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Backflip turns any scan into editable CAD, for $10 a part
Fewer than 1% of factory parts exist in CAD - Greg Mark wants to fix that
 • Pawel Slusarczyk
Concord AM Capital announces itself as a strategic investor in Formlabs
The partnership is intended to support Formlabs’ expansion across China and the broader APAC market
 • Roksana Slusarczyk
Top 10 AM journalists
The best writers in the most thankless job in 3D printing
 • Pawel Slusarczyk
Western Report #3: Stratasys and Velo3D report Q2 results, while Formlabs prepares for an IPO and reshuffles its board
Plus, 3D Systems gets another round of funding from the US Air Force, and Prusa Research adds a “+” to all of its 3D printer models
 • Anna Slusarczyk
China Watch #3: Farsoon prepares its largest-ever financing, while Chinese 3D printer exports overtake industrial robots
This edition also covers the Continuous Composites lawsuit, metal-ceramic composites from QiYu Tech, and Bambu Lab’s record graduate recruitment drive
 • Anna Slusarczyk
The metal 3D printing industry is afraid of its own shadow, and pays millions for it
The certification costs more than the machine, and (almost) nobody wants to talk about it
 • Pawel Slusarczyk
Continuous Composites sues Anisoprint (FibreSeek) for patent infringement over continuous-fiber printing
Patent infringement lawsuit covers ten continuous-fiber printing patents after unsuccessful licensing negotiations
 • Roksana Slusarczyk
The company that created the market and is still looking for its place in it
Three CEOs, a half-billion-dollar write-off, and the question of what 3D Systems actually is today
 • Pawel Slusarczyk
Western Report #2: lots of executive changes and lots of AI
3D Systems is looking for Graves’ successor and reports Q2 results; 6K Additive posts a record quarter, Ricoh sells its healthcare business, and the…
 • Anna Slusarczyk
China Watch #2: JLC goes public with a valuation of over RMB 115 billion (and nine other stories)
JLC goes public, eSUN prints at 1000 mm/s, Bambu Lab opens a store in Thailand, and China introduces six new standards for metal 3D printing
 • Anna Slusarczyk
Dyndrite and America Makes take on LPBF qualification for US Defense
Dyndrite joins two Delta Qual 2.0 projects to modernize metal 3D printing qualification for defense
 • Pawel Slusarczyk
REPORT: Bondtech "nozzlegate"
Bondtech marketed INDX nozzles as hardened, but they turned out not hardened enough to deliver what was advertised
 • Roksana Slusarczyk
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