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Metal 3D printing company Fabric8Labs raises $19M

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The San Diego-based startup specializes in metal 3D printing. Desktop Metal going public in SPAC-led deal that could value 3D printer company at $2.5B. The company plans to bring the technology to market, but notes that goals of hitting a general market will be a multiyear process.

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Mooji is 3D printing plant-based meat

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million seed planned to accelerate its 3D printing technology. The company notes that 70% of the meat market revolves around whole cuts — a stark contrast to what other alternative meats offer. On the one hand, there’s 3D printing. Meanwhile, it’s hoping to bring its printers to market in the next year and a half.

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AON3D closes $11.5M Series A, partners with Astrobotic to send 3D-printed parts to the moon

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3D printing has garnered a lot of hype, much of it for good reason: The technology has unlocked new kinds of object shapes and geometries, and it uses materials that tend to be much lighter weight than their traditionally manufactured counterparts. The company manufactures industrial 3D printers for thermoplastics. million in funding.

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Markforged acquires Digital Metal for $40M as 3D printing space continues to evolve

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“With Markforged’s experience and go-to-market scale, we are confident that we will be able to grow our technology together and help more manufacturers produce the high-volume metal parts they need to drive highly productive and cost-efficient operations.” million shares of Markforged common stock. billion acquiring Coherent.

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Pantheon Design alleviates supply chain uncertainty with factory-grade 3D printing

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In the midst of the pandemic, Pantheon Design , a maker of industrial 3D printers from Vancouver, BC, suddenly found itself getting orders from factories in the Midwest, the center of heavy industries. Parts created by Pantheon’s 3d printer. The reason? “So their machines break down all the time.”

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Bild takes in funding to share, collaborate on hardware designs in the cloud

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When Pradyut Paul was a hardware engineering program manager at Apple, he saw firsthand the challenges of building and sharing hardware products using antiquated tools like email and spreadsheets. Users can use Bild’s web-based viewers to interact with 3D CAD, board files, bill-of-materials, schematics, drawings and simulation data.

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Five Flute annotates hardware product development into the current millennium

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If you’re working in hardware development, there’s not a lot of options for collaborative work — at least not until Five Flute came along. . “Five Flute gives these teams the ability to collaborate seamlessly around engineering issues without ever leaving the native 3D design programs where they already work.”

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