From medical visors to components for spacecraft, 3D printing continues to transform our understanding of how things are made. Yet, there is relatively little authoritative industry insight into the by-products of additive manufacturing processes.

UK — Intech Additive Solutions partners with and licenses Polygonica from Machine Works to enhance their Metal 3D Printing Ecosystem.

For the most outstanding solutions this year, Blechnet and MM Maschinenmarkt awarded the innovation prize “Award at Euroblech” on the first day of the fair.

UK — Agemaspark won the Digital Engineering/Technology Award for their innovative work using 3D printing to develop a new technique to improve the efficiency of a mould tool by as much as 20 percent and reducing cycle times for multi-impression mould tools.

France — 3D Printing company Stratasys has announced that it is has strengthened its network of partners in France. In conjunction with this expansion, the company has also launched a dedicated e-store to provide faster and easier ordering of materials and consumables for customers.

USA — Software developer Sigma Labs, announced Jacob Brunsberg, President and Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the company, effective April 1st.

Speedpart has recently started offering a new process for the surface finishing of laser-sintered components: chemical smoothing, also known as vapour smoothing.

Germany — The Module Works Insider Conference was initiated as a platform for connection and exchange between CAD/CAM experts before viruses and conflict were the major concern. This puts the current restart into perspective.

USA — 3D printing company Sigma Labs has published its financial and operational results for the fourth quarter and full year 2021. According to these figures, revenues increased by 105 percent to 1.7 million dollars for the full year of 2021 as compared to 0.8 million dollars for the full year of 2020 due to increased Printrite 3D unit sales.

As simple and intuitive as possible, but with many machining functions and efficient production: This is what software systems for machine programming are supposed to achieve. Here is an (incomplete) overview of current CNC and CAM software.