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Multinational printing firm HP’s additive manufacturing division used RAPID + TCT 2026 to announce its smallest Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D printer yet, alongside updates across its polymer and metal…RAPID + TCT 2026: HP’s New MJF 1200 and Multi-Platform Updates

The US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has awarded Nikon AM Synergy, a contract under the JAMA IV IDIQ Pilot Parts Program, bringing the company into the US military’s AM supply…Nikon AM Synergy Secures New DLA Supply Chain Contract

A product designer has a discontinued component on her desk, something a client needs replicated exactly. The geometry is all there in the physical part. What’s missing is a reliable…The New All Rounder Revopoint POP 4 3D Scanner Now on Kickstarter: Technical Specifications and Pricing

Icelandic software startup Euler has released Euler Viewer, a browser-based tool that gives metal 3D printing operators live visibility into their builds at no cost, with no hardware required. Each…Euler Gives Metal AM Operators Free Real-Time Build Visibility

US-based AI company Anthropic has released eight Claude AI connectors letting users control creative and design software, including Autodesk Fusion, Blender, and SketchUp, through natural language conversation. For additive manufacturing,…How Anthropic’s New Claude Connectors to 3D Design Tools Close the AM Coordination Gap

SWISSto12, a Switzerland-based satellite communications company, has awarded a contract to German space subsystem consortium HPS/LSS for a large deployable reflector subsystem for the NEASTAR-1 mission. The reflector will be…SWISSto12 contracts HPS/LSS for deployable antenna reflector on HummingSat GEO mission

Chinese 3D printer manufacturer Elegoo (Shenzhen SmartPie Technology Co., aka SmartPie) has completed a B+ round of financing worth over 500 million yuan ($73.3 million). The round was jointly backed…Can Elegoo’s Latest 500M Yuan Round Counter the “Bambu Effect”?

Lightbridge Corporation, a U.S.-based nuclear technology company, has received a Notice of Allowance from the European Patent Office for a patent covering its “Multi-Zone Fuel Element” nuclear fuel design. The…Lightbridge secures European patent allowance for 3D printed multi-zone nuclear fuel design

America Makes, a US public-private partnership focused on additive manufacturing, and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have announced two project calls worth a combined $25.6 million.…America Makes Launches Two Additive manufacturing project calls worth $25.6M

Eplus3D, a manufacturer of industrial metal additive manufacturing systems, Rosswag Engineering, the additive manufacturing division of German metal processing company Rosswag GmbH, and qualloy, a supplier and marketplace for metal…Rosswag to install Eplus3D system under new metal AM partnership