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Heather Raikes
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Heather Raikes is a physical/media artist.
Her artistic and research interests revolve around dynamic interfaces between the body and technology that merge sensate experiential embodiment with abstract computational data. She creates intermedia performance, screendance, electronic text, and interactive media. Her work is fundamentally inspired by an interdisciplinary inquiry into contemporary mythos, informed by a convergence of perspectives from indigenous belief systems, science, engineering, humanities, and the arts.
Raikes is currently completing her PhD at DXARTS, the University of Washington's Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media. Her doctoral research is a multi-faceted engagement with the body and technology that encompasses mixed reality performance, stereoscopy, physical-digital choreography, and posthuman embodiment. Her current work-in-progress involves stereoscopic projection of motion capture-based 3D animation in relation to a live dancer. It will premiere as both live performance and stereoscopic screendance.
Raikes' artwork has been presented throughout the world at such venues as HEREArt Mainstage (New York), Aaron Davis Hall (New York), On the Boards (Seattle), The Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.), SIGGRAPH (Boston), The International Festival of Performance (Barcelona), Culturgest (Lisbon), E-Poetry (Paris), Imaginaria International Film Festival (Conversano, Italy), Inscriptions In the Sand (Famagusta, Cyprus), the San Diego Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Her writings have been published in Body/Space/Technology, the American Communication Journal Special Interactive Performance Edition, PoeticaNet, and New River Journal, and in the book Technologically Expanded Dance. Conference presentations include the Society of Dance History Scholars Conference (USA), MAIA: International Conference on Media Art and Information Aesthetics (China), Technologically Expanded Dance (Portugal), SCANZ 2009 (New Zealand), and PixelRaiders2: International Forum on Cross-Disciplinary Art and Digital Practice (UK). Recent awards include recognition from the Nebraska Digital Workshop and the National Stereoscopic Association.
Raikes grew up in Nebraska. She studied theater, dance, film/video and literary theory as an undergraduate at Duke University, and went on to earn her masters degree from New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program. Following ITP, Raikes was a founding partner in Silicon Alley media design company Media Farm, and worked extensively as an interactive designer in the New York new media industry of the 1990s.
Concurrent with her early digital work in New York, Raikes was a dancer with the Erick Hawkins Dance Company, performing classic modern dance repertory at such venues as The Joyce Theater, the American Dance Festival, and Jacob's Pillow. She studied dance and physical artistry with Erick Hawkins, Cathy Ward, Gloria McLean, Todd Rosenlieb, Lynn Simonson, Katiti King, Diane McCarthy, Miguel Godreau, David Life, Sharon Gannon, and others, and was a soloist performing the choreography of legendary Hawkins dancer Cathy Ward. Raikes studied performance composition and with Anne Bogart, Richard Schechner, and Lucia Dlugosziewski. She developed early multimedia performance work with the trio Gemini, in collaboration with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company dancer Daniel Russell Kubert and Erick Hawkins/MOMIX dancer Pi Keohavong; and with performance collective Harakti Multimedia, in collaboration with dancer/choreographer Kim Whittam.
From 2000-2006, Raikes held university positions at Temple University and the University of California San Diego. At Temple University, she was New Media Producer-In-Residence for the School of Communications and Theater, and Assistant Professor of New Media. Raikes piloted numerous interdisciplinary initiatives, and served as founding director of both Temple's New Media Interdisciplinary Concentration and New Media Performance Laboratory. At the University of California San Diego, she was Research Associate with the Center for Research in Computing & the Arts (CRCA); Media Design Associate with the California Institute for Telecommunications & Information Technology (CALIT2), and Innovation Coordinator for the Culture, Art and Technology Program.
From 2006-2010, Raikes pursued her doctorate at DXARTS while teaching undergraduates at the University of Washington. She studied with Richard Karpen, Shawn Brixey, Juan Pampin, James Coupe, Stephanie Andrews, and Jennifer Salk, and conducted research encompassing DXARTS, UW's Dance Program, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, and UCSD's Performative Computing Lab in the Center for Research in Computing & the Arts.
In 2011-2012, Raikes will join the Planetary Collegium as an Advanced Research Associate of CAiiA: the Center for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts, University of Plymouth, UK. Her postdoctoral work will focus on artistic explorations of technoetic mythos, and articulating a new poetics for physical/media composition.
Heather Raikes currently resides in the Seattle area with her husband and young daughter.


Home News Be afraid. Be very very afraid- Bheki Cele.
NEW Police Minister Bheki Cele has promised to speed up investigations into the death of Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa.
Senzo was shot and killed at his girlfriend Kelly Khumalo's house in Vosloorus, Ekurhuleni, four years ago.
No one has been arrested yet for his murder.
Cele said all those involved in Meyiwa's death have to be arrested.
He was speaking at the funeral service of Captain Dumisani Mhlanzi in Umsinga in the KZN Midlands on Sunday.
Cele's spokesman Nonkululelo Mbatha-Phokane said the minister had met national police commissioner General Khehla Sitole to discuss the case.
"The investigation with regards to Meyiwa's death continues, but that is not enough," Mbatha-Phokane told the People's Paper.
She said Cele had met former police minister Fikile Mbalula, Sitole and other police officials yesterday to discuss various cases, including Senzo's.
"Since 2014, police have been saying they're investigating but no action has been taken. Cele wants to see people being arrested.
She said people who commit crime must not go free.
"Senzo's family and fans want to see justice being done. That's what's going to happen." Senzo's father Sam has said he believes in Cele.
"As I mentioned before to Daily Sun, I was happy when Cele was reappointed," he said.
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It's no surprise that Monsanto, Dupont and others are pouring big money into California to fight the state's GMO labeling referendum which will be on the ballot November 6. How they're doing it — through surrogate organizations — is right out of the grand American political tradition of ironically-named organizations. Front groups help hide the players behind these organizations. And what could be more ironic than hiding the identities of the companies and individuals who are fighting a right-to-know initiative?
AlterNet, the independent news gathering service, estimates that several big front groups will spend $60 to $100 million fighting the initiative. One of the largest is The Coalition Against Costly Food Labeling. Their website lists such scary articles on topics including how GMO labeling will hurt the poor and limit your food choices. Who exactly is behind the CACFL? The names aren't surprising. According to the article, it's composed of the "Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), whose members also include Monsanto, BASF, Bayer, Dow and Syngenta, all producers of GMO seed and related products, as well as many large food processors and supermarket chains. Also on the list is the Council for Biotechnology Information (CBI), whose members include Monsanto, BASF, Bayer, Dow and Syngenta." Their mission? To "protect" consumers from GMO labeling.
It's also worth remembering that similar measures were recently defeated in the Connecticut and Vermont legislatures after considerable pressure from food manufacturing interests. All of us interested in natural foods will be watching this one with interest.
I am no fan of GMOs but why should anyone be forced to label their products if they contain GMOs? People who don't want GMOs can just buy from good companies that do list that they are GMO free. If you give control to the government who knows what will happen just look at raw milk.
And support local farms? I live in an area where this is very possible. But it seems like no one my age has a great interest in agriculture and natural foods. I guess you could say I am passionate about gardening, and I am very interested in food sciences. But what's something that I can contribute to and make a big difference? I want to create a food revolution for kids my age, but I just don't see how.
Nice article, when my kids were in mildde school I stopped buying junk food to save money! I never told them this and they never asked and we all got used to eating more healthy! It's not 100% healthy but much better then it used to be! Who ever is in charge of buying the groceries for the household can simply take charge of it!
