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From design to quality control—find your next software advantage at AMA Software 2026.  Prague-based software developer Additive Appearance has signed an agreement with stop-motion studio LAIKA to add its PrismSlicer…LAIKA Adopts PrismSlicer to Preview Full-Color 3D Printed Faces

Your printers are only part of the story. Explore what software makes possible at AMA Software 2026.  Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have publicly released OpenCAL, a build-it-yourself…Build-It-Yourself OpenCAL Volumetric 3D Printer Forms Whole Parts in 90 Seconds for $1,600

Discover exclusive software insights at AMA: Software 2026, on October 22. Register for free! Nike Sportswear has unveiled the fourth 3D printed shoe from its Air Works program. The October…Nike and Zellerfeld Print Air Max’s Future, One City at a Time

Discover exclusive software insights at AMA: Software 2026, on October 22. Register for free! Dental 3D printing company SprintRay is moving beyond printers. At its 3DNext 2026 event in Miami…SprintRay Builds a One-Stop Digital Dentistry Workflow, From Scanning to Curing

Discover exclusive software insights at AMA: Software 2026, on October 22. Register for free! Battery 3D printing company Sakuu Corporation is heading to the New York Stock Exchange after signing…Sakuu Plugs Into Public Markets With $600M SPAC Merger and a 2027 Kavian Launch

Affordable printers are taking on production work. Josef Prusa argues that the companies supplying them face a contest increasingly shaped by finance, software, IP and strategic information protection, and procurement,…INTERVIEW: “One minute to midnight”: Josef Prusa on 3D printing’s new terms of competition

Join manufacturing technology experts at AMA: Software 2026 this week. Registration is free. The US military has acquired a piece of jargon for an old problem. The “valley of death”,…The Pentagon’s New Manufacturing Strategy Puts the Factory Floor Ahead of the Lab

Discover exclusive software insights at AMA: Software 2026, on October 22. Register for free! Jiuquan City, in China’s Gansu Province, issued an EPC general contracting tender for a commercial aerospace…$500m Jiuquan aerospace project plans 100 3D printers and 6,300 tonnes of annual metal powder capacity

Spend less time fixing files. Discover smarter workflows at AMA: Software 2026. Swedish based metal 3D printing company Freemelt has received a prototype order from an unnamed defense company with…Freemelt to Test Whether 3D Printing Can Improve Heat-Resistant Metal Parts for Defense

Spend less time fixing files. Discover smarter workflows at AMA: Software 2026.  Global 3D printer hardware revenues grew 31% year-on-year (YoY) in the second quarter of 2026, according to new…Drones, Rockets and Phones Push Industrial 3D Printer Revenue Up 40% as Desktop Market Shows Signs of Saturation