Two of the leading names in thermoplastic filament manufacturing have formed a powerful partnership, hoping to play an essential role in the industry. There are now over 300,000 thermoplastic extrusion printers in the world, with a total annual filament market of $250m in 2015.

The technique, using patterned ultraviolet light and a custom-shaped flow of polymer material, creates 3-D objects that can be first designed with software and could be used in a variety of biomedical and industrial applications.

As the trial date nears in Stratasys's patent infringement case against Afinia, many observers are attempting to project how it will pan out.

A 3D printer that can produce detailed models narrower than a human hair is helping experts in medical robotics.

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Arevo Labs has introduced a scalable Robot-based Additive Manufacturing (RAM) platform for fabricating 3D printed composite parts.

In anticipation of 3D Printing USA 2015, IDTechEx Technology Analyst, Rachel Gordon, interviewed the founder of Divergent Microfactories, Kevin Czinger, about his company and their 3D printed supercar, The Blade, which will be exhibited next week at the Santa Clara Convention Centre.

Stratasys Ltd has announced that it has teamed with Aurora Flight Sciences to deliver, what is believed to be, the largest, fastest, and most complex 3D printed unmanned aerial vehicle ever produced.

Scientists have developed a 3D-printing method capable of producing highly uniform blocks of embryonic stem cells.

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Sometime this summer, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will decide how patent law should treat digital representations of physical objects, which some people call "3D digital models".

3D printing of metals is facilitating the transition to additive manufacturing from rapid prototyping. Printing in plastics has its place in prototyping and education, but metal printing has allowed the technology to be adopted for part production in the aerospace, orthopedic, dental and jewelry industries and is now being developed for the oil and gas, printed electronics, and general engineering industries.

3-D printers typically produce hard plastic objects, but researchers have found a way to produce hair-like strands, fibers and bristles using a common, low-cost printer.

Water Washable Resin is a 3D printing photopolymer with a highly attractive crystal clear finish and great mechanical properties, for which excess resin can be dissolved simply by rinsing.