Labeling is important. Not using GMOs, more important. I should think the more than 125,000 suicides of Indian farmers who got caught in the seed nightmare should be a warning to our farmers. I will continue to do all I can to avoid consuming GMOs. It may mean eating only what is produced locally by people I know do not use them and having a very restricted diet. I have several health issues and consider food the most important way to make every effort to be as healthy as possible.
Hi, I'm a vegan and would like to introduce myself to sustainable organic gardening to save money on expensive organic food. At the moment, I do not live in an area that will allow me to actually start a garden, but I would still like to learn about organic gardening and possibly start growing herbs and small vegetables in my apartment. If anyone could recommend to me some solid websites and books, I would much appreciate it. Thanks.
I have been looking at the website WorldTruth.tv and they report a lot on foods and things that are good for the body and things that are bad for you. There is so much "poisoning" going on from so many sources. From chemtrails to our food, now that I know more about it the more concerned I am. With formaldehyde (used to embalm the dead) and mercury (which is a poison) in flu vaccines I refuse to take one. I would love to be able to eat organic but right now my finances won't let me. Labeling food is a good idea. I would love to see it on the can of everything we put in our bodies. We should have that choice.


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Freedom at Midnight · 1987
Remembering Christmas · 1996
Dave Koz and Friends 20th Anniversary Christmas · 2017
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A Midnight Rendezvous
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So Nice
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Innovative smooth jazz from this pioneering pianist.
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The Best of David Benoit 1987-1995
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About David Benoit
One of the more popular performers in the idiom somewhat inaccurately called "contemporary jazz," David Benoit has mostly performed light melodic background music, what critic Alex Henderson has dubbed "new age with a beat." Benoit has done a few fine jazz projects (including a tribute to Bill Evans and a collaboration with Emily Remler) but most of his output for GRP has clearly been aimed at the charts. He studied composition and piano at El Camino College and, in 1975, played on the soundtrack of the Robert Altman-film Nashville. After recording with Alphonse Mouzon and accompanying singer Gloria Lynne, he was signed to the AVI label when he was 24, recording sets like 1977's Heavier Than Yesterday that paved the way for his later output.
In 1986, Benoit signed as a solo artist with GRP, a relationship that would last until 2003. Albums like 1989's Waiting for Spring and 1999's Professional Dreamer showcase his smooth, lyrical style, while projects like his 2000 tribute to Vince Guaraldi's Peanuts scores, Here's to You, Charlie Brown!: 50 Great Years!, demonstrate where his own tastes lie. A decade after their first joint venture, Benoit and Russ Freeman collaborated on Benoit/Freeman Project 2, released by the Concord-associated label Peak in 2004.
For 2005's Orchestral Works he was joined by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and members of the Asia America Symphony Orchestra. He released two studio albums including Full Circle in 2006 and Standards, which appeared later that same year. In 2008, Benoit paid tribute to some of his musical idols with the album Heroes. The album saw him covering songs by Elton John, the Beatles, Dave Brubeck, and others. Two years later, Benoit delivered the Clark Germain-produced electronica-inflected album Earthglow, and in 2012, he returned with Conversation, which featured the classical trio-meets-jazz-trio title track taken from his "Music for Two Trios" suite.
In 2014, Benoit contributed to former Ambrosia guitarist David Pack's Napa Crossroads set with Alan Parsons, Ray Manzarek, Larry Carlton, Mindi Abair, and others. Benoit shifted focus on his next outing. Deciding to record an all-originals vocal album, he collaborated with lyricists Lorraine Feather, Mark Winkler, and Spencer Day. Released in June 2015, 2 in Love featured Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Jane Monheit. She was also featured heavily on Believe, a Christmas recording that appeared just four months later. In 2017, Benoit paired with guitarist Marc Antoine for So Nice! on Shanachie Records. Also that year, he delivered the solo piano date The Steinway Sessions. In 2019 Benoit teamed up with saxophonists Dave Koz and Vincent Ingala, guitarists Peter White and Marc Antoine, and vocalist Lindsey Webster for the album David Benoit & Friends.
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Lester H. Kinninger, 83, 17467 Gearhart Rd., Sidney, Ohio, died at St. Rita's Hospital, Lima, Ohio on Friday, November 21, 2003 at 2:05 PM after a short illness. He was born September 30, 1920 in Ft. Loramie, Ohio the sone of Leo and Caroline (Watercutter) Kinninger. He was married May 11, 1946 to Mildred R. Geise and she died September 12, 2002. Surviving are three children, Sharon Kerber and her husband Bill of Sidney, Ohio; Jane Grogean and her husband Larry of Russia, Ohio; and Kristi Marcum and her husband Mark of Sidney, Ohio; nine grandchildren, Julie, Nathan, Nicole and Eric Kerber; Alisha Gross; Aaron and Autumn Hacker; Lance and Leslie Vonderhuevel and two step-grandchildren, Pam and Katie Grogean; two great-grandchildren, Zachary and Jacob Gross. One daughter is deceased, Donna Vonderhuevel, two grandchildren, Thomas and Derrick Marcum, two brothers, Andrew Kinninger and Bernard Kinninger and three sisters, Edna Reineke, Kate Geise, and Esther Ruppert are all deceased. He was a World War II veteran - Army Air Corp. He was awarded the American Theatre ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Theatre ribbon with a bronze star; good conduct ribbon; World War II Victory Medal and was in the 41st Photo Reconnaissance Squadron. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the American Legion and the VFW all in Sidney. He was a member of Holy Angels Catholic Church, Sidney. He was a farmer and had worked at Peerless Bread Company before the service. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 at 10:30 AM at Holy Angels Catholic Church with Rev. Earl Fernandes. Burial will be at Graceland Cemetery, Sidney, Ohio with full military honors. Friends may call at Salm-McGill and Tangeman Funeral Home on Monday, November 24, 2003 from 2-8 PM. A Knights of Columbus service will be held at the funeral home at 4:00 PM on Monday and an American Legion service will be held at the funeral home at 7:45 PM on Monday.


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by Newscrusher 09/01/2021, 10:04 pm 6.8k Views
Reddit has banned r/donaldtrump for encouraging and glorifying violence after Wednesday's mob attack on the US Capitol. Axios reporter Sara Fischer first reported the news, noting that the unofficial pro-Trump forum had been given multiple warnings. A Reddit splash page says the subreddit was "banned due to a violation of Reddit's rules against inciting violence."
"Reddit's site-wide policies prohibit content that promotes hate, or encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence against groups of people or individuals. In accordance with this, we have been proactively reaching out to moderators to remind them of our policies and to offer support or resources as needed," a Reddit spokesperson has stated. "We have also taken action to ban the community r/donaldtrump given repeated policy violations in recent days regarding the violence at the US Capitol."
The r/donaldtrump forum had approximately 52,000 members before its ban, according to an Internet Archive snapshot. That was significantly smaller than r/The_Donald, a notorious Trump subreddit banned last year for pervasive rule-breaking — after many members had already moved to an independent site. However, Mother Jones reported that former r/The_Donald members had used r/donaldtrump as a conduit back into Reddit, promoting posts through backchannels like a Discord server.
This deletion marks the latest in an internet-wide crackdown on President Donald Trump and his most aggressive supporters, even as online researchers have used social media footage to identify mob members. Trump was suspended from Facebook, Twitch, and Twitter after making inflammatory statements, although he's been reinstated on the latter. Major web platforms have removed content that glorified the attack — which was aimed at overturning the US presidential election and left at least five people dead, including a police officer.
