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Latest TCT Japan News
The latest 3D printing and additive manufacturing news and developments from Japan.
Misumi/Fictiv
Fictiv officially acquired by MISUMI
The deal, which was announced in April for a total consideration of $350 million, is set on delivering a first-of-its-kind platform for sourcing both custom and standard mechanical components.
Fictiv
Fictiv to be acquired by MISUMI in $350 million deal
The all-cash deal will pair the manufacturing service platform’s AI-driven digital supply chain network with MISUMI’s catalogue of mechanical components, tools and consumables, supplied to over 318,000 companies worldwide.
Alloyed
Alloyed raises £37 million in Series B round with two Japanese organisations leading investment
The investment will be harnessed to support the expansion of the company's manufacturing facilities in Abingdon, UK, and Seattle, USA.
Honda
Honda lifts hood on use of metal 3D printing
The Japanese automaker says it is working across a variety of mobility fields where it ‘expects’ to deploy additive manufacturing, including automobiles, motorcycles, power products, motorsports and aerospace.
Nikon
Nikon opens Additive Manufacturing Technology Center in Japan
Based in Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture, Nikon says the new AM Technology Center will support the company's plan to 'revolutionise manufacturing while enabling and scaling the industrial base using cutting-edge solutions from Nikon.'
Naomi Nathan, MGA
Mobilising medical: How MGA is taking on the challenge of getting 3D printing into healthcare systems
Naomi Nathan tells Laura Griffiths how Mobility | Medical goes Additive e.V. is fostering AM knowledge transfer and adoption.
Industry Insights + Medical, Dental and Bioprinting Insights
RAPID + TCT
EOS CEO Marie Langer on the EOS P3 NEXT, productivity and purpose
Laura Griffiths speaks to Marie Langer about delivering AM solutions that the market wants, taking the technology to new verticals, and why AM excitement still matters.
Industry Insights + Latest AM and 3D Printing Industry insights
Kibu
Circular sound: Cultivating the next generation of responsible consumers with 3D printing
Laura Griffiths speaks to Kibu founder & CEO Sam Beaney about creating responsible products for the next generation of consumers.
ESA
On orbit, on demand: Making a metal 3D printer for space
Laura Griffiths speaks to the academic arm of a project exploring metal 3D printing on board the ISS.
Kallisio
Q&A: Kallisio CEO Rajan Patel discusses the use of 3D printing for patient-specific immobilisation devices
Kallisio's patient-specific medtech solutions are designed to help oncologists reduce treatment-related toxicity and protect healthy tissue in cancer care, while enhancing therapy precision and patient outcomes.
Industry Insights + Medical, Dental and Bioprinting Insights
Thomas Eberius
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.
Sponsored News
Tariffs and Additive Manufacturing: Status and the Pulse of the Industry
Mahdi Jamshid, PhD, Director of Market Intelligence, and Pablo Enrique, PhD, Additive Manufacturing Manager, at Wohlers Associates, powered by ASTM International share their thoughts on the impact the USA's tariff policies will have on the AM market.
TCT
The economics of additive manufacturing are broken — here's how to fix it
Leap 71 co-founder Lin Kayser has his say on the economics of the additive manufacturing industry, with suggestions on how the industry can get itself out of a 'death spiral.'
Industry Insights + Latest AM and 3D Printing Industry insights
Protolabs
Protolabs launches instant manufacturability analysis for 3D printing
Protolabs has launched instant design for additive manufacturability (DfAM) analysis on 3D printed parts through its online quoting platform. The automated feedback enables product developers and engineers to optimise additive designs.
America Makes
Additive manufacturing's potential to reinvigorate the U.S. supply chain
John Wilczynski, Executive Director of America Makes on how advanced manufacturing is reinventing possibilities in supply chain.
Shutterstock
Digital transformation of operations and supply chains through the use of additive manufacturing
Dr. Siavash H. Khajavi and Prof. Jan Holmström explore the impact of additive manufacturing on supply chains in relation to digital inventories and spare parts and bridge manufacturing (also known as stopgap manufacturing).
University of Exeter CALM
Can powder testing accelerate the development of new feedstocks for AM?
The University of Exeter's Professor Oana Ghita offers thoughts on how an optimised testing strategy can make a big difference when it comes to developing new additive manufacturing powders.
What to expect from the 2021 AMUG Conference
AMUG’s AM Industry Advisor Todd Grimm details what we can expect from this year’s Additive Manufacturing User Group Conference in Orlando, Florida.
Sponsored News
Edm Network
New Fast (Moly) Wire EDMs from Taiwan
EDM Network is now offering three new patented Horizontal Inverted Submerged models and three new Vertical models all made in Taiwan.
Sponsored News
Lithoz
Lithoz at RAPID + TCT: Celebrating the arrival of the new CeraFab S320 to the USA
At RAPID + TCT in Detroit, Lithoz highlighted the impressive capabilities of its newest ceramic 3D printer premiering in the United States: the CeraFab System S320.
Sponsored News
Edm Network
New Fast (Moly) Wire EDMs from Taiwan
EDM Network is now offering three new patented Horizontal Inverted Submerged models and three new Vertical models all made in Taiwan.
Sponsored News
InnovMetric
Q&A: InnovMetric on the importance of a digital thread
Following its PolyWorks Conference Live 2025 event, Manufacturing Quality spoke with Marc Soucy, PhD, President and Co-Founder of InnovMetric, to get the inside scoop on PolyWorks Digital Thread, PolyWorks|Inspector, and PolyWorks|Data Loop.
The LEHVOSS Group
The LEHVOSS Group is offering innovative plastics for AM. These products have been adapted to production processes, such as FBF, FFF and FGF. The materials are distinguished by their good processing characteristics and excellent material properties.
