3D Printer Market Q2 2026: Industrial Up 40%, Desktop Saturating
3D printer market Q2 2026: industrial revenue rose 40% on drones and rockets while desktop exports hint at oversupply. What CONTEXT's data means for buyers.
3D Printing Financials Q2 2026: Healthcare, Defense, and Dental Drive the Recovery
3D Systems, Prodways, and Align Technology posted Q2 results showing uneven but real recovery. Healthcare and aerospace are outperforming. Here's what the numbers signal for the industry.
Lyten's Graphene Filament Powers Modovolo's 3D Printing Platform
Lyten's PA1205 graphene filament claims 2x the tensile strength of standard carbon-fiber PA12 — now default on Modovolo's US-built aerospace 3D printer.
3D Printing Markets Hit $4.35 Billion in Q1 2026 — 13% Year-Over-Year Growth
The global additive manufacturing market grew 13.1% year-over-year in Q1 2026, driven by supply chain reshoring, defense initiatives, and a services segment growing at 16.9%.
The Drone Industry Is Where 3D Printing Actually Works at Scale
AM Research pegs the drone 3D printing market at $140M in 2025, growing to $900M by 2034. Drones are already the largest production application for low-cost printers — here's why the fit is structural, not incidental.
Additive Manufacturing Is Growing Up: What Fathom's CEO Sees From 15 Years Inside
Fathom CEO Rush LaSelle says AM has finally reached the maturity it promised in 2010 — but the metric is reliability and qualification depth, not print speed. Here's what actually changed.
3D Printing and the Autonomous Era: How Defense Tech Is Rewriting Manufacturing
Autonomous weapons systems are catalyzing a fundamental shift in defense manufacturing. Smaller companies using additive manufacturing are challenging traditional defense primes — with titanium parts that beat steel in Pentagon testing and supply chains that bypass China's mineral dominance.
Virginia-Class Sub Gets Its First 3D Printed Metal Part
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard installed a 3D printed copper-nickel flange on USS Washington — the first welded metal AM part on an in-service Virginia-class submarine.
From Rolls-Royce Aeroengines to Desktop 3D Printing: An Duong's Bet
An Duong spent years 3D printing jet engines at Rolls-Royce. Now he runs Morethan3D, bringing that aerospace manufacturing knowledge into the desktop hobbyist market.