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RICHMOND — The federal appeals court widely considered the country's most conservative also has the most judicial openings, prompting concerns about its ability to continue to resolve cases promptly.
Chief Judge William W. Wilkins took senior status yesterday, leaving four vacancies on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Judge H. Emory Widener Jr. has told President Bush that he also will take senior status when a successor is confirmed.
The vacancies amount to nearly a third of the 15 slots authorized for the court, which has handled some of the country's biggest terrorism cases, including that of September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui. The circuit includes Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia.
Judge Wilkins acknowledged that the high vacancy rate is a potential problem.
Only one of the other 11 federal appeals courts decides cases faster than the Fourth Circuit, where the median time is 9.5 months.
The national median is 12.2 months, according to statistics kept by the federal judiciary. But statistics show that the court is getting slower. The court had a turnaround time of seven months in 2003, but its caseload also has increased from 4,887 that year to 5,460 in 2006.
"Any appellate lawyer who focuses on this will perceive a troublesome trend," said L. Steven Emmert, chairman of the Virginia State Bar's appellate practice subcommittee.
The vacancies date back as far as 1994, when Judge J. Dickson Phillips Jr. took senior status. That's by far the oldest opening in the entire federal court system. The third-oldest vacancy was created by the death of Judge Francis Murnaghan of the Fourth Circuit in August 2000. The court's other open seat was held by Judge J. Michael Luttig, who resigned last year.
The judicial branch has listed the Phillips and Murnaghan openings as "judicial emergencies," based on caseload and the duration of the vacancies, but Mr. Bush has not nominated anyone for the court since withdrawing two nominations in January.
The president had nominated U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle of North Carolina for Judge Phillips' seat and Pentagon lawyer William J. Haynes II for Judge Widener's, but neither were acceptable to the Senate's new Democratic majority.
The appeals court has been largely supportive of the president's war against terror, allowing the military to indefinitely detain without charges "enemy combatants" captured overseas and backing the CIA's practice of taking captured terrorism suspects to foreign countries for interrogation. However, a three-judge panel of the court in June rejected the detention of a U.S. citizen captured on American soil and held as an enemy combatant.
Last month, Virginia's two U.S. senators — John W. Warner, a Republican, and James H. Webb Jr., a Democrat — recommended to Mr. Bush five more candidates for the court. Mr. Emmert said such bipartisan recommendations are unusual, and he predicted that Mr. Bush will seriously consider them.
However, Irvin W. Hankins, president-elect of the North Carolina State Bar, said he is not optimistic as Mr. Bush's term ends.
Carl Tobias, a University of Richmond law professor, also thinks getting judges confirmed will become increasingly difficult as the presidential election approaches.


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A Sing-A-Long and Lullabies soundtrack for the film Curious George by Jack Johnson and friends including Ben Harper, Matt Costa, G. Love and others. Songs include Inside Down, Broken, People Watching, Wrong Turn, Talk of the Town, Jungle Gym, We're Going to be Friends, The Sharing Song, The 3 R's, Lullaby, My Own Two Hands, Questions and Supposed To Be. Full length CD with 13 song collection.
Admit it: If you had to pick an artist to give voice to the wackadoo thinkings of a monkey beloved by most of the American populace over age 3, you could do a lot worse than Jack Johnson. Black Eyed Peas? Too hyper. Death Cab for Cutie? Too ironic. They Might Be Giants? Too eggheaded. Johnson, though the object of much rightful jealousy--here, after all, is a guy who only stumbled into music and vaulted himself up the charts after a successful career as a pro surfer--turns out to have the goods to do H.A. Rey, Curious George's creator, proud. Fans familiar with Johnson's earlier discs will recognize a certain laconic sprawl and easy fascination in his songs that suits the theme of perpetual puzzlement perfectly (here, let's not forget, is a guy who racked up fans with songs called "Bubble Toes" and "Banana Pancakes"). That the music takes a childish turn barely registers--songs like opener "Upside Down" are classic Johnson, all wonderment and groove, and the collaborations with friends Ben Harper, G. Love, and Matt Costa warm up, wink, and scamper off before packing on the weight of excess meaning. "We're Going to Be Friends," track seven, seals the deal--when you can make the White Stripes sound compatible with the Man with the Yellow Hat, you know you've got a multi-generational winner. --Tammy La Gorce
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Building on its 40 years of experience in the removal and containment of waste water, the ACO Group is now entering the field of waste water management with systems for the treatment and reuse of grey water.
The European company is a global leader in the manufacture and supply corrosion-resistant polymer concrete and stainless steel drainage systems for external and internal applications.
Its products – which are certified to European norms and standards – also include petrol, oil and grease water separation systems, water storage and containment systems, roof and floor drains, access covers and grey water reuse treatment.
Keith Lambourne, export director at ACO UK, points out that increasingly adverse weather conditions are being encountered in the Middle East, which need to be addressed with more complex and sophisticated drainage concepts.
"ACO achieves this with intelligent system solutions that have a dual purpose – protecting people from water and water from people. Therefore, every product within the ACO range safely controls water as it passes along the chain to ensure that it can be ecologically and economically re-used in a viable way," he says.
Lambourne, a Member of the British Empire (MBE), is the ACO pioneer in the region who continues to consult ACO Systems in Dubai, UAE.
ACO has been actively involved in the Middle East since 1991, where its systems have been installed at some of the most prestigious projects over the past 14 years.
ACO opened an office and warehouse in Dubai in 2006, to establish its products in the region. It created ACO Systems in the Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai, which in 2010 started manufacturing stainless steel products for the Middle East market.
"The aim was to cover the Middle East market, avoid long delivery periods and save logistic costs for our clients," says Doreen Huge, marketing executive – technical designer at ACO Systems.
"We are currently manufacturing commercial kitchen drainage channels, shower channels, floor drains and external drainage products in stainless steel according to European and ACO standards in our Dubai facility," she adds.
ACO is also promoting grease and oil separator technology in the region. Special separation products are manufactured in Germany and other European countries.
To ensure that the most appropriate products are installed, ACO advises specifiers, engineers, architects and construction companies to help them decide on the best solutions for their projects. It also liaises with all its Middle East distributors to meet the requirements of projects.
Huge says ACO can produce and deliver to all the GCC countries as well as to the wider Mena (Middle East and North Africa) region, South Asia and East Africa.
Some of its systems will be on show at a leading construction event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, this month.
In terms of business, Saudi Arabia has been, and continues to be, a very important market for ACO. It has been present in the Eastern and Western provinces since 2011, and has staff in Riyadh and Jeddah working in conjunction with its local distributor Al Muhaidib Building Materials, and offering technical advice and sales support. Al Muhaidib has offices and warehouses in Riyadh and Jeddah.
ACO has installed systems at airports, sporting venues, industrial complexes, shopping malls, hospitals and universities and has recently been successful in supplying to the King Abdullah Grand Mosque expansion project in Makkah, where it provided various building drainage systems; King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah; and King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh.
Other projects include King Faisal University, Al Hasa, where ACO supplied various internal and external drainage systems; King Abdul Aziz Centre for World Culture in Al Khobar and Princess Nora University, Riyadh, where it supplied external drainage systems; and King Saud University in Riyadh, where its Sport system was supplied.
