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Metal replacements and demand from Asia to increase plastic products

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 5, 2018

Rapid urbanisation and rising purchasing power in Asia, particularly China, India and South Asia, have resulted in booming demand for…

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WATCH // Ford’s automated hot-forming that adds safety to its latest designs

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 5, 2018

Once it was a technique that helped protect knights in armour from the crashing blows of their rivals, but now…

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Comment

Electrification and autonomy in automotive design

Posted by Al Dean - November 12, 2018

The automotive design world is going after electrification and autonomy hard, but will these two paradigm shifts open up the…

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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…

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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…

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Profiles

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…

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Will we all still be swearing at Alexa in 2030?

Posted by Al Dean - December 19, 2018

As a near-future sci-fi nerd, Al Dean has been geeking out on The First. Will the integration of new technologies…

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Protolabs boosts its additive manufacturing with new materials

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 23, 2019

Inconel 718 has been added to Protolabs’ materials list Protolabs’ growing range of metals available for its direct metal laser…

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Ferrari Competizioni GT solve faster with new Ansys Mosaic meshes

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 18, 2019

Ansys’ engineering simulation software has been drafted in by Ferrari Competizioni GT to help develop its next great GT car.…

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Volvo engineers put on Varjo MR headset then test new designs while driving real cars on the road

Posted by Greg Corke - May 29, 2019

The Varjo VR-1 ‘human-eye resolution’ VR headset launched earlier this year. And we were very impressed. Now Varjo has expanded…

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