Germany — Every year, a host of new companies emerge in the additive manufacturing industry. To give these start-ups a voice among the more established players, Formnext is this year organising the 8th Formnext Start-up Challenge.

The manufacturing industry in China is increasingly caught in the wake of the trade war between Washington and Beijing.

For the first time, the Späh group of companies exhibited its additive manufacturing solutions at Rapid.Tech 3D in Erfurt, Germany. In the centre of the trade fair presence was the Multi Jet Fusion technology.

The expert for 3D printing technologies Stratasys, announced new manufacturing materials across three different 3D printing technologies, including third-party materials for FDM 3D printers for the first time.

3D printing companies Makerbot and Ultimaker announced that they have come to a business combination agreement that is supposed to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing.

At Rapid + TCT in Detroit, Desktop Metal for the first time showcased a collection of 300+ 3D printed parts across its expanded Team DM portfolio, which now includes metal, polymer, elastomer, ceramic, composite, and upcycled wood 3D printing solutions, following several acquisitions.

At this year's Rapid + TCT event in Detroit, Inkbit presented its range of high-performance thermoset plastics offering exceptional longevity and stability to meet real-world demand.

Germany — Replique, part of the internal venture builder of BASF, has announced the creation of a partner network of authorized materials vendors. The move represents a step in the company’s objective to make its 3D printing platform accessible to more OEMs.

3D printing company Stratasys takes realism to the next level with the introduction of new Agilus 30 Colors materials for soft touch prints with hyper-realistic look and feel.

France — French engineering company in additive and digital manufacturing, Multistation, and french master reseller of the manufacturer Meltio, have just welcomed Axiome for the integration of Meltio Engine heads on robots.