Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Japanese electric sports car maker GLM aims for mass-production with Dassault Systèmes

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 16, 2018

The TommyKaira ZZ built on GLM’s electric vehicle platform Aiming to solve the problems for the companies that enter the electric vehicle business, GLM – the Japanese EV company behind…

ESI Group develops new metals AM simulation module with AddUp

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 16, 2018

AddUp and simulation experts ESI Group have announced their collaborative Distortion Simulation AddOn, they jointly designed specifically for metal additive manufacturing. AddUp’s metals 3D printers were founded as a joint…

EOS and GKN Powder Metallurgy partner for ‘high-productivity’ laser metal 3D Printing

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 16, 2018

In order to expand its footprint in the automotive industry, established SLS experts EOS has partnered with GKN Powder Metallurgy to create a new high-productivity process for laser metal 3D…

US researchers find a way to 3D print ‘the ultimate polymer’

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 19, 2018

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Virginia Tech’s Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII) have developed a new process to 3D print one of the most-desired materials in the electronics and aerospace…

Twikit – Conquering customisation

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 19, 2018

Belgian company Twikit believes that its technology is the missing link between mass-produced consumer goods and mass customisation. Stephen Holmes finds out how its SaaS technology has helped the likes…

Essentium lands big backers for AM market

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 21, 2018

Essentium’s High Speed Extrusion technology has the backing of BASF and Materialise BASF has announced its further investment in Texas-based 3D printing company Essentium, bringing Belgian 3D Printing experts Materialise…

PTC Creo given a boost with Frustum acquisition

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 21, 2018

PTC has announced that it has acquired Frustum, a start-up focused on a range of topology optimisation tools, based in New York. Founded by Jesse Coors-Blankenship, Frustum’s technology will now…

Carfulan adds Advanced Performance demo day to the December calendar

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 22, 2018

The Carfulan Group has announced that 25 live machine and technology demonstrations will take place at its inaugural Manufacturing Performance Network (MPN) meet-ups on 4 – 6 December. Taking place…

New Vero WorkXplore exports scenes to Client Viewer

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 22, 2018

The Client Viewer feature is among a number of enhancements made to Vero Software’s CAD file viewer and analyser, WorkXplore 2019. It is now possible to export all scenes created…

XJet – Jetting off into the future

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 28, 2018

Adding new materials, soluble supports, a new R&D centre and a global presence, an Israeli start-up's nano-particle jetting makes it one to watch in additive manufacturing's next generation of technologies