Where is AI unlocking advantages? Explore what is possible at AMA: Software 2026. The global additive manufacturing market reached $4.5 billion in the second quarter of 2026, a 12% increase from the same period a year earlier, according to quarterly…
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What Happens When 15,000 Desktop 3D Printers Become a Factory?
When I first travelled to Formnext Shenzhen in 2023 I saw a familiar pattern, the show tells you what China’s additive-manufacturing industry wants to sell. Go outside the show and you can start finding out what is actually being made.…
Nine Days in Shenzhen: Trying Not to Write That China Is Big
I have been visiting China for more than a decade and have seen first-hand how its 3D printing industry has changed. Alongside a tropical shirt suitable for Shenzhen in August, I packed a notebook full of preconceptions to put to…
CONTEXT: Industrial Growth and Entry-Level Boom Reshape AM Market
Market intelligence firm CONTEXT has published its Q1 2026 analysis of global 3D printer shipments, and the numbers point to an industry growing fast but unevenly. Total hardware system revenues rose 32% Y/Y, industrial shipments climbed 18% across all major…
Why New US Tariffs Matter More for UK Manufacturers Than the Rate Suggests
The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) said new US import duties of 10% to 12.5% on British exports could become a “tipping point” for manufacturers already facing high industrial energy costs and higher National Insurance contributions. The association warned the added…
Australia Is Turning to 3D Printing to Secure Its Industrial Foundation
A new policy report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), authored by Steven Camilleri, co-founder and CTO of metal 3D printing company SPEE3D, argues that national resilience is not a political ambition but an engineering problem. Titled Make Stuff…
New CONTEXT Data Shows Structural Shifts Reshaping AM Hardware
The 2026 edition of our AMA: Energy online conference returns on April 30th. Register now! Market intelligence firm CONTEXT has published its Q4 2025 analysis of global 3D printer hardware shipments, with growth concentrated at opposite ends of the price spectrum. The…
Did Industry Misjudge AM’s Value? Findings from AMGTA Explain The Bias
The 2026 edition of our AMA: Energy online conference returns on April 30th. Register now! The Additive Manufacturing Green Trade Association (AMGTA) has published its 2026 Vision Paper laying out an evaluative framework for assessing AM’s resource efficiency across entire production systems.…
Industrial AM market returns to growth as desktop polymer segment expands
German consultancy AMPOWER has published its AMPOWER Report 2026 reporting that the industrial AM market returned to growth in 2025 after stagnating in 2024, reaching a volume of over €11 billion (approx. $12.7 billion). Its latest annual market study puts…
How Far Has AM in Healthcare Really Come? Find out at RAPID + TCT 2026
Something has matured in how the AM industry thinks about healthcare, and the conversation is sharper for it. Where the industry once debated potential, practitioners are now deep in the specifics: how to manufacture custom medical products at scale, how…
