According to the Stratasys 2014 Annual Report, in that single year, MakerBot sold nearly 40,000 printers. In 2015, they sold just 18,673. In April of 2015, MakerBot laid off 100 of its approximately 500 employees and in October laid off another 80. The MakerBot storefronts in New York City, Boston, and Greenwich were all closed….
Douglas Hill, a graduate student at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) under Assistant Professor of Bioengineering William Grover, has developed a LEGO-like system of 3D-printed blocks for creating research tools on the fly. Dubbed Multifluidic Evolutionary Components (MECs), Hill’s 3D-printed modules can be used for performing tasks for chemical and biological research, such as…
The highly anticipated day in the 3D printing world arrived a few days ago, when 2D-printing king HP Inc unveiled at RAPID, one of the world’s largest industry conferences, its speedy polymer commercial 3D printer, the Jet Fusion 3D 3200. The company’s now taking orders for the 3200, which will be available in late 2016,…
Stratasys announces its Automotive and Entertainment forum in June, 7th-8th Los Angeles (CA). You can register here if interested. In the same event, it would be possible to see two of the most impressive 3d printer that Stratasys makes for the professional market: the J750 printer and the Objet1000 plus. Stratasys J750 is the ultimate…
Stratasys Announces Winners of the Twelfth Annual Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge. Zachary Trippodo, a student at Fairfield Ludlowe High School in Fairfield, Connecticut designed an underwater hotel and it won him first place in the Art & Architecture category of the Stratasys 2016 Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge. Trippodo’s hotel design expands – quite literally –…
MakerBot has announced that it will no longer manufacture its own hardware. Over the course of the next six months, the company will transition the building of its 3D printers and other products to Jabil, a contract manufacturer with facilities in China. As a result, the company will shut down its manufacturing operations in the Industry…
It is a worldwide well-known news but we can’t avoid publishing, the message is too strong and important! “Tony Stark never imagined his bionic suit would earn the superhero title of “Iron Man” (because technically, the suit is titanium alloy). Tyler Petresky, director of resource management at Limbitless Solutions, also never imagined his bionic…
Interestingly enough, Stratasys developed a technology to 3d print injection molds: In manufacturing, 3D printing has turned the production of injection molded prototypes into a quick, easy and inexpensive process. Read on and watch how Stratasys PolyJet 3D printing technology helps a team at Budapest University create an injection mold with POM (acetal) for functional…
This week the American-Israeli company and 3D printing giant Stratasys acquired the once beloved, now discussed, Makerbot Industries for about 400 M$. Some said it’s quite a big valuation for a company that still need to find a sustainable revenue stream and a consolidated business. Those of you that are interested in the details of…
Stratasys, global giant of industrial 3D printing, announced on Wednesday that it was to acquire MakerBot, [iframe_loader src=”http://new.livestream.com/accounts/1487850/events/2191165/videos/22030787/player?autoPlay=false&height=360&mute=false” height=”349″ width=”425″ ] An interesting move from the internationa giant: Makerbot gets eaten. Soon we’ll release an opinion post about this. Stay tuned! Press conference: Stratasys and MakerBot to Merge Stratasys acquires MakerBot as VCs discover key…
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