Lambourne says ACO Systems assisted in the design of the drainage systems for these projects with many of the products having been manufactured and supplied from the Dubai factory.
In the UAE, ACO has supplied to mega projects such as Burj Al Arab, Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall, Mall of the Emirates and other main shopping centres, Dubai Maritime City, Dubai Airport, all in Dubai; and Abu Dhabi Airport, Abu Dhabi Financial Centre, Khalifa Port, Pepsi factory and others in Abu Dhabi.
Its UAE project portfolio also includes various hotel and tower projects like Conrad Hotel, Four Seasons Jumeirah, Rosewood Hotel and Emirates Palace Hotel (Abu Dhabi). Infrastructure projects that ACO has supplied to are at Yas Island and Saadiyat Island, Palm Jumeirah and Dubai Motor City, where different products like bridge drains, road and highway line drainage solutions, manhole covers and multipart covers have been employed.
Elsewhere in the region, ACO has supplied to Qatar for the Muntazah Highway and Dukhan Highway projects; Cairo airport, Egypt; the American College in Beirut, Lebanon; Grand Mosque and the Opera House in Oman; a bridge in Bahrain, and many more.


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Alvvays
When: Thursday 1st August
Where: Metro Theatre
Handsome Tours and Triple R are excited to announce the Australian return of Toronto-based indie favourites, Alvvays. This marks their first visit to Sydney and Melbourne since the release of their acclaimed album 'Antisocialites'. To write 'Antisocialites', vocalist and songwriter Molly Rankin traveled to Toronto Island -- working in an abandoned classroom by day and sleeping a few feet from shore at night -- to avoid a stifling heat wave in the city. "I carried a small PA on the ferry in a wheelbarrow," she recalls. "Every morning I would listen to my favorite records on the beach, then I'd write melodies and record demos in the classroom." The resulting record details a world of ice cream truck jingles and radiophonic workshop noise, where Rankin's shining wit is refracted through crystalline counterpoint. It went on to receive rapturous reviews worldwide, seeing Alvvays tour with The National and CHVRCHES, as well as perform at festivals including Austin City Limits, Lollapalooza, Shaky Knees, Latitude and Fuji Rock.★★★★★ "in a league of their own." - DIY Magazine. ★★★★½ " topping their brilliant debut with a sophomore effort that's even more brilliant."- AllMusic. Don't miss Alvvays in this heartwarming pair of winter shows!
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Architects: Holy Hell Australian Tour
When: Saturday 10th August
Where: The Big Top, Luna Park
ARCHITECTS, the Brighton-based outfit Kerrang recently awarded the title of "Best British Live Band" today announce their return to Australia in support of their eighth album, "Holy Hell". The tour kicks off at Adelaide's Thebarton Theatre on Tuesday, August 6 before heading to Brisbane's brand-new and soon-to-be-unveiled Fortitude Music Hall on Thursday, August 8, Sydney's Big Top on Saturday August 10 and Festival Hall in Melbourne on Sunday August 11. "Holy Hell" marks the band's first release since the untimely passing of Tom Searle, Architect's founding guitarist, principal songwriter and twin brother to drummer Dan. "In those first months after Tom's death, I didn't deal with it at all and I felt so unhappy and anxious," Dan explains. "I'd ignored it and just tried to cope. But I knew that at some point, I had to learn from it." "It's at times like that you ask yourself, 'What is left?'" adds vocalist Sam Carter. "As a group of friends, we had to find something." "Ultimately, there were two choices," Dan says. "Feel sorry for yourself and believe the world to be a horrible place and let it defeat you. Or let it inspire us to live the life that Tom would have wanted us to live. I was very worried about people taking away a despondent message from the album. I felt a level of responsibility to provide a light at the end of the tunnel for people who are going through terrible experiences." Finding a way forward, the band spent 2017 recording what would become the 11-song album, with Dan and guitar player Josh Middleton handling production. "For me, broadly speaking Holy Hell is about pain: the way we process it, cope with it, and live with it," Dan offers. "There is value in pain. It's where we learn, it's where we grow." Having recently finished up an arena tour of the UK, 2019 sees the group touring "Holy Hell" throughout Europe, North America and now also Australia. This will be band's first tour of Australia since 2017 which saw them sell out three shows in Melbourne and two in Sydney –their return is expected to be nothing short of epic.
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A Taste of Ireland
When: Friday 16th August
Where: The Concourse, Chatswood
This year audiences have the chance to witness World Champion Irish dancers direct from the West End's Lord of the Dance, as A TASTE OF IRELAND – THE IRISH MUSIC AND DANCE SENSATION tours Australia wide telling the tale of the world's most loved nation in one incredible performance. Told through Irish music and dance, A TASTE OF IRELAND explores magical tales spanning generations of Irish storytelling and culture. This world class show features World, All Ireland & National Champion Irish dancers, and musicians from around the globe performing unique music and dance that reflects the story that is, Ireland. Melodic Celtic flute, alongside raw and rhythmic guitar are complimented with heart felt sounds of Ireland. Featuring a dynamic musical duo and impressive dancing rarely seen outside of the World Championship stage, "A Taste of Ireland" was composed and choreographed in Dublin and is quickly on its way to becoming the new frontier in Irish entertainment.
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Abbey Road Live
When: Tuesday 20th August
Where: Enmore Theatre
Abbey Road - The Beatles' swansong and their crowning achievement as a recording group - is a stately, majestic, playful yet fiercely rocking masterpiece of pop music, regarded as one of the greatest records of all time. Joining ARC live on stage will be special guests Ash Naylor (Paul Kelly, Even and Rockwiz), Linda Bull (The Black Sorrows, Vika and Linda Bull), Brett Wolfenden (The Pictures, James Keays) and James Keys (Eagle and the Worm, Bob Evans).
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When: Thursday 22nd August
Where: Factory Theatre
THE DAMNED are the greatest surviving British punk band, bar none, still firing on all cylinders and breaking all the rules. This most spiritually chaotic of all punk groups have never been away, never surrendered their ideals, always forged onwards and when Lemmy of Motörhead famously referred to them as "the only real punk band" you know they are the real deal. Forged in the hot fire of first wave punk, THE DAMNED have served as architects and archetypes of the genre. They have perennially refused to pander to the audience and thank God they don't. Their live show is still as riotous as ever and "They have become, if possible, more eccentric and outrageous as they grow older, with many of their live traits coming across as delightfully raucous." – The Independent.
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Where: Hordern Pavilion
Renowned for making tender hit songs from his hybrid of hip hop, rap and pop, and then laying it all out on stage, today Allday announces a mammoth national Starry Night Over The Phone album tour set for August. Joining in for all tour dates are great friend and collaborator Mallrat, singer-songwriter E^ST and musician-on-the-rise JXN. The national dates will follow on from his anticipated return to the Splendour in the Grass stage where he will bring a rollcall of friends to help illuminate his upcoming third album. Hugely anticipated by fans and media alike, the album name has already been tattooed on one of his dedicated fans. The tour announce comes alongside the release of new track 'Lungs'. A harder moment than the previous two tracks released 'Wonder Drug' and 'Protection', 'Lungs' sits deep in the groove, with every lyric delivered over a rolling melody displaying the relaxed delivery that Allday is known for. It's a song that you can hear trickling out of cars as they roll through the streets.
