News
Xometry Posts Record $252.4 Million Q3 Revenue and Turns a GAAP Net Profit
The November 3 release reported 40% year-over-year revenue growth, a 36.0% marketplace gross margin and $1.935 million in net income attributable to common stockholders.

Materials
Vilory Opens Metal Powder Research and Testing Center
The center opened on October 20 with more than 10 laboratories and over 40 sets of equipment for powder characterization, chemical analysis and mechanical testing.

Software
Nikon SLM Adds PanX Simulation Templates to Metal 3D Printing Workflow
The October 29 partnership brings machine-, material- and process-specific templates into PanX to help engineers identify thermal risks before committing to large laser powder bed fusion builds.

Applications
restor3d Sets November Commercial Rollout for Velora 3D-Printed Hip Cup
The November 2 update puts Velora on a full commercial rollout this month, reports initial Identity KA knee cases and sets a 2027 target for the Identity 3DP Porous knee system.

Materials
Arkema and Carbon Build on Resin Partnership for 3D-Printed Consumer Goods
Arkema’s November 4 update focuses on elastomeric resins for footwear, sporting goods and other consumer products. The announcement gives no new resin grade or launch date.

Applications
Microfoamed TPU Cut Printed Shoe Weight by 6% in a Dong-A University Study
A whole-shoe FDM comparison found a weight saving over dense TPU. A two-person walking pilot observed lower peak pressure in some regions versus barefoot and sock conditions.

Applications
Which Robot Parts Should Be 3D Printed? PollyPolymer Sets Out a Selection Framework
A new RoboFab technical note puts customization, iteration speed and structural function ahead of a simple count of printable robot components.

News
Stratasys Sets 2030 Emissions and Water Targets Against a 2023 Baseline
The November 4 sustainability update sets operational targets and adds climate-risk analysis, while separating future goals from reported 2025 results.

Applications
Hanglun Adds BLT-S615 for Titanium Bicycle Fork Manufacturing
The Hi-Light bicycle maker is bringing large-format metal printing into fork development, with design support, inspection and powder supply central to the production workflow.

Applications
From Robot Covers to Footwear: HeyGears Customers Report Batch-Production Gains
Four customer accounts show resin printing moving into repeat orders, with reported gains in delivery time, footwear output and lattice-cushion production.

Applications
IOT Brings Light-Printed Personalized Progressive Lenses to Consumers
Light-Form uses a single exposure to form a lens in seconds, but resin recovery, surface treatment and optical mapping remain part of the production workflow.

Hardware
Creality Announces $849 K3 U.S. Launch as Store Still Lists Preorders
The four-nozzle printer moves into a new U.S. launch phase, but Creality’s store still shows an early-December shipping estimate. Nozzle-switch time and total material-change time are listed separately.

News
Velo3D Discloses Five-Year Sandia Research Framework for Metal Additive Manufacturing
The November 3 announcement describes an agreement signed in January, with individual projects to be defined separately and repeatable production among the proposed research priorities.

Applications
Orbital Matter Reports a Half-Meter Beam Printed in Orbit
Replicator-2’s reported rigid-boom demonstration advances in-space manufacturing, while larger solar-array structures remain a development goal.

Software
Meshy Edit Faces a Practical Test: Local Changes Still Need Mesh Inspection
A November 4 hands-on review finds that targeted AI edits can preserve much of a model, while difficult removals and unintended geometry changes remain concerns for printing.

Software
Tripo AI Launches a Visual Workspace for Reusable 3D Workflows
Tripo Agentic Canvas links model generation, refinement and export in a visual workflow that users can inspect and reuse.

News
TCT Sets 2027 Dates for Shanghai and Shenzhen Additive Manufacturing Shows
TCT Asia will move to five halls in Shanghai on May 27–29, while TCT Shenzhen will return to Futian on August 12–14 with a focus on South China’s manufacturing industries.

Applications
PharmaTher Plans 3D-Printed Peptide Tablets for Colon Delivery
The October 29 development plan starts with oral KPV and BPC-157. Craft Health’s printed core-and-shell design draws on laboratory research with budesonide.

News
Protolabs Expands HP Jet Fusion 5600 Capacity by 50%
Protolabs links the expansion to demand from aerospace, defense and drone manufacturers. The company reported more than 40% year-over-year growth in U.S. Multi Jet Fusion revenue through the third quarter of 2026.

Applications
ScaffoldForge Generates Bone-Scaffold Designs in 12 Seconds—With Physical Validation Still Ahead
An October 28 PLOS One study reports rapid AI-generated scaffold geometry and promising computational benchmarks. 3DPTimes examines the design advance, its limited dataset and the manufacturing evidence still needed.







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