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AM Asia Watch: China’s 3D Printing Boom Is Creating a New Class of Micro-Manufacturers
China’s additive manufacturing (AM) industry has spent years trying to reduce its reliance on foreign technology. In polymer 3D pr...
Excellent Desktop Injection Molding, Made in Italy by Robot Factory
I was captivated when I saw my first Robot Factory 3D printer. The robust, precise machine was built to last. And this was in an e...
Bambu Lab Wants Home 3D Printing to Feel Less Like a Workshop with PLA Pure
As desktop 3D printers become increasingly common in homes, Bambu Lab is focusing attention on something beyond print speed and ha...
U.S. robot installations rebound; food sector drives growth: IFR
Even as U.S. robot adoption bounces back, China still installs roughly 10 times more robots. The post U.S. robot installations reb...
Stratasys launches flame-retardant rail printing material
The PA6/66-based composite meets EN 45545-2 HL2 and FMVSS 302 requirements and is reinforced with 30% glass fiber. The post Strata...
Framing a new design mindset around fiberglass reinforced plastic piping
Fiberglass reinforced plastic piping is stronger and more corrosion-resistant than most engineers initially expect. That's why get...
Maxon brings Redshift rendering to Autodesk Revit
The integration keeps visualization inside BIM workflows and adds live sync, depth of field and AI-assisted asset search. The post...
Pogačar & Fairlight Cycles Show Us Low Cost 3D Printed Components for Bikes
There has been a lot going on in 3D printing for bicycles over the years. The most successful implementation so far is in bicycle ...
Robo.ai agrees to acquire QC Capital for $60 million
QC Capital adds venture building, M&A and AI investment tools focused on robotics, smart cities and intelligent logistics. The pos...
Dassault launches 16th AAKRUTI competition
Students will work on robotics, healthcare, mobility and local challenges using 3DEXPERIENCE and SOLIDWORKS tools. The post Dassau...
US Continues to Transfer Expeditionary 3D Printing Know-How to the Pacific
At this year’s Balikatan event, an annual joint exercise hosted by the Philippines military with participation from Western allies...
Xvisio launches MR glasses and AI data HMDs
New devices include 6DOF tracking peripherals, MRTK3 support and a first-person platform for physical AI data collection. The post...
Keysight completes VPIphotonics acquisition
The deal adds system-level photonics simulation and supports E-O-E link analysis for data center and AI infrastructure designs. Th...
3D Printed Chip Packaging Specialist XTPL Enters Japanese Market
The additive manufacturing (AM) industry naturally wants to move beyond prototyping to production at scale, and the industry is ce...
Read the May/June 2026 issue of Plant Engineering
Read about BESS, motor performance, safety, lubricant labels and other topics in the May/June 2026 issue of Plant Engineering. Th...
Autodesk’s neural CAD looks good on paper
“Imagine Midjourney for CAD, but with fully editable results and a smoother, more intuitive human-to-computer interface.” The post...
Advancing efficiency and performance with compressed air boosters in modern plants
Air compressor boosters provide an efficient way to generate higher compressed air pressures without increasing demand on the enti...
Boston ran out of beer during the World Cup. Is automation brewing up a solution?
Boston ran out of beer during the World Cup celebrations, but could automation be the solution to product shortages. The post Bost...
Learn SketchUp by Modeling DIY Lego Bricks
Learn SketchUp by designing your own Lego-compatible bricks for 3D printing. The post Learn SketchUp by Modeling DIY Lego Bricks a...
Keysight joins Siemens software partner program
The deal brings Eggplant Test into Teamcenter workflows for validating PLM software, integrations and enterprise applications. The...
Siemens links industrial edge data to Databricks AI
The setup uses FFT DataBridge to send contextualized shopfloor data to the cloud and return trained models to production sites. Th...
Renishaw appoints MTT as channel partner
MTT will provide sales, service and installation support for enclosed linear encoders in machine tool applications. The post Renis...
Dassault Systèmes partners with PariSanté Campus
The agreement gives health startups access to virtual twins, sovereign cloud infrastructure, AI tools and accelerator programs. Th...
Fabri Raises $13.5 Million to Create Digital Foundry
Fabri is a startup that wants to create a “digital foundry,” and just raised some funds to help it reach this goal. There are far ...