by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 25, 2019 | Additive Mfg, Consumer, Daily News, Europe, Part Design
France — Since it was acquired by Groupe Gorgé in 2013, Prodways has been growing and transforming at a rapid pace, developing new 3D printers and materials while acquiring numerous smaller companies and expanding its product portfolio. All the while, some have been...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 14, 2018 | Additive Mfg, Additive Mfg, Business, Daily News, Global
Increasing industrialization efforts across various plastic printing technologies will result in $16 billion in industry revenues from the sale of printers and polymer-based print materials by 2027, according to a study published by SmarTech Publishing (Crozet, VA)....
by Plastics.com Staff | Apr 30, 2018 | Additive Mfg, Daily News, North America
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a 3D printing process that creates flat plastic items that fold into predetermined shapes when heated. Known as Thermorph, the method relies on a natural phenomenon called ‘warpage’ that sometimes occurs when...