6K, a developer of microwave plasma technology for the production of advanced materials used in Additive Manufacturing, lithium ion batteries and other industrial markets, has announced at Formnext 2019 that it can successfully design and produce High Entropy Alloy (HEA) spherical powders.  ... Read more »

Oerlikon AM and Siemens have announced a strategic agreement in which Siemens will provide digital enterprise solutions that will help Oerlikon accelerate the industrialisation of Additive Manufacturing. During Formnext 2019, Frankfurt, Germany ... Read more »

MSC Software Corporation (MSC), recently acquired by Hexagon, has announced the launch of its MSC Apex Generative Design, a new design optimisation solution that improves quality through automation of design processes with embedded manufacturing knowledge. ... Read more »

APWORKS GmbH has revealed that the recent record-breaking Bugatti Chiron was equipped with additively manufactured titanium exhaust finishers. The car is the first hyper sports car to break the 300 mph barrier (483 km/h), a world record that was set at the beginning of August in Germany. ... Read more »

Siemens has announced the official launch of the Siemens Additive Manufacturing (AM) Network at Formnext 2019, Frankfurt, Germany. The network is said to offer an advanced cloud-based solution to foster collaboration ... Read more »

Additive Manufacturing machine maker Optomec announced at Formnext 2019, Frankfurt, Germany, November 19–22, that it has integrated the Huffman AutooCLAD vision system with its LENS ... Read more »

BEAMIT is reported to have acquired a SLM 500 quad-laser system, their third SLM machine of the year, bringing their total to eight Additive Manufacturing units from SLM. The company is one of the largest ... Read more »

GE Additive has unveiled the Arcam PRS 30, a new automated powder recovery station said to offer a closed system to prevent powder exposure for operators working in industrial additive manufacturing environments.   ... Read more »

GE Additive Arcam has announced general release of development material (D-material) support for pure copper and highly-alloyed tool steel during 2020. Offered to all customers as a general release on both pure copper and tool steel ... Read more »

GE Additive has announced the launch of Arcam EBM Build Performance Analyser, a new suite of machine health data analytics. The software system will be released from December 2019 ... Read more »

Sintavia, LLC, has announced at this year’s Formnext that it is co-founding a trade group for additive manufacturers focused on promoting the environmental benefits of AM over traditional methods of manufacturing. ... Read more »