Speed to market has never been more important in the consumer goods sector, as brand owners aim to develop new bottle and package designs to address ever-shifting customer desires. But creating conventional metal tooling for the blow moulding of bottles is an expensive and time-consuming proposition. That is why Pepsico was looking for an alternative.

UK — Yorkshire based precision engineering company, Agemaspark, has used its latest equipment to 3D print a commemorative gift for HRH Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.

USA — AMGTA presented the Environmental Sustainability Research Award to 6K Additive based on Foresight Management’s Life Cycle Assessment analysis of the Unimelt powder manufacturing process.

Israel — 3D printing company Stratasys has published its inaugural report on environmental, social and governance (ESG) activities, following GRI Standards for sustainability reporting. The report outlines the company’s commitment to ESG and establishes benchmarks for future targets.

USA — The developer of quality assurance software to the commercial 3D printing industry, Sigma, announced that it will begin doing business under the name Sigma Additive Solutions. The change is intended to reflect the evolution of the company from its origins as a laboratory into a solutions provider.

At this year's Rapid.Tech in Erfurt, Stratasys presented a wide range of solutions for additive manufacturing. Using an ever-expanding technology portfolio, the company demonstrated the versatility of its solutions for the entire product development process — from design to series production.

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

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.

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.