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When: Monday 26th August
New Zealand gothic folk artist, Aldous Harding, will play a pair of intimate shows this August. An enigmatic and unforgettable performer known for picking apart the trappings of the folk singer-songwriter, Harding uses the stage to bring her intimate songs to life in new ways. With critically acclaimed new album DESIGNER just released, Harding hints at what she's likely to share with audiences on her Australian tour. "Harding has become cult -famous for her intense performances... When she sings, she is legion." – ★★★★ The Guardian. "Aldous Harding uses oddness as both lure and armor. You can see it in her performances...and hear it in the language of Designer... where she pivots artfully from folk eccentric to pop eccentric" – Rolling Stone.
When: Thursday 12th September
With Special Guests: UNDERØATH, CROSSFAITH and PAGAN
The Amity Affliction, arguably Australia's most successful heavy music exports have announced their huge Australian Tour in September with the support of UNDERØATH, CROSSFAITH and PAGAN. The Amity Affliction's impressive resume of accolades include "This Could Be Heartbreak" (2016) as Gold certification, "Let The Ocean Take Me" (2014) and "Chasing Ghosts" (2012) with Platinum and Gold certifications respectively and "Seems Like Forever", the #1 ARIA Gold certified documentary chronicling The Amity Affliction's history up through their epic Let The Ocean Take Me World Tour. Fresh off two performances at Download Australia, sold-out crowds around the globe, there is no room for slowing down and these shows will be the biggest yet.
When: Saturday 21st September
Where: ICC Sydney
English pop mavericks The 1975 have tipped their hat to their legion of followers in Australia by locking in a huge run of 2019 shows. As they command some of the finest venues in the Southern Hemisphere, they will do so as a band at the absolute peak of their powers. The tour will mark the bands first trip to Australia since January 2016 when front-man Matty Healy and his troops were just about to release their wildly popular and critically adored second record I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It.
The 1975 will hit our shores in 2019 with two albums of new material to show off.
Apollo The Party
When: Saturday 6th October
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, drag-kings, drag-queens, queers, questioning and curious... as the most essential ingredient of Apollo, this invite can only mean one thing. Cue the dancing unicorns, arm the lasers and follow-every-rainbow-until-you-find-your-dream: it's time to get your gay on and let your colours burst as we celebrate at Apollo this October Long Weekend! The day of your dreams awaits! Expect our signature production values as well as the unexpected: it's time to knock-you-for-a-loop and take you to the next level. This is the play-date you've been waiting for and one for all of us: all gays, lesbians, queers, questioning and curious. Exhilaration, expectation, anticipation... we can hardly wait! Our music maestros are crafting the perfect soundtrack to our afternoon and putting the F back into fun. DJs Jonny Marsh, Dan Murphy, Ruby and Ric Dreske will keep your best foot forward and your hands sky-high
Pennsylvanian metalcore quintet August Burns Red will be returning to Australia this October to celebrate their 10 year anniversary of their third studio album 'Constellations' as part of their worldwide tour. The 10 Years Of Constellations 2019 Australian Tour will hit all major cities across Australia. Singles,White Washed and Marianas Trench has amassed over 22 million streams combined on Spotify alone. The 2009 release debut at 24 in the Billboard Top 200 and had critics talking. Alternative Press said "This is a fierce, punishing album loaded with muscular breakdowns, screaming guitar leads and ass-kicking double-bass-drum thunder." While AllMusic said "PA-based quintet continues to reach for new levels of technical prowess and musical sophistication without losing its brutal attack and apocalyptic." The GRAMMY® Award-nominated heavy music torchbearers began their journey back in 2003 with marathon jam sessions on a farm belonging to Greiner's family in the egg refrigerator. Embracing a diehard Rust Belt work ethic, they tirelessly pushed towards the top of heavy music with a series of critically acclaimed albums and countless gigs. VIP tickets to 10 Years Of Constellations are on sale now while general admission tickets go on sale Friday 15 March at 10am local time. Mark this one in your calendar as this is one you won't want to miss.
Adam Thompson: Bohemian Rhapsody Live
When: Saturday 30th November
ADAM THOMPSON + THE WE WILL ROCK YOU BAND PAY HOMAGE TO QUEEN & FREDDIE MERCURY IN THIS SPECIAL MUSICAL EXPERIENCE! When it comes to engimatic front men, there are few that embody the power and passion quite like Chocolate Starfish's Adam Thompson. He owns the stage, channels the music, and has audiences eating out the palm of his hand. So it is no surprise that when it came to picking his next great project, Adam chose to showcase the music of his hero Freddie Mercury and Queen in Bohemian Rhapsody the blockbuster movie soundtrack, live in concert. Chocolate Starfish are known for paying homage to great music. They've put on a hugely successful run of Classic Album Series concerts, with an ode to Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell (2017) and I NXS's KICK (2018), bringing the music to life with their powerhouse performances. Now, the band are stepping aside to let their electric and engaging lead singer - lover of life, singer of great songs - pay tribute to the immeasurable talent of Queen, Freddie Mercury and the acclaimed soundtrack of the smash-hit Golden Globe winning music biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. The Bohemian Rhapsody live in concert was originally just a one-off event, slated for April 2019 in Melbourne. Adam Thompson, with the We Will Rock You Band, announced the show just as the biopic landed in theatres in 2018 and the concert sold-out within minutes. Much like the movie, which is reputed as the highest selling music biopic of all time, the live concert concept music fans demanding more dates. It was an opportunity that Adam couldn't resist.
When: Friday 6th December
The Animals are "one of the most important bands" in the British Invasion. The Animals legacy is undeniable with original members John Steel and Mick Gallagher along with Danny Handley and Scott Whitely delivering The Animals live experience. This Greatest Hits Tour will include all their Classics - The House of The Rising Sun, We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, It's My Life, Don't Bring Me Down, Boom Boom and more. "The band has changed, but the songs remain eternal" (The Independent).


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2017 Legislative Session – Week 8 Update
Melissa Gombosky
Feb 27, 2017 | Legislative News
This week the legislature will spend much of its time passing bills on the floors of both the Senate and House of Representatives. Any bill that hasn't passed out of the assigned fiscal committee is considered dead for the session.
Education funding plans: The Senate Ways and Means Committee is holding a hearing today on the third publicly available education funding plan: SB 5825. This is Senator Mullet's plan which makes local levies permanent at their current rate. It also allows for additional levies to be used for enrichment activities. It doubles LEA , establishes a minimum salary for certified staff, provides a per pupil funding approach within current prototypical funding model at $ 11,500 for each student. There is a hold harmless provision to protect districts from going backwards in funding during the transition period. The House Democrats passed the policy framework for their funding proposal in HB 1843 however they did not pass the revenue needed to fund the plan. The bill passed out on a party line vote. The Senate released updated numbers to support their plan outlined in SB 5607. Both chambers have passed proposals and negotiations can begin.
Healthcare/ PEBB: SB 5726 which requires school and educational service districts provide based healthcare to employees through the Public Employees Benefits Board was modified and passed out of Ways and Means last week. This substitute proposal will be considered until the very end of session.
OSPI/SBE Governance: HB 1886 passed out of the House Education Committee with an 11 to 6 vote. The next step for this bill is to be voted on by the full House of Representatives before it is passed on to the Senate.
