A number of companies specialising in metal Additive Manufacturing have formed the Association for Metal Additive Manufacturing (AMAM), after formal establishment began during POWDERMET2017. ... Read more »

GE and Concept Laser have broken ground on a new ‘3D Campus’ in Lichtenfels, Germany. According to the companies, the 3D Campus will unite research and development along with production, service, and logistics. The new ... Read more »

French-based BeAM Machines, SAS, introduced its new Modulo 400 machine at formnext powered by tct in November, 2017. The Direct Energy Deposition (DED) machine is designed to allow industrial-scale metal ... Read more »

Dr W Brian James, Ph.D., retired, has received the Frank W Reinhart Award from the ASTM International Committee on Metal Powders And Metal Powder Products. James, who joined ASTM in 1986, was recognised for ... Read more »

GKN Hoeganaes Specialty Metal Powders, the advanced materials division of GKN Additive, has added AncorTi™ Beta 21S to its portfolio of AncorAM™ powders for metal Additive Manufacturing. Beta 21S ... Read more »

The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, Aachen, Germany, has launched its futureAM focus project. The project will run for three years, during which six partners will work closely to significantly develop metal Additive Manufacturin ... Read more »

A hospital in Chongqing municipality, China, has become what is believed to be the first in the world to perform a ‘knee revision’ surgery using a metal additively manufactured joint, reports ... Read more »

VBN Components, Uppsala, Sweden, is launching what it calls “the world’s hardest near-net-shape steel”.  Vibenite® 290 is an alloy with a high hardness and high carbide content (in its fully-hardened ... Read more »

Metalloobrabotka, Russia’s 19th International Exhibition on Equipment, Instruments and Tools for the Metalworking Industry, is set to take place at the Expocentre Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia, May 14-18, 2018 ... Read more »

Kittyhawk Products, a Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) service provider based in Garden Grove, California, USA, will add a fifth HIP vessel to its facilities in 2018. The new 46 in x 80 in HIP vessel has pressure capabilities ... Read more »

Registration is now open for the Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG)’s 2018 Education & Training Conference, to be held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, from April 8–12, 2018. This will mark ... Read more »

Germany’s Airbus APWorks GmbH has signed a strategic partnership with Toyal, a global producer of aluminium based products. The companies will partner on the development, production and distribution of ... Read more »

OR Laser, Dieburg, Germany, introduced its new hybrid metal additive and subtractive manufacturing platform, the ORLAS Creator Hybrid, during formnext 2017. According to the company, the ORLAS Creator Hybrid ... Read more »

Renishaw unveiled its four-laser metal Additive Manufacturing machine at formnext 2017, Frankfurt, Germany, November 14-17. Titled the RenAM 500Q, the four-laser system has the potential ... Read more »

Portuguese-based manufacturing company Adira has released a new large-scale metal Additive Manufacturing system, the AddCreator (AC). Displayed at the recent formnext exhibition in Frankfurt ... Read more »

Siemens has released the latest version of its NX™ software, which incorporates tools for Additive Manufacturing, CNC machining, robotics and quality inspection. The updated software ... Read more »

In just three years, formnext powered by tct has become one of the largest trade shows for those in the Additive Manufacturing industry. The exhibition and conference ... Read more »

SLM Solutions Group AG, Lübeck, Germany, has agreed a new partnership with Rosswag GmbH and Cronimet Holding GmbH to jointly develop special and high-performance alloys for Additive Manufacturing. In particular ... Read more »

Arconic, New York, USA, has announced a multi-year cooperative research agreement with Airbus to further advance metal Additive Manufacturing for aircraft components. The companies state that they will ... Read more »

ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA, has announced plans to establish a centre of excellence in the field of Additive Manufacturing. The organisation is now calling for industry-university proposals ... Read more »