3D Printing Filaments
Although it started almost as a game, today 3D printing filaments manufacturing for both industrial and low-cost 3D printers is an industry.
So much so that even giants such as SABIC, Verbatim (Mitsubishi) and others have begun to target it. Other large companies such as Covestro (Bayer) and Eastman Chemical partnered directly with companies operating in the low-cost 3D printing arena. NatureWorks, the largest producer of PLA in the world, has begun focusing specifically on 3D printing.
As 3D printing expands it also evolves more and more into a true industrial production newer companies continue to evolve their offer and technological capabilities. Each company focuses on specific material and specific customer segments (Industrial, Professional, Consumers, Makers and Education) and all agree that explosive growth is on the horizon.
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Latest 3D printing filament news:
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Xenia backs Politecnico di Torino’s ASTRA rover with 3DF Materials filaments
Xenia Materials is supporting ASTRA Team Polito, a student team at the Politecnico di Torino, with 3D printing filaments from its 3DF Materials range for the development of Scout, the…
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3D printing helps victims of the Venezuela earthquake
Bambu Lab has launched a 48-hour charity fundraiser to support victims of the June earthquake in Venezuela. Starting on July 13 at 8:00 AM UTC−4, customers shopping in the company’s…
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SUNLU launches AMS Lite Heater and giveaways for 13th anniversary
This month Chinese 3D printing materials supplier SUNLU is celebrating its 13th anniversary, and there is real cause to celebrate. The company, which counts over 25 million products sold and…
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Spectrum Filaments secures strategic investor. Blue Gravity Capital acquires majority stake
Spectrum Group, owner of the Spectrum Filaments and The Filament brands and Europe’s largest manufacturer of 3D printing filaments, has secured a strategic investor. Blue Gravity Capital has acquired a…
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Voltage launches Eclipse X9 basalt-PETG composite for large-format AM
Hawaiian company Voltage Vessels/Voltage Materials has launched Eclipse X9, a basalt-reinforced recycled PETG composite designed for large-format additive manufacturing, now available in both pellet and filament forms. The material has…
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Wool Source and KiwiFil bring wool-based colorant to FFF filament in “world first”
Wool Source, a Christchurch, New Zealand-based ingredients manufacturer and the commercial arm of the Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand (WRONZ), has developed a pigment derived from wool fiber for…
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Xenia launches bio-based PPA carbon-fiber filament for high-stress 3D printing applications
Italian reinforced thermoplastic composites manufacturer Xenia Materials has released XECARB PPA-CF, a fused filament fabrication (FFF)/fused deposition modeling (FDM) filament built on a bio-based polyphthalamide (PPA) matrix reinforced with 20%…
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Otsuka Chemical introduces Poticon potassium titanate fiber reinforced filament
Otsuka Chemical, a Japanese specialty chemicals manufacturer, developed Poticon—a filament for material extrusion 3D printing based on a composite of thermoplastic resin reinforced with ultra-fine potassium titanate fibers. The material…
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New ROSA3D filaments can make your prints 2.5 times lighter
ROSA3D has introduced two filaments that many 3D printing enthusiasts have been waiting for. These are materials that are lighter than anything that came before. PLA LW AERO and TPU…
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When nanotechnology meets your 3D printer quantum dot filament is born
Imagine shoes that start glowing with intense light under black light. Or a theatrical costume that comes alive on stage in hypnotic colors. Protopasta, an American filament manufacturer, presented a…