Language Access: HB 1451 passed out of House Education. The bill creates a language access advisory committee to develop tools and recommendations to improve language access for public school students and families with limited English proficiency; and (2) Select two educational service districts, one from each side of the crest of the Cascade mountains, that volunteer to act as language access lighthouse collaboratives. Requires educational service districts to: (1) Maintain the capacity to offer language access trainings using the model curricula adopted by the superintendent of public instruction; and (2) Develop and periodically update a language access plan. Requires the state health care authority to collaborate with the office of the superintendent of public instruction and interested schools, school districts, and educational service districts to implement procedures to claim federal reimbursement for the costs of medicaid administrative activities, including interpreter-related services, performed in the school setting.
Children's Mental Health Workgroup: HB 1713 – Rep. Senn's bill to implement the recommendations of the Children's Mental Health Workgroup. Requires educational service districts to establish a lead staff person for mental health. The substitute proposal passed out of the House Appropriations Committee and is eligible for a full vote of the House.
HB 1341 Regarding the PESB: passed out of the House Education Committee. The bill prohibits the Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) from requiring professional certification for school administrators. Requires the PESB to adopt new rules for professional certification for teachers that meet specified requirements, by September 1, 2017. Bases eligibility for the professional teacher certificate on professional developments credits, rather than on a uniform and externally administered professional-level certification assessment. The House has passed a modified proposal and may vote this week and allow the bill to move forward in the process.
2017 Education Funding Proposals
The Proposals:
Governor Inslee's Proposed 2017-19 K-12 Education Budget
SB 5048 / HB 1067
SB 5607 (Senate Majority Coalition Caucus (R) Proposal)
SSB 5607 Bill Report
Impacts 1: Assumes school districts' M&O levies inn calendar year 2020 are the lesser of the maximum permitted under the bill or prior school district approved voter levy.
Impacts 2: Assumes school districts do not collect an M&O levy in Calendar Year 2020
HB 1843 (Democratic Caucus (D) Proposal)
HB 1843 Bill Analysis
school district impacts (updated 2/16/17)
SB 5825 (Proposal from Senators Mullet, Hobbs, Takko)
Comparisons:
Side-by-Side Comparisons (SB 5607 and HB 1843)
Legislative staff Side-by-Side Analysis (SB 5607 and HB 1843)
This Week's Schedule
Ways & Means (Senate) – SHR 4, – 2/27 @ 10:00am
SB 5825 – Public Hearing – Addressing the state's paramount duty to fully fund K-12 education by creating a new partnership between the state and local school districts. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.)
Detailed Bill Summary
Download a detailed list of bills concerning education.


Comet Arend-Roland, long-period comet remarkable for its anomalous second tail, which projected toward rather than away from the Sun. It was one of the brightest naked-eye comets of the 20th century. It was discovered photographically on the night of November 8–9, 1956, by Sylvain Arend and Georges Roland at the Royal Observatory, Uccle, Belgium. Its perihelion passage (i.e., its closest approach to the Sun) occurred on April 8, 1957, at a distance of only 0.316 astronomical units (AU; 47 million km, or 29 million miles) from the Sun, inside the orbit of Mercury. Because it was discovered months before perihelion, lengthy observations could be carried out. The anomalous tail, called an anti-tail, appeared for a few nights late in April, changing direction from night to night and appearing as a sharp spike aimed at the Sun. This was an effect of perspective, of viewing edgewise a fan of debris that was actually scattered behind the comet along its orbit.


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20 Emerging 3D Printing Startups (2022)
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Heading into 2022, the global market for 3D printing is projected to be worth $17.4 billion.
And is forecasted to grow more than 26% over the next 2 years.
On top of that, the 3D printing market is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 18% into 2025.
All things considered, it's safe to say that the growth of this industry isn't slowing down anytime soon, especially with new ventures launching every year. We've gathered the best 3D printing startups you should follow in 2022.
1. Relativity Space
5-year search growth: 1325%
Search growth status: Exploding
Location: Long Beach, CA
Funding: $1. 3B (Secondary Market)
What they do: Relativity Space is an aerospace startup that designs and manufactures 3D printed autonomous rockets. The company claims that their rockets can be designed and launched in a matter of days, as opposed to years. In 2019, Relativity Space made it to Fast Company's list of most innovative companies (space sector).
2. Mighty Buildings
Search growth status: Peaked
Location: Oakland, CA
Funding: $101.8M (Series B)
What they do: Mighty Buildings is a modular construction technology company that builds 3D printed homes. They do this by leveraging 3D printed panels and prefab technology. The company has completed about a dozen projects so far.
3. nTopology
Funding: $135. 2M (Series D)
What they do: A software company, nTopology creates tools for design, engineering, and simulation. Their software solutions are designed to support and make the fabrication/3D printing processes smoother. nTopology's solutions have been used to create +2,200 parts so far.
4. Multiply Labs
5-year search growth: -70%
Location: San Francisco, CA
Funding: $22.7M (Series A)
What they do: Combining pharma with robotics, Multiply Labs creates 3D printed personalized capsules. Each capsule contains multiple products that are released at different times in the human body. It is estimated that the company currently earns $5M in annual revenue.
5. Additive Industries
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
Funding: $24. 3M (Series Unknown)
What they do: Additive Industries specializes in offering metal additive manufacturing solutions to industrial markets. Specifically, they offer 3D metal printers and supporting services to aerospace, automotive, energy, and high-tech companies. In 2019, Additive Industries was shortlisted for the 3D Printing Industry Awards in the "Enterprise 3D Printer (Metals)" category.
6. VELO3D
Location: Campbell, CA
Funding: $205.1M (Post-IPO Equity)
What they do: A digital manufacturing company, VELO3D offers 3D metal printers and custom-printed components. Their platform is designed to provide end-to-end AM solutions for manufacturing problems. VELO3D made it to the Fast Company's list of the most innovative manufacturing companies in 2021.
7. Fast Radius
5-year search growth: 189%
Search growth status: Regular
What they do: Fast Radius is a 3D printing startup that provides production and logistics assistance to manufacturing companies. They do this by offering on-demand manufacturing services, additive technology, and a cloud-based virtual warehouse. Fast Radius has served around 1.8K customers so far.
8. Mixed Dimensions
5-year search growth: 69%
Location: San Mateo, CA
Funding: $7.5M (Seed)
What they do: Mixed Dimensions is a 3D printing startup that transforms digital products into physical objects. They sculpt 3D collectibles of virtual characters and objects from video games. According to their website, Mixed Dimensions has partnered with some of the leading gaming and technology companies, including CCP Games, Cryptic, and Daz 3D.
9. Formlabs
Location: Somerville, MA
Funding: $253.7M (Series E)
What they do: A hardware manufacturer, Formlabs builds and sells accessible 3D printers. They also offer material used for 3D printing, along with supporting software. Formlabs says that their users have printed over 40 million parts so far.
10. Fictiv
Funding: $192. 6M (Series E)
What they do: A fabrication service, Fictiv offers custom on-demand manufacturing. They provide an online platform where their customers can upload 2D/3D files, receive a quote, and track the progress of the manufacturing process. Fictiv claims that they currently have over 250 manufacturing partners worldwide.
11. Markforged
Location: Watertown, MA
What they do: Markforged is a hardware company that offers industrial-grade additive manufacturing solutions. Specifically, they offer 3D printers, materials, and software. Markforged claims that their 3D printers are used by the world's top 9 manufacturing companies.
12. Xometry
Location: Gaithersburg, MD
What they do: Xometry is an online marketplace where customers can find suppliers for custom 3D components and prototypes. In addition to 3D printing, users can also find suppliers for CNC machining, injection molding, and more. Xometry says that they currently have 4,000+ manufacturing partners in their network.
