At the 2023 World Car Awards (WCAs), which took place in New York City in April, featured seven 3D printed trophies given to winners. The trophies were produced by Replique, and the design was led design company CALLUM.
Desktop Metal's Aidro subsidiary has achieved the 'first-ever global AM Manufacturer certification' from DNV, a leading risk management and quality assurance society for the oil & gas and maritime industries, for two metal printing technologies.
Czinger Vehicles has announced the creation of what it says is the ‘world’s first’ 3D printed and topology-optimised gearbox case. The project was in partnership with Xtrac, a leader in motorsport and high-performance automotive gearbox production.
ARES Modena, a luxury coachbuilder dedicated to the design and production of one-off or limited-edition cars and motorcycles, has selected the industrial 3D printing technology of Roboze to increase the customisation of its automotive offerings.
Siemens Mobility has announced an expansion of its manufacturing footprint by building a 220 million USD advanced manufacturing and rail services facility in Lexington, North Carolina.
Tooling & Equipment International (TEI), one of the largest users of 3D sand printing in the United States, has purchased its third VX43D printer from voxeljet. TEI is using what voxeljet says is the world’s largest sand 3D printer.
3D Systems and Stewart-Haas Racing have announced the entering of a multi-year technical partnership. The championship-winning NASCAR team currently uses 3D Systems’ ProX 800 stereolithography and Figure 4 Standalone 3D printers.
Toyota has been using 3D printers from Zortrax at factories in Poland for years according to the company and has invested over 100,PLN (around 18,900 GBP) into additive manufacturing equipment.
Laura Griffiths speaks to Volkswagen and Additive Industries about their TCT Award-winning additive manufacturing collaboration on a tooling nozzle for the VW Tiguan.
The 18ct yellow gold parts, including a number of touch points across the dashboard, controls and steering wheel, will feature on just 18 exclusive examples of the Mulliner Batur.
