- Consumer Products
IOT and VisionLab bring the first volumetric 3D printed progressive lenses to consumers
Spanish optical technology company IOT and optical retailer VisionLab brought the first progressive eyeglass lenses made with light-based 3D technology to consumers in Spain on October 6, 2026. IOT makes…
- 3D Modeling
Meshy stands out as the only AI 3D company in a16z’s top 50 consumer AI apps by revenue
Meshy ranked No. 31 in “The Top 50 Consumer AI Apps by Monthly Revenue,” a new ranking published by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) on October 5,…
- Materials
BlueSky Polymers, Insight Polymers and ALM bring xPEI to SLS 3D printing
BlueSky Polymers, Insight Polymers and Advanced Laser Materials (ALM) developed an amorphous, reactive polyetherimide (xPEI) engineered specifically for selective laser sintering (SLS), bringing high-temperature PEI components into SLS production. High…
- VoxelMatters Reviews
Meshy 7 review: how can humans keep up?
The competition among AI 3D generation engines has moved fast enough that keeping a review current is a challenge in itself. Since we started testing Meshy 7, the company has…
- Company Visits

Stratasys is doubling down on high-value additive manufacturing
After a few years, I visited Israel agian. I was invited to visit Stratasys‘ headquarters to get an update on where one of the industry’s market leaders stands after a…
- 3D Printer Hardware
Flashforge CJ270 full-color material jetting 3D printer ships October 15 for under $4,000
Flashforge will ship the first units of its CJ270 full-color 3D printer on October 15, 2026, putting material jetting with CMYK, white and clear resins on the desktop at a…
- 3D Printing Events

EXPO 3D Istanbul makes its case as the AM bridge between East and West
EXPO 3D Istanbul drew far more visitors and exhibitors than expected for an additive manufacturing trade fair on its very first edition, and the show is now positioning itself as…
- 3D Modeling
Tripo AI launches P2.0 model to generate native quad meshes for production pipelines
Tripo AI launched Tripo P2.0 on September 21, 2026. It is the latest version of the company’s 3D-native foundation model and the first AI 3D generation model to produce quad…
- 3D Printing Processes
SnowX is planning to launch SnowPod, a metal L-PBF 3D printer for the desktop
Is it too good to be true? In additive manufacturing, everything is possible, although sometimes promises, especially crowd-funded ones, don’t become reality. SnowPod, an upcoming metal 3D printer from SnowX,…