13. Glowforge
What they do: Glowforge manufactures consumer-grade 3D laser printers. Their printers use subtractive manufacturing to print objects with different materials. Last year, Glowforge earned $28 million in pre-order sales.
14. 9T Labs
Funding: $22. 5M (Series A)
What they do: 9T Labs offers 3D printing solutions focused on carbon composites. Their solutions, which consist of both hardware and software, are designed to help their customers produce carbon composites in high volumes. According to their website, they are trusted by the leading manufacturing organizations, including ESA BIC Switzerland, Ansys, and ETH Zurich.
15. 3YOURMIND
Location: Berlin, Germany
What they do: A software company, 3YOURMIND offers a suite of additive manufacturing solutions. Their software suite is designed to automate the additive manufacturing workflows of companies. According to their website, 3YOURMIND is used by the leading companies in the AM industry.
16. NEXA3D
Location: Ventura, CA
Funding: $95M (Series Unknown)
What they do: NEXA3D is a manufacturing company that builds polymer 3D printers and supportive software. The company has aimed to make its products accessible to businesses of all sizes. NEXA3D claims that their solutions can deliver a 20X productivity gain.
17. Equispheres
5-year search growth: -100%
Funding: $26.6M (Grant)
What they do: A materials science company, Equispheres offers additive manufacturing products. Specifically, they manufacture metal powders that the company claims have superior mechanical properties. In 2019, Equispheres received $8M in cleantech funding from BDC.
18. Arevo
Location: Milpitas, CA
Funding: $69.5M (Series Unknown)
What they do: Arevo is a manufacturing company that develops 3D printed components for end-use. They do this by offering software solutions, carbon fiber material, and hardware designed for mass production. In 2019, Arevo won the startup prize at JEC World.
19. Dyndrite
5-year search growth: 0%
Funding: $13M (Series A)
What they do: Dyndrite offers digital manufacturing software solutions. Their core platform, called "Dyndrite Accelerated Computation Engine," supports the creation of software and hardware used in additive manufacturing. The startup was selected as one of the "Best Small Companies to Work For" by Built In Seattle in 2020.
20. 3DEO
Location: Gardena, CA
What they do: A 3D printing technology company, 3DEO builds and supplies metal components. They also offer a cloud-based manufacturing platform designed to manage the entire development process. Last year, 3DEO announced that they shipped 150,000 production parts for end-use applications.
And that wraps up our list of 3D printing startups.
As additive manufacturing and prefab technologies become necessities, the industry for 3D printing products and services is set to see continued growth in the years to come.
What Are the 3D Printing Startups to Know in 2021?
Published on December 14, 2021 by Madeleine P.
For several years now, every month 3Dnatives has given you the opportunity to discover a startup in the additive manufacturing sector. 3D printer and material manufacturers, software developers or machine distributors, many young companies are developing solutions that will impact the future of the industry. And as the end of the year approaches, it's time to vote on who you think has been the most innovative in the additive manufacturing market this year out of our 3D printing startups of the month. Voting is easy: just go to the bottom of the article to select who you think deserves to be voted the 3D startup of 2021. And don't worry, if you missed some of the companies shown during the year, we've prepared a summary below! The results will be announced on January 4th on 3Dnatives.
Vote Now For the Startup of the Year!
#1: ICON and 3D Printing on the Moon
Founded in 2017, ICON specializes in 3D printing of buildings. Since its first printed house in March 2018 in Texas, the American company has come a long way. Today there are no fewer than 20 buildings designed by ICON using their gantry-type 3D printer called Vulcan, which is capable of printing up a house of up to 185 square meters with a material called Lavacrete. And many projects are still in the works. Voted 3D startup of the month in January, 2021, this year the company has also turned to even more ambitious projects. For example, they have been collaborating with NASA, among others, to develop a construction system that could be capable of printing off world. You can find the entire interview with the American startup HERE.
Crédits photo : ICON
#2: Addiguru and its Real-Time Monitoring Software for 3D Printing
In 2019, as additive manufacturing became more mainstream in several industries, Shuchi Khurana decided to launch Addiguru. In order to limit problems during the printing process and automate the production process, the 3D startup from February 2021 developed a software solution to monitor the manufacturing process in real time. However, in its early days, Addiguru's software was only compatible with powder bed laser fusion. Designed to be easily added to other processes, Addiguru is currently working being integrated into fused deposition modeling (FDM) as well as DED. Read the full interview with Shuchi Khurana HERE.
Photo Credits: Addiguru
#3: xolo and Volumetric 3D Printing
Based in Germany, the startup xolo is looking to disrupt UV curing methods with a volumetric 3D printing process. Called xolography, it offers a much faster manufacturing process, a smoother surface and more possibilities in terms of materials. As an example, the xube 3D printer, based on xolography, would be able to design parts in only 20 seconds for the smallest and 5 minutes for the largest. Compatible with the same photopolymers as SLA and DLP processes, xolo's technology is currently aimed at the research world and should allow researchers to realize ideas that are not possible with conventional layer-by-layer printing. Find the full interview HERE.
Photo Credits: xolo
#4: Mobile Smart Factory Promotes Local Manufacturing
After long months in the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies have been looking for solutions to transform supply chains. Among them was Mobile Smart Factory, a solution developed to support local manufacturing and provide parts on demand, leading to them being chosen 3D Startup of the Month in April 2021. Mobile Smart Factory is a modular factory enclosed in a container equipped with 3D printing devices. This "mini-factory" allows parts to be repaired and manufactured at any time, without the need for inventory or physical stock. The solution is aimed at industries located in remote areas with limited logistics capabilities. For example, it can be deployed in mines or oil and gas platforms. Johannes Schmidt, who is involved in the project, tells you more HERE.
Photo Credits: Mobile Smart Factory
#5: One Click Metal Wants to Make Metal Additive Manufacturing Accessible to All
One Click Metal wants to democratize access to metal additive manufacturing by offering a printing solution that is easy to use and a powder system that is less complex to handle, all at a more affordable price. With machines based on laser powder bed fusion, One Click Metal is designed for all the companies, whatever their sector or their size. In order to differentiate itself from its competitors, the young company relies on solutions that accompany the user during each step of the printing process. Eventually, One Click Metal wants to make the technology accessible to everyone, in a single click. (Re)discover the interview with the German startup HERE.
Photo Credits: One Click Metal
#6: Readily3D and its Tomography-Based Volumetric Printing Technology
Readily3D, a young Swiss startup, has developed a volumetric 3D printing method to create complex organic shapes in just seconds. As part of the European ENLIGHT project, the company has presented its first work on the pancreas. Using its technology, Readily3D was able to 3D print organic tissue from the organ. Able to solidify an entire object in one shot, the company's 3D printer is compatible with a wide range of light-sensitive materials, such as acrylates, silicones and hydrogels. Through bioprinting, Readily3D hopes to produce organ parts on which rapid, controlled and repeatable tests can be performed. Find the full interview with the Startup from June 2021 HERE.
Photo Credits: Readily3D
#7: Handddle Structures and Industrializes the Uses of 3D Printing
Based in Bordeaux, Handddle is a French startup that helps professionals integrate additive manufacturing into their activities. It offers a micro-factory, called SmartFarm, capable of centralizing a fleet of machines, but also post-processing solutions. Designed to democratize 3D technologies, the solutions proposed by Handddle allow a complete control of the manufacturing process as well as a repeatability in all environments. The young company mainly targets companies with internal manufacturing needs and looking for automation. If you want to know more about Handddle and its solutions, you can read the full interview HERE.
