History of 3D Printing

01-14-2000: Raindrop Geomagic announced the release of Geomagic Studio 2.0

Geomagic is one of the first and still one of the best software for creating and editing 3D models

Jan 14 •

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01-13-2009: ASTM F42 Committee on Additive Manufacturing was established

Part of ASTM International, it created a range of standards for various aspects of 3D printing and facilitating its implementation across industries

Jan 13 •

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01-12-2017: CELLINK launched revolutionary BIO X bioprinter

Bioprinter was equipped with three exchangeable, printheads

Jan 12 •

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01-11-2022: voestalpine announced the installation of a massive 6-meter 3D printer

It was designed for producing sand casting molds

Jan 11 •

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01-10-2012: MakerBot unveiled Replicator

It allowed for larger builds, two-color 3D printing (and started the consumer 3D printing hype)

Jan 10 •

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01-09-2012: 3D Systems debuted Cube, its first consumer 3D printer

It was the pillar of the Cubify brand

Jan 9 •

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01-08-2020: Michael Molitch-Hou joined 3DPrint.com

Molitch-Hou is one of the best AM writers in this industry.

Jan 8 •

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01-08-2014: 3D Systems appointed pop and hip hop star – will.i.am, as its Chief Creative Officer

This was an unprecedented event in the still-niche AM industry

Jan 8 •

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01-07-2016: XYZPrinting announced an unprecedented launch of 8 different 3D printers at CES in Las Vegas

The company has unveiled its first industrial-grade 3D printers

Jan 7 •

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01-06-2015: 3D Systems presented CocoJet—the chocolate 3D printer developed with The Hershey Company...

...and announced the acquisition of the infamous botObjects, which claimed to have created a full-color FFF 3D printer

Jan 6 •

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01-05-2015: Voxel8 unveiled the first 3D printer capable of printing both electrical circuits and enclosures simultaneously

Years later, its technology found its niche in the textile industry

Jan 5 •

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01-04-2016: MakerBot announced the Smart Extruder+

The successor to the infamous solution that halted the company’s dynamic growth

Jan 4 •

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