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Last month's most-read AM industry news...
- US Navy shipbuilder HII orders twelve-laser NXG 600E
- Saab and Divergent collaborate on AM fuselage
- GKN Aerospace strengthens AM capabilities in Norway
- Exentis secures order for ten machines for large-scale industrial AM in Asia
- Ursa Major completes hypersonic ARMD test for AFRL
- 6K Additive completes AUS$48M IPO to boost capacity
- Tekna Holding raises $30 million through rights issue
- PyroGenesis’s fine cut Ti AM powder ships to contract manufacturer
- ORNL’s modular Future Foundries platform aims to transform US AM
- Farsoon’s FS1211M designed for industrial-scale large-part metal AM
Inside the Metal AM Winter issue
Metal AM at the Vicenza Symposium: From Bulgari’s Cabochon ring to materials and process innovation
The inaugural Vicenza Symposium, which took place from September 2-4, 2025, brought jewellery manufacturers, researchers and industry leaders to Italy’s ‘Capital of Gold’ for three days of technical exchange in the UNESCO-listed Basilica Palladiana. Metal Additive Manufacturing featured prominently, from a striking Bulgari case study to research on hard-to-build precious metal alloys and emerging work on the Binder Jetting of gold.
In this report, Michela Ferraro presents insights from three selected presentations, based on in-depth conversations with the authors.
Dry-ice blasting for metal AM: toolcraft’s SupportBlaster approach to support removal for PBF-LB
As manufacturers push towards higher Additive Manufacturing throughput, the limitations of traditional support removal methods become increasingly visible. Manual practices cannot reliably meet the safety, repeatability, and cost targets required for industrial Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB).
toolcraft’s SupportBlaster 320-HA offers a semi-automated alternative, using dry-ice pellets to detach supports in a controlled manner. In this article, Joseph Kowen reviews the technology’s development, underlying process physics, and experimental data, highlighting its relevance for more scalable metal AM production.
📌 From the archive
AM and European defence: A critical opportunity as the US and China accelerate ahead
As global threats mount, Europe is falling behind the US and China in deploying Additive Manufacturing as a defence capability. While these powers integrate AM to enhance readiness and resilience, Europe risks being outpaced by fragmented efforts and slow adoption.
Calum Stewart, former Army Engineering and Logistics Officer and now Director of Defence Programmes at SPEE3D, draws on insights from Maj Gen Ed Dorman (Ret), former Commander of the US Army’s 8th Theater Sustainment Command; Kieron Salter, CEO of the Digital Manufacturing Centre; and Michail Efthymiadis of General Dynamics European Land Systems.
📌 From our sister magazine, Metal Powder Technology
Neo Performance Materials inaugurates Estonian magnet plant as Europe strengthens strategic supply chains
Metal powder technology is once again commanding global attention as nations race to secure the materials driving the clean-energy transition. Nowhere is this shift more tangible than in Estonia, where Neo Performance Materials has inaugurated Europe’s first large-scale rare-earth magnet plant in a generation.
The Narva facility marks a defining moment in the reshaping of advanced manufacturing supply chains – from efficiency to resilience, from global to regional. In this article, Emma Lawn and Nick Williams explore how Neo’s investment signals a new industrial era.
2025 has been a great year, full of partnerships and industry connections. Metal AM, alongside Metal Powder Technology and PIM International, has partnered with numerous key events across the metal AM landscape and beyond – and we’re only getting started. 🚀
With many collaborations already in motion, we’re excited to continue supporting the industry and to partner with even more events in the coming year.
🤝 Interested in partnering with us?
Contact Merryl Le Roux: merryl@inovar-communications.com
Upcoming events in February 🛫
- Military Additive Manufacturing Summit & Technology Showcase (MILAM), February 3, 2026 to February 5, 2026, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, United States
- MIM2026 – International Conference on Injection Molding of Metals, Ceramics and Carbides, February 23, 2026 to February 25, 2026, DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Jacksonville Airport, Jacksonville, United States
- Additive Manufacturing Strategies 2026, February 24, 2026 to February 26, 2026, Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, United States
And much more in the upcoming months, check out the full list of events on our website
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Your AM buyer's guide: from AM machines to metal powders
Discover machines, metal powders, post-processing, software, and specialist services in Metal AM's Advertisers’ Index & Buyer’s Guide – your quick-reference directory to every advertiser in the latest issue.
AM MACHINES
Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB)
Directed Energy Deposition (DED)
Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-EB)
Vat Photopolymerisation (VPP)
PRE & POST-PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, PROCESS AUTOMATION
HEAT TREATMENT & SINTERING
Sintering, debinding and heat treatment systems
Toll debinding & sintering
Gas, gas generation & gas measurement
METAL POWDER
- Amaero Ltd
- Avimetal AM Tech Co., Ltd
- Carpenter Technology
- Chung Yo Materials
- CNPC Powder Group Co., Ltd.
- Constellium
- Epson Atmix Corporation
- GKN Powder Metallurgy
- Global Advanced Metals Pty Ltd
- Gränges Powder Metallurgy GmbH
- Höganäs AB
- Hunan Hualiu New Materials Co., Ltd
- IMR Metal Powder Technologies GmbH
- Indo-MIM
- Kennametal Inc.
- Kymera International
- Linde Advanced Material Tech. Inc.
- Osaka Titanium Technologies Co. Ltd.
- Powder Alloy Corporation
- Sandvik Additive Manufacturing
- Ultra Fine Specialty Products
POWDER PRODUCTION & ANALYSIS
Atomisers
PART MANUFACTURING
HIP SYSTEMS & SERVICES
AM SOFTWARE
CONSULTING, TRAINING & MARKET DATA
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