ADDMAN expands its fleet with 81 new HP Jet Fusion 5620 Pro printers, surpassing 125 MJF systems, and signs a $10.8 million contract with 6K Additive for the supply of Nickel 718 alloy powders.

3D-printed lattices made with conductive resin become distributed sensors: electrical tomography reconstructs the map of internal damage in real time. Study by the University of Glasgow published in Advanced Functional Materials.

Titomic USA has been awarded a $4.95 million contract by the US Air Force for an industrial High Pressure Cold Spray system to be installed at Tinker Air Force Base, with delivery expected in the third quarter of 2027.

VulcanForms appointed Jeff Hemenway Chief Revenue Officer on September 18, 2026. The company aims to transform production capacity into long-term industrial programs, following its $220 million funding in January.

PrusaLab developed a carbon fork for a competition handbike with Jan Tománek, using 3D printing for prototypes and iterations over ten months. The final component is not printed but made of composite, with 3,500 km of testing.

Stratasys presented the F870 at IMTS 2026, a large-format FDM platform for industrial production, with a build volume of 1000 x 610 x 610 mm and a heated chamber. The system is already in use at Rivian and Toyota.

BMF brings the microArch S150 3D printer to Europe, a compact system with 25 μm optical resolution and PμSL technology, designed for laboratories and production. Aimed at microfluidics, optical fibers, biomedical devices, electronics, and materials research.

Addiblast MARS05 XL is an automatic depowdering system for large-format metal AM, capable of handling builds up to 7,000 kg and 1,375 × 1,375 × 1,700 mm. Enclosed chamber with ATEX design, two-axis movement, and programmable vibration.

Dou Yee Technologies integrates the HP Metal Jet platform into its production cycle with a Metal Binder Jetting program launched in October 2025 with HP and NAMIC. The first qualified materials are 316L and 17-4PH steels.

In Calgary, 20 3D printers worth over $20,000 were stolen; 17 were recovered after online listings appeared. The case shows how desktop hardware has become a resellable asset.

TTT Group announces the largest investment in its history: a new HIP division with a Hiperbaric HIP 107, operational from 2027, for the post-processing of critical components in aerospace, energy, and metal additive manufacturing.

On October 27, 2026, Chicago hosts the Smart Manufacturing for Aerospace & Defense Summit, dedicated to digital thread, AI, and connected production systems. Additive manufacturing is included, but it is not the central theme of the event.