Tooling, Jigs & Fixtures

Application spotlight: Subaru transitions to in-house, just-in-time fixture production with 3D printing

The company has reported significant lead time reductions.

By Sam Davies

/ 16 Jan 2026

Application spotlight: Subaru transitions to in-house, just-in-time fixture production with 3D printing

Explained: What the future holds for Mantle after Angstrom Group acquisition

Mantle CEO Ted Sorom speaks to TCT about the Angstrom Group's takeover of the company.

By Sam Davies

/ 4 Dec 2025

Explained: What the future holds for Mantle after Angstrom Group acquisition

Base Materials launches large-format 3D printing service for tooling applications

The company will use the new capability to provide manufacturers with a 'faster, smarter' alternative to traditional tooling methods.

By Sam Davies

/ 27 Nov 2025

Base Materials launches large-format 3D printing service for tooling applications

Quickparts completes $2.5m upgrade to HQ

The company has now launched its Quick Mould solution across North America.

By Sam Davies

/ 25 Nov 2025

Quickparts completes $2.5m upgrade to HQ

The road less travelled: Inside Ford's additive manufacturing lab

"We’ve had some of the craziest things come to us. You can print just about everything, but should you? No."

By Laura Griffiths

/ 5 Nov 2025

The road less travelled: Inside Ford's additive manufacturing lab

Automotive supplier Angstrom Group acquires Mantle

Mantle believes the Angstrom Group investment will provide the resources to expand production capacity, strengthen its partner network, and accelerate deployment of its hybrid additive–subtractive manufacturing systems.

By Sam Davies

/ 5 Nov 2025

Automotive supplier Angstrom Group acquires Mantle

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

Mantle software update enables mould features up to 80% thinner that TrueShape metal 3D printing technology was previously capable of

Top Definition, available via an over-the-air software release, will allow users to directly print features as thin as 0.2mm, while 'dramatically improving' the as-printed strength of small features previously too fragile to print.

By Sam Davies

/ 31 Jul 2025

trinckle's automated 3D printed fixture software now available in Stratasys GrabCAD Print Pro

The TCT Award-winning software, which automates the design of custom fixtures, has been integrated following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two companies back in April.

By TCT Team

/ 21 Jul 2025

Stratasys & Automation Intelligence launch dedicated tooling facility to support North American manufacturers

Operating out of Automation Intelligence’s manufacturing site in Flint, Michigan, the North American Stratasys Tooling Center has been designed to assist manufacturers in the validation and scaling up of practical AM applications.

By Sam Davies

/ 11 Jun 2025

Robotic arm being used in the new North American Stratasys Tooling Center. - Stratasys

Additive manufacturing adoption within the tooling industry

Thomas Eberius, Senior Consultant at the ACAM Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing GmbH shares insights on AM as a key enabler for eco-effective value creation in the tooling industry.

By TCT Team

/ 29 May 2025

Additive manufacturing adoption within the tooling industry

Stratasys signs MOU with trinckle GmbH; launches PolyJet ToughONE White material ahead of RAPID + TCT

Stratasys is to integrate trinckle 3D GmbH's fixturemate software into its GrabCAD Print Pro software package after the two companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) ahead of RAPID + TCT.

By Sam Davies

/ 7 Apr 2025