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3D Hubs announces its launch within the German market, opening new offices in Berlin. Entry into the German-speaking market marks a major next step in 3D Hubs’ European ambitions, having opened their new Paris offices in December last year after having raised a Series C funding round of $20 million by various investors including Tony Fadell, the inventor of the…
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America Makes and Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials & Manufacturing Directorate Structural Materials, Metals Branch (AFRL/RXCM), have partnered to offer an additive manufacturing (AM) modeling challenge series, comprised of four individual challenges, with $150K to be divided among awardees. The AFRL AM Modeling Challenge Series represents another innovative approach America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, and AFRL are…
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Protolabs has announced that the Wayzn Slide is its latest Cool Idea Award winner. Wayzn, the California-based company behind the product, has developed a solution to the problem of how to let your pets in and out of your house, even when you’re not at home. The Wayzn Slide has been honored with a CES 2020 Innovation Award. (CES is…
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Siemens Digital Industries Software announced a partnership with global semiconductor IP company Arm, that will bring IP, methodologies, processes and tools together to help automakers, integrators and suppliers collaborate, design and bring to market their next-generation platforms faster. This partnership was formed to address challenging issues to realize active-safety, advanced driver assistance, in-vehicle infotainment, digital cockpits, vehicle-to-vehicle/vehicle-to-infrastructure and self-driving vehicles.…
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MSC Software Corporation (MSC), part of Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence division, has announced Adams-ready VTD (virtual test drive), combining vehicle dynamics and virtual test drive simulation to accelerate the development of next generation Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and safe autonomous vehicles. Adams-ready VTD accelerates development by simulating how a dynamic moving vehicle and its sensors will behave in complex road…
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The next generation of autonomous vehicles will mimic how human eyes focus on and evaluate road conditions by leveraging AEye and ANSYS technologies, the companies suggest. AEye is incorporating ANSYS' simulation solutions into the design of its Intelligent Detection and Ranging (iDAR) platform—enabling customers to reduce physical prototyping and improve the safety and reliability of autonomous systems. Safeguarding autonomous driving…
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Saratech, provider of product development software, engineering services and 3D printing solutions in the United States, has acquired the 3D printing sales sector of southern California-based TekPro Group. “I am very pleased to welcome TekPro, a company with a tremendous amount of 3D printing experience, to Saratech,” says Dr. Saeed Paydarfar, CEO of Saratech. This acquisition will boost technical and…
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Accucode and RCAM Technologies are collaborating to develop wind energy components using 3D printed concrete. Accucode is a leading technology integrator and IT service provider and RCAM Technologies specializes in mega-scale concrete construction methods. This announcement comes after RCAM Technologies secured $250,000 from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade's (COEDIT) Advanced Industries Accelerator Grant Program. The grant…
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Optomec announced that Alex Hodik has assumed responsibilities as general manager, Asia Pacific for Optomec. For the past 14 years, Hodik has been helping leading manufacturers improve their performance with additive manufacturing in the Asia-Pacific Region. Before joining Optomec, Hodik served as the general manager for BigRep Asia Pacific. Prior to that, Hodik held different roles at Stratasys, including territory…
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HCL Technologies has released CAMWorks Version 2020 with several enhancements to assist machine shops in advancing their smart manufacturing practices. CAMWorks Version 2020 provides support for 3D printing of SolidWorks Assemblies, the CAMWorks ShopFloor product, intelligent probing functionality and automatic tab machining. With Version 2020, the CAMWorks Additive Manufacturing module, powered by Materialise, has extended 3D printing functionality to SolidWorks…
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At Daimler, additive manufactured parts are already built into the interiors of buses. However, instead of using external service providers, Daimler Buses plans to set up its first service bases in 2020 as its own 3D printing centers for spare parts and individualized components. The production and delivery of a 3D printed part only takes a few days instead of…
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Stratasys Ltd. announces the appointment of Yoav Zeif as the company’s new chief executive officer, effective Feb. 18, 2020. Current Interim CEO Elchanan (Elan) Jaglom will continue in his role as chairman. Zeif brings global experience in industry transformation to Stratasys, having served in senior leadership roles for public and private multi-billion-dollar corporations, leading worldwide operations across industries and professional…
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The Virtual Foundry has named Sapphire 3D as the first certified sintering partner for its plastic-infused metal filaments. This Chicago-area firm has developed expertise in heat-treating “green” parts made from The Virtual Foundry’s open-architecture plastic-infused metal Filamets to produce high-purity finished metal parts. “In addition to their proficiency with our materials, the team at Sapphire 3D also shares our vision,…
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Optomec announces its LENS Directed Energy Deposition (DED) 3D Printed Metal system will be used to print bi-metallic rocket engine parts that will go to the moon in 2024 as part of a grant from NASA for additive manufacturing research and education as it relates to space technology and applications. Work on this grant is a collaboration between the Navajo…
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Protolabs has announced MedStar Health and Cleveland Clinic Innovations as joint winners of the Cool Idea Award: Healthcare Grant. These grants provide in-kind manufacturing services to support development of medical products, spurring innovation in the field. “Protolabs is proud to champion innovation in the medical field,” says Vicki Holt, president & CEO of Protolabs. “These healthcare grants and the manufacturing…
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