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Back in 2013, I wrote a blog post about 3D printing and whether it was going to be the next “big thing.” At the time, the commentary within manufacturing circles was mixed, at best, as manufacturing leaders wondered whether...more
Rösler expands AM Solutions division to offer 3D printing services - AM Solutions, the Italian 3D printing subsidiary of the Rösler Group, a German company specializing in surface finishing solutions, will expand to offer a...more
Global Advanced Metals and LPW Technology partner on 3D printing of tantalum devices - Global Advanced Metals (GAM), a maker of tantalum and niobium products, and LPW Technology, a metal powder for additives manufacturer,...more
African labs build 3D printers from e-waste - Two labs in African nations have built 3D printers out of e-waste. Staff at WoeLab in Togo, a community tech hub and inventor/entrepreneur network, built a 3D printer in 2013...more
IDC forecasts that worldwide spending on 3D printers, along with associated software, materials and services, will reach $28.9 billion in 2020, compared to an estimated $13.2 billion in 2016. It’s expected that the...more
Study offers plan to make Northeast Ohio region the Silicon Valley of 3D printing - A report from the Youngstown Business Incubator and America Makes in Youngstown and Team NEO and Magnet in Cleveland offers a plan to...more
The term 3D printing encompasses a number of different additive manufacturing methods that enable the production of physical objects without the need for any specific tooling. 3D printing has, for many years, been forecast as...more
On May 10, 2016, the FDA issued a document entitled Technical Considerations for Additive Manufacturing Devices. The document consists of 25 pages of “draft” guidelines that provide the FDA’s “initial thinking on...more
On May 10, 2016, FDA released a much-anticipated draft guidance (the “Guidance”) concerning medical devices that incorporate additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, a category which includes 3D printed devices. AM...more
Several hundred business leaders, engineers, attorneys and academics gathered last week for an annual symposium on 3D Printing hosted by Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff. The ability to form physical objects from...more
The rise of 3D printing holds tremendous potential to impact the economy from the local to the national level. Although it is still an estimated five to 10 years away from mainstream consumer adoption, we are already seeing...more
Intellectual property (IP) law is undergoing a major transformation just as additive manufacturing? or 3D printing? has begun to revolutionize the manufacturing industry. The interplay between these two forces could end up...more
Disruption displaces old business models but creates opportunities, if one has the vision. For example, it is no secret that the music industry has suffered rampant intellectual property abuse. ...more
In the 1980s and 1990s, viewers of the television series “Star Trek: The Next Generation” regularly saw Patrick Stewart procure hot tea from a “replicator,” which generated his tea — cup and all — instantly on demand. Even...more