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Dot Foods Takes STEM Support to New Heights with 3D Printer Donations to Illinois Schools

Dot Foods, a company whose roots trace back to 1960, has significantly evolved over the years, not just in its business operations but also in its approach to community engagement…

3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: October 22, 2023

There’s plenty to do in the 3D printing industry this week! We’ll tell you about events happening all over the world, and webinars about everything from pellet 3D printing for…

Azul 3D Raises $12.5 Million for Large, Fast HARP 3D Printing Technology

Azul 3D, known for its ongoing development of high area rapid printing (HARP) technology, is certainly not lacking in financial resources—or faith from investors. Having just raised another $12.5 million…

UnionTech Opens Stereolithography 3D Printing Demonstration Center Outside Chicago

Founded in China in 2000 with an expansion to the US in 2016, UnionTech, a subsidiary of Shanghai Union Technology Corporation and a company active in 3D printing, most especially in stereolithography…

Live Demonstration of ACES Concrete 3D Printing Technology at CERL US Army to Print house in a day: Part 1

Last August, the US Army 3D printed a complete barracks, also known as a B-Hut, out of concrete, as part of a three-year program called Automated Construction of Expeditionary Structures (ACES)….

3D Printing News Briefs: February 20, 2018

We’ve got a lot of business news to catch you up on in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, starting with an acquisition and a new agreement. 3D printing software provider…

Renishaw Opening New North American Headquarters Near Chicago, Which Will House US Additive Manufacturing Solutions Centre

Renishaw plc, a global leader in additive manufacturing, is headquartered in Gloucestershire, UK, and is the only manufacturer of metal additive manufacturing systems in that country. Back in the spring…

High School Student 3D Prints Incredible Hand Cranked Ferris Wheel

With all of the schools out there that currently have made 3D printers available to their students and faculty, there are bound to be all sorts of interesting stories surrounding…

Vocational Program Integrates 3D Printing to Educate Inmates at the Illinois Youth Center

The United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. A number of dedicated groups around the country are working hard to try and understand how to…

Engineers Create 3D Printed Bio-Bots That Can Walk, Using Real Muscle Fiber

There comes a time when technology can become quite scary. We’ve seen movies that depict times when biological robots have come about, in some cases devastating humanity and in other…