A Californian start-up has created a 3D printer that it claims is able to print solid resin parts with feature sizes less than 20 microns at speeds 25 to 100 times faster than what’s on the market currently.
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US manufacturing shrinks for third straight month
US manufacturing output was down in February, with the country’s Federal Reserve tracking a third straight monthly decline in the sector.
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Fonterra seals Beingmate deal
Fonterra will acquire 18.8 percent of Chinese infant formula manufacturer, Beingmate Baby & Child Food Company Ltd.
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Graphene 3D printing feedstock launched
New York-based Graphene 3D Lab has launched a conductive, composite thermoplastic-and-nanocarbon material for use with 3D printers.
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Infamous gun rights activist puts $US 15K bounty on carbon fibre 3D printer
Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson has offered $US 15,000 to anybody who will give him a MarkForged 3D printer.
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Hockey approves JBS’s $1.4 billion takeover of Primo
Brazil’s JBS has been given approval to acquire Primo Smallgoods.
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Jetpack company’s shares up and down in fortnight since IPO
Share prices for the New Zealand-based company that hopes to sell the world’s first commercial jetpack have been volatile.
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Amazon wants to cut delivery times through 3D printers in trucks
Amazon’s plans for drones may be on hold, but it has lodged several patents suggesting it wants to reduce delivery times by putting 3D printers in trucks.
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China’s factory output shrinks for second straight month
China’s official PMI showed the sector in contraction for the second straight month as the government prepares to set a growth target for the year.
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Microsoft to close two China handset factories, sack 9,000
Microsoft will close two Chinese factories that it acquired when it bought Nokia’s handset business in April 2014, cutting 9,000 jobs.
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GM to quit car making in Indonesia due to poor sales, difficult logistics
General Motors has announced that it will end car manufacturing in Indonesia after poor sales of its Spin vehicle.
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China manufacturing edges upward
Activity in China’s manufacturing sector grew slightly in February, according to a key preliminary index of nationwide manufacturing activity.
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Stratasys announces new MakerBot CEO
MakerBot’s new CEO will be Jonathan Jaglom, the current general manager of Asia Pacific and Japan for parent company Stratasys.
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China could be falling out of favour among manufacturers
Factories are shutting in China as the economy slows and the country’s low-cost advantage disappears.
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Sub jobs in SA questioned after govt releases statement on next generation submarine procurement
The federal government has released more detail regarding its plans to procure new submarines.
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Medical 3D printing market to boom in next five years, says report
The growth in 3D printing for medical purposes will be considerable, according to a report by analysts SmarTech Markets Publishing.
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US industry barely growing
The United States manufacturing sector appears to have slowed to only slight rate of growth, according to the Federal Reserve’s figures.
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UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers’ rights lag behind
Clothes manufacturing in the UK has seen a striking revival since 2007.
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Dutch company releases carbon fibre 3D printing filament
Dutch 3D printing filament company ColorFabb has added a carbon fibre offering to its XT line of printing feedstock.
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New metal powder production method for 3D printing announced
Zecotek Photonics has announced a new manufacturing technology for preparing metal powders for laser sintering additive manufacturing.
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