Posted by Rich Benvin on Nov 23, 2020 in 3D Modeling, Business, Health, Manufacturing, Technology
The 3D Printing Boom is Coming In the last two videos Tasha Keeney, US-based analyst for thematic fundie ARK Invest, has shared fascinating insights on how Star Trek-like technologies like driverless cars and drone ambulances are about to change the world. In her third iteration on thematic supertrends, Tasha discusses 3D printing, which promises to revolutionise the manufacturing process by collapsing the time between design and production, giving designers the ability to create radical new products with less waste and at a fraction of the cost. Here, she explains the theme to the uninitiated, how it could disrupt the aerospace and healthcare markets, and ARK’s top stock for the...
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Posted by Rich Benvin on Apr 22, 2020 in 3D Printing, Health
How 3-D printing is helping the US fight medical equipment shortages and the coronavirus pandemic To combat the medical equipment shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic, GE Healthcare is using 3-D printing to make tools that accelerate ventilator production. Jeff Bezos’ space venture Blue Origin is leveraging 3-D printers to make plastic components for face shields. And with support from Adidas, digital manufacturing firm Carbon, in Silicon Valley, is using its highly elastic polymer featured in $200 Adidas running shoes to produce more than 15,000 face shields weekly for health-care workers caring for COVID-19 patients. Ford, Boeing, HP, Medtronic and the U.S. military are among the manufacturing powers funding, designing and producing a battery of protective gear and medical equipment to fill in supply shortages around the world. But it is 3-D printing firms, as well as a cottage industry of home-based 3-D design tinkerers, that are making a broader call to action possible. READ...
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Posted by Rich Benvin on May 18, 2018 in 3D Printing, Investing, Metal 3D Printing
Relativity Space CEO on Using 3-D Printed Rockets to Get to Space While SpaceX is reusing rockets, another company is 3-D printing them and sending them into the great beyond. Relativity Space just landed $35 million in venture capital funding. CEO Tim Ellis talks to Bloomberg’s Emily Chang about the...
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Posted by Rich Benvin on Apr 18, 2018 in 3D Printing, Biotech, Business, Investing, Metal 3D Printing, Technology
New 3D Bio-Printing Lab – 3D Printing Venture Capital Available – Top 10 3D Printing Investors Johnson & Johnson Collaborates With AMBER to Open New 3D Bio-Printing Lab Johnson & Johnson collaborates with AMBER Research group in a new bio-printing venture. The two illustrious companies are looking to set-up this lab within Trinity College Dublin. They began preparations within the first quarter of this year and hope to open it by the end of 2018. Professor Michael Morris, AMBER director has called the lab “a global center of excellence for Bio 3D printing“. READ MORE 3D Printing Venture Capital Available I’m working with an investment group whose members have over 20 years each in the public markets, have raised millions of dollars for various companies across multiple sectors, and have significant capital ready to invest… READ MORE Who is funding the startups that will give you your first 3D printed house? First and foremost is the fact that contrary to the investors funding most of the major digital technology driven innovations, the top 3D printing investors have a strong international component. Here we look at the 10 top 3D printing investors ranked by how much they invested in startups in that space… READ...
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Posted by Rich Benvin on Apr 3, 2018 in 3D Printing, Business, Financing
Markforged raises $30 million for industrial 3D printing “A key early application of 3D printing is within the factory,” he wrote, in an email to VentureBeat. “The future of the factory is comprised of custom 3D printed parts that are incorporated into final products, and 3D parts printed to support the machines within the factories themselves.” 3D printing is indeed a hot sector that promises cheaper and faster manufacturing. Be it for sports shoes or food, several sectors are sniffing an opportunity. HP and Deloitte also recently announced that they are teaming up on 3D printing and digital manufacturing services. But when it comes to manufacturing, Mark is skeptical about the other players. “Other startups offer 3D printers that either cannot print a range of materials or are not printing parts strong enough to dramatically impact manufacturing,” he wrote. READ MORE 3D Printing Predictions: The experts weigh in and point to these 5 trends: Increased Adoption New and Improved Metal 3D Printing Improved Design Polymers and Other 3D Printing Materials Increased Speed and Productivity From a 3D printing perspective, the are positive… READ...
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