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Additive Manufacturing: Going Mainstream

Author: Terry Wohlers and Tim Caffrey, Wohlers Associates Inc.

Date: 6/1/2013

Additive manufacturing is receiving unprecedented attention from the mainstream media, investment community, and national governments around the world. This attention reached a pinnacle when 3D printing was mentioned by President Barack Obama in his February 2013 State of the Union address. (Many, including us, use the terms “additive manufacturing” and “3D printing” interchangeably.) Full Article

Additive Manufacturing Revolution Upon Us



Author: Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 6/11/2013

Beam me up, Scotty. This revolution is real.You’ve probably heard about 3D printing, where an item is built, layer by layer, by a printer based on a digital model. Conceptually, these so-called printers work in a similar way to the sci-fi transporter in the Star Trek series, materializing things into matter one particle and layer at a time. Full Article

Factory 2.0 Revealed: When Andy Warhol Met 3D Printing



Author: Materialise

Date: 6/13/2013

On the evening of June 10th, Belgian-based Additive Manufacturing (also known as 3D Printing) pioneer Materialise sponsored a ground-breaking event at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA. Full Article

Additive Manufacturing: A Custom Solution for the Medical Industry



Author: Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 3/27/2013

Additive manufacturing is growing fast in the medical field, fueled by more materials and a better understanding of the possibilities. Full Article

Pennsylvania Awards Public/Private Research Grants for Additive Manufacturing



Author: Senior Editor James D. Sawyer

Acutronic USA (Pittsburgh), ExOne (North Huntingdon, PA) and Paramount Industries (Langhorne, PA) are the first recipients of Pennsylvania’s Research for Advanced Manufacturing (RAMP) awards. Full Article

VIDEO: Additive Manufacturing - Summarizing All its Parts



Date: 9/20/2012

Additive Manufacturing: Summarizing All its Parts. Originally held Thursday, Sept. 20. Fortus 3D Production Systems will explain where additive manufacturing is now and where it is going by sponsoring a webinar entitled “Additive Manufacturing 101: Changing the Future of Product Development and Manufacturing.” Fortus is a business unit of Stratasys Inc.  Full Article

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