Rapid Prototyping
The new company's brands include Re3DTech, GoProto, Stanfordville Machine & Manufacturing and Phoenix Proto Technologies.
The large-format printer will allow Mack and its customers to assemble and make adjustments to big projects early in the development process.
As a specialist in rapid manufacturing, Proto Labs Inc. was in a strong position to help its customers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
MGS Mfg. Group Inc., a Germantown, Wis.-based company that does custom injection molding, makes tooling and builds multishot injection units and components, has expanded its new product development and rapid tooling offerings by offering that expertise more broadly than before.
John Way said he's always been "kind of a numbers person," which led him to his current career and role as chief financial officer of Proto Labs Inc.
Additive manufacturing specialist Forecast 3D plans to open another U.S. location, probably in the Midwest, during the first quarter of 2019.
Mold trials have been a successful niche for Plastic Molding Development Inc. for 33 years, with molds brought in from around the world. Lately, PMD has been seeing another trend: a growing interest in Industry 4.0
Star Rapid, a China-based and British-owned prototyping and small batch molding firm, in July launched a two-year program to implement Industry 4.0. It's a sign such next-generation manufacturing processes are increasingly picking up steam in China.
German automotive giant Audi AG has adopted full color Stratasys 3D printers, which it will use to prototype taillight covers.
The global 3D printing industry grew by 21 percent and expanded by more than $1.25 billion last year, according to the Wohlers Report 2018.
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