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'Technical enough for engineers, practical enough for decision-makers.' - ASTM International previews ICAM 2025

The ASTM International team sits down with TCT to discuss what we can expect from this year's ICAM event.

By Sam Davies

/ 25 Sep 2025

Caracol acquires additive manufacturing IP of Hans Weber Maschinenfabrik GmbH

The acquisition will allow Caracol to integrate Weber’s additive technology into its product portfolio, enhancing its large-format ecosystem, and expanding the company's reach in the DACH region.

By Sam Davies

/ 24 Sep 2025

Pictured from left to right: Francesco De Stefano, CEO of Caracol, Ludwig Weber, Managing Director at Weber, Dr. Markus Weber, Managing Director at Weber, and Paolo Cassis COO of Caracol. ...

Meltio to open additive manufacturing reference site in partnership with Fastech

The facility will serve as a demonstration hub for U.S. and international industries, allowing prospective adopters to experience the capabilities of Meltio’s Directed Energy Deposition (DED) wire-laser metal 3D printing solutions.

By Sam Davies

/ 18 Sep 2025

Artillery shell manufactured with Meltio 3D printing technology. - Meltio

D.E.E.P consortium to explore additive manufacture of digitally-enabled marine propeller

The group, operating under the Digitally Enabled Efficient Propeller (D.E.E.P) moniker, will now launch a Techno-Economic Feasibility Study of Manufacturing Digitally Enabled Efficient Propellers.

By Sam Davies

/ 18 Sep 2025

MacLean-Fogg & Fraunhofer ILT additively manufacture 156kg tooling insert for Toyota Europe

Weighing 156kg, the tooling insert is conformally cooled and was manufactured with Fraunhofer ILT's gantry-type, multi-laser Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) machine and MacLean-Fogg's patented L-40 tool steel powder.

By Sam Davies

/ 17 Sep 2025

DEEP DIVES | Why drone manufacturers are increasingly turning to 3D printing

TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies assesses the impact additive manufacturing is having in the drone space.

By Sam Davies

/ 17 Sep 2025

DEEP DIVES | Why drone manufacturers are increasingly turning to 3D printing

Kanfit acquires metal & ceramic additive manufacturing systems from XJet

In a bid to enhance its services to the aerospace, industrial and medical sectors, Kanfit has acquired a Carmel 5000X system for 17-4PH stainless steel production and a Carmel 1400C ceramic solution.

By Sam Davies

/ 17 Sep 2025

Divergent Technologies raises $290m; valuation now above $2.3b

Following this latest round, Divergent is set to scale its manufacturing capacity and fund the development of new capabilities for upcoming product families.

By Sam Davies

/ 15 Sep 2025

Colibrium Additive joins research project exploring additive manufacture of 'light yet extremely resilient' aluminium parts

The project is pursuing a new approach in which 'special additives' in the metal powder react chemically during the printing process and form finely distributed ceramic particles in the submicrometre range.

By Sam Davies

/ 15 Sep 2025

Croom Medical launches Biofuse platform for 3D printed porous ingrowth orthopaedic products

Biofuse is said to give OEMs 'precise control' over pore size, porosity and lattice gradients by integrating fully interconnected porous architectures directly into implant geometries.

By Sam Davies

/ 15 Sep 2025

Biofuse Photos - 19 Partial Knee Implant with Biofuse 3D-Printed Lattice Structure manufactured using Laser-Powder-Bed-Fusion technology in Ti64 Grade 23. - Croom Medical

Ursa Major launches 400-acre test site for solid rocket motor systems

Designed for safe, full-scale static firings, and future qualification processes like drop and temperature storage testing, the site enables validation of SRMs built using the company’s Lynx manufacturing process.

By Sam Davies

/ 11 Sep 2025

Lithoz developing ceramic heat exchanger for hydrogen-electric propulsion systems through TRIATHLON consortium

Lithoz is printing the heat exchanger in aluminium nitride (AIN), believing that these systems manufactured with this material will help to decarbonise aviation, improve system efficiency and sustainability, and reduce maintenance.

By Sam Davies

/ 11 Sep 2025