The theme of this year’s purmundus challenge will be ‘Beyond 3D printing’, the organisers have announced. The competition, which is sponsored by Germany’s VDMA, is described as the ‘international trend radar ... Read more »

The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) is collaborating with a consortium of six other companies on the £1.2 million DigiTool project, which aims to improve the lifespan ... Read more »

Euro PM2019, set to be held in Maastricht, the Netherlands, from October 13–16, 2019, will this year include a series of ‘Campfire Meetings’ – relaxed group meetings designed to facilitate discussion on a particular ... Read more »

A group of researchers at tungsten specialist Wolfmet, Manchester, UK, have developed a method to additively manufacture complex tungsten components for high-precision applications such as collimators ... Read more »

The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technologies and Advanced Manufacturing (IFAM), Bremen, Germany, will host a workshop on Sinter-Based Additive Manufacturing this September 18–19, 2019 ... Read more »

Innovate UK has organised a free Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) event titled ‘Introduction to powder handling issues in Additive Manufacturing’, to be held at the AMRC Knowledge Transfer Centre ... Read more »

The European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (euspen) will host a Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting at the Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France, from September 16–18, 2019 ... Read more »

Farsoon Europe GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany, and Awexim A. Wodziński I Wspólnicy Sp. J., located in Warsaw, Poland, have signed a sales agreement which enters them into a partnership with the aim of supporting ... Read more »

Hypermetal, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, has launched its metal Additive Manufacturing service offering, becoming what is believed to be the first company to provide metal AM services in the north of the country ... Read more »

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) will hold a one-day symposium titled ‘Towards a True Digital Twin’, in Melbourne, Australia, on July 4, 2019. The symposium will bring ... Read more »

Protolabs, Maple Plain, Minnesota, USA, has launched new production capabilities for its metal Additive Manufacturing services. The new capabilities include secondary processes to improve the strength ... Read more »

TWI Ltd, headquartered in Great Abington, Cambridge, UK, has invested in a new xBeam-18/I Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) system from Chervona Hvilya, a metal Additive Manufacturing ... Read more »

Reading Alloys, a division of Ametek Specialty Metal Products (SMP), headquartered in Robesonia, Pennsylvania, USA, has announced the appointment of Michael Wilkes as its new Product Manager for Powders ... Read more »