EOS

Real time monitoring of metal based additive manufacturing

EOS, technology provider for industrial 3D printing of metals and polymers, is expanding its EOSTATE monitoring suite to include an additional tool.

ViZn Energy

ViZn Energy is a US company focusing on large-scale zinc-based redox flow batteries. They have partnered with companies like Jabil, Schneider Electric, and Princeton Power Systems.

Major 3D printing players Arcam and SLM Solutions to be bought by GE

On Tuesday 6th September, General Electric caused a stir in the 3D printing industry by announcing plans to buy Arcam and SLM Solutions, for a total of $1.4 billion.

Strong growth in metal 3D printing

Year-on-year revenue growth among 3D metal printing companies has been incredibly strong. SLM Solutions' revenue up 97.1%; Arcam's revenue up 70%; Concept Laser's revenue up 35%. Several companies in this space are remarkably similar, all using the same technology, so what does distinguish them?

Siemens opens facility for 3D printing metal components

Siemens has opened a production facility for metal 3D printed components in Finspång. The investment of around 200 million Swedish Krona (€21.4 million) is the first step in the company's plans for the mass manufacture and repair of metal parts with additive manufacturing.

Ricoh Europe

Ricoh produces cameras, printers, photocopiers, fax machines, and offers Software as a Service (SaaS) document management solutions. They have recently partnered with Leapfrog to offer desktop 3D printers, and Aspect to launch a new SLS machine.

EOS enters a three-year technical partnership with Williams

EOS has announced that they have entered a three-year technical partnership with Williams Grand Prix Engineering and Williams Advanced Engineering.

Install base of 3D printing for metals jumped 43% in 2014

3D printing of metals is facilitating the transition to additive manufacturing from rapid prototyping. Printing in plastics has its place in prototyping and education, but metal printing has allowed the technology to be adopted for part production in the aerospace, orthopedic, dental and jewelry industries and is now being developed for the oil and gas, printed electronics, and general engineering industries.

Can 3D printing scale-up to mass production?

This was a strong theme of day 2 of the conference at Euromold 2015.

China wants to dominate in 3D printing machines and materials

The conference at Euromold 2015 followed the theme of "Shaping the future of 3D printing globally". The first day was strongly focussed around the "globally" aspect, with speakers chosen from a wide variety of countries across the world and asked to speak about all the 3DP activities in their countries.