With Artificial intelligence (AI) an important technology is moving from the research lab into daily use. Not fast enough, perhaps, in the view of those hoping to gain a significant competitive edge from AI. Rather sinisterly in the view of others who currently only have a vague idea of how self-thinking machines could change their everyday working lives.

A Sheffield design and Additive Manufacturing business has invested 100,000 pounds in new technology to keep it at the cutting edge of industrial 3D printing.

The STOM industrial cycle and accompanying events will take place in Kielce, Poland from 28 to 31 March. This time the organiser Targi Kielce has extended the trade fair to four days. Read more here.

Formnext has hit the ground running in 2023 with the highest number of registrations to date. By the end of February, more than 550 companies had signed up to attend the trade show for AM technologies and next-generation manufacturing; 62 percent of them from outside Germany.

The French engineering company specialising in additive and digital manufacturing, Multistation, has signed a distribution agreement with Bigrep, an expert in Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) large-format Additive Manufacturing, during the Global Industrie 2023 in Lyon (March 7-10th).

April has come to an end and it is time to finally summarise what the standard parts specialist Hasco has added to its portfolio in recent months.

A huge number of business is affected by supply chain delays. That is why Stratasys has published a guide discussing how three polymer 3D printing technologies – SAF, P3 and FDM — are solid solutions for overcoming supply chain challenges.

It’s filling up at the Friedrichshafen Exhibition Centre: The 28th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing will take place from the 17th through the 21st of October, 2023. At the end of January 2023, trade fair promoters P. E. Schall had already registered 1169 exhibitors from 38 countries.

Bofa Americas will be showcasing its latest laser fume extraction and AM filtration technology at the International Awards & Personalization Expo in Las Vegas between 7th & 10th February 2023.

Manufacturing services provider Quickparts is to offer an express service for CNC machining, injection moulding and additive manufacturing. Custom 3D-printed parts are to be produced and shipped within one day.