At Formnext, Group Content Manager Sam Davies caught up with 6K Additive President Frank Roberts to learn more about the company's acquisition of Global Metal Powders & the partnership with Metal Powder Works.
Through this acquisition, BigRep believes it will realise 'far-reaching synergies' by offering a full spectrum of low-to-high temperature additive manufacturing solutions.
Nexa3D has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire Essentium, adding an extrusion 3D printing technology to its existing VAT photopolymerisation and powder bed fusion processes.
Additive manufacturing software company Cognitive Design Systems (CDS) has raised 2 million EUR in funding. Iron Hands Capital, DAA Capital Partners and SpaceFounders France all contributed to the funding round.
Metal additive manufacturing firm Seurat Technologies has announced a 99 million USD Series C round led by NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm, and Capricorn’s Technology Impact Fund.
Materialise has announced that the company’s Board of Directors has appointed Brigitte de Vet-Veithen as the new Chief Executive Officer. de Vet-Veithen will succeed Fried Vancraen, who co-founded Materialise in 1990.
Polymer 3D printing company Azul 3D has closed a 15 million USD Series A funding round from existing & new investors. DuPont has been named as a lead investor in the Series A transaction, while contributions have been made by Beta Lab and GS Futures.
Plymouth Science Park has been awarded 507,GBP for a new digital engineering and 3D printing test facility to complement its Advanced Digital Manufacturing Innovation Centre.
3D Systems has said it welcomes Stratasys decision to explore strategic alternatives after its proposed merger with Desktop Metal failed to generate sufficient shareholder approval.