Photo Credits: Handddle
#8: Mantle and its Paste-Based Metal Additive Manufacturing Process
The startup Mantle made its grand debut to the general public by unveiling its TrueShape additive manufacturing technology. This metal 3D printing process differs from other technologies on the market in its ability to use a paste as the printing material. This method has enabled a whole new level of surface finish and precision. Ted Sorom, CEO and co-founder of Mantle, explains that TrueShape is a hybrid process that is both additive and subtractive, and parts made using this process do not require any post-processing steps. Sorom also notes that using a paste as the printing material offers better accuracy. We learned more about the startup in an interview from August 2021 HERE.
Photo Credits: Mantle
#9: ING3D and Mineral 3D Printing
Based in Germany, ING3D has developed a technology called Mineral Direct Laser Sintering (MDLS). Inspired by powder sintering, this 3D printing process allows the design of very light and non-flammable parts. In addition, MDLS reduces the cost of printing by a factor of 10 and speeds up the manufacturing process. ING3D's technology consists of sintering light mineral materials, such as perlite, using a CO2 laser. Since this process does not require any additives, the raw material remains pure in form and can be disposed of without problems after the period of use. At the moment, MDLS is used in a variety of applications, such as furnace insulation and water filtration. David Manjura, founder of ING3D, tells you more HERE.
Photo Credits: ING3D
#10: Shapeshift 3D and its Customization Platform for 3D Printing
Shapeshift 3D, a Canadian company offering a platform for manufacturing personalized sports and medical equipment, was chosen as our 3D Startup of the Month in October. From scanning to printing, Shapeshift 3D's software solution enables the manufacture of various products, such as orthotics, prosthetics and bicycle helmets. Optimized by artificial intelligence, the platform is able to help professionals. Once the 3D file is entered into the software, it automatically rectifies it and makes custom adjustments. In short, thanks to the advantages of 3D technologies, the Canadian start-up is able to provide its users with perfectly adapted parts. Check out the full interview with the CEO HERE.
Photo Credits: Shapeshift 3D
#11: From Vases to Facades, Concrete 3D Relies on Concrete 3D printing
In the construction industry, more and more companies are turning to additive manufacturing. Among them is Concrete 3D, an Austrian startup that uses 3D printing to build all types of structures. The startup offers its customers 3D printed facade elements and home furniture. With the help of the technology, Concrete 3D offers its customers lighter but above all more durable constructions. 3D printing allows the company to use only the necessary amount of material, which significantly reduces CO2 emissions. Ultimately, the company wants to offer architects and other construction professionals new perspectives through 4.0 technologies. Michael Gabriel, division manager at Concrete 3D, looks back at the company's technologies and ambitions HERE.
Photo Credits: Concrete 3D
#12: Exponential Technologies optimizes 3D printing parameters with AI
In order for companies to optimize processes and machine parameters as well as material composition, startup Exponential Technologies (xT) offers an artificial intelligence (AI) platform and search management system. Through machine learning, the startup hopes to drive mass adoption of additive manufacturing as a traditional manufacturing method. In particular, AI can be used to optimize machine parameters so that the machines perform as well as possible. Matthias Kaiser, CEO of xT, tells you more about the value of machine learning HERE.
Photo Credits : Exponential Technologies
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90,000 12 3D printing startups that were founded at the height of the pandemic.
How many times have you heard that startups are the driving force behind the additive manufacturing industry? Enough to understand that we need to keep an eye out for those entrepreneurs who could be the next unicorn in this industry. While we understand that startups need to remain in stealth mode until their technology is ready enough to be officially introduced into the industry, we cannot fail to pay tribute to these startups that were created in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic. . Let's drink to these twelve startups that, in the words of Winston Churchill, did not let "a good crisis go to waste."
1. F3nice
Founded in May 2020 in Italy, one of the countries most affected by the pandemic, F3nice is the idea of Luisa Elena Mondora and Matteo Vanazzi. Both founders came up with the idea for F3nice in 2019 while analyzing the situation in the oil and gas industry. With the decommissioning of offshore assets in the oldest oilfields in the North Sea and digital inventory for on-demand and just-in-time spare parts production, they explored the possibilities of using high-value offshore decommissioning scrap metal for the project circular economy.
F3nice - whose pronunciation is similar to the Italian word for "phoenix", "Fenice" (a bird that takes on new life from the ashes of its predecessor) - strives to live up to its name by collecting scrap metal and disused parts and turning them into metal 3D - printing powder.
The company's project gained momentum over time and interested Equinor Ventures, which signed a letter of intent with the team. Under this contract, the material manufacturer will recycle Equinor's waste, and the raw material made from it will be used to print parts for the commissioning of the Johan Kastberg field, located near Hammerfest, by Fieldmade - as part of a true circular economy ecosystem.
In an interview with 3D ADEPT Media, the company told 3D ADEPT Media that its powder is "identical to any other high quality VIGA powder and can be reused in the printing process as many times [as the alloy allows]. The added value is that when If the powder is considered "exhausted", the OEM can contact F3nice and request that it be recycled instead of being disposed of (at great cost) as hazardous waste. F3nice can provide this service not only for their products, but for any powder." .
2. SphereCube
Remember we told you that startups have the opportunity to think about a green business model from the very beginning of their venture? Well, SphereCube decided to play its part in addressing these environmental issues at the manufacturing level by getting rid of composite and mold waste to reduce the environmental impact of composite manufacturing.
This 3D printing startup is a division of the Politecnico Universidad Marche (UNIVPM, Ancona - Italy), which develops 3D printers capable of producing composite objects using thermosetting resins and continuous fiber reinforcement.
Through the interaction of a heat source with the raw materials involved in the process, the SphereCube system allows the production of composite materials with continuous fiber reinforcement and a thermosetting matrix. This innovative manufacturing process is able to automatically create products from high-performance composite materials without geometric restrictions," the company said in an interview with 3D ADEPT Media. is a key step towards a 100% sustainable supply chain.
SphereCube filed its first patent "Method and system for 3D printing of composite materials" (Italian patent No. 102021000006800) and registered a European trademark.
In 2022, the focus will be on the design and manufacture of the minimum viable product, and customer feedback will further validate the company's technology solution.
3. Replique
Replique, the Mannheim-based venture of BASF's Chemovator business incubator, received some media hype when it announced a partnership with Miele, the German appliance manufacturer. Under the terms of the partnership, the company receives the exclusive right to manufacture and supply high-quality 3D printed accessories from Miele using its decentralized production network.
Founded in 2020 by Janos Varadi, Dr. Henrique Wonneberger and Dr. Max Siebert, the company provides an industrial 3D printing platform that allows OEMs to supply on-demand parts to their customers through a global, decentralized and secure 3D printing network. The company is entering a market valued in excess of US$500 billion that generates revenue at significantly higher margins than selling new services.
From qualification of 3D printed parts to digital inventory and production network, the company offers a solution that is superior to anything commonly seen on the market.
For industrial production, Replique uses its global network of service bureaus, approved by industrial quality. With this solution, OEMs reduce total cost of ownership while increasing flexibility. Not to mention that they are able to provide the best after sales service to their customers as parts are always available, even at the end of a product's life cycle; thus, they gain a competitive advantage.
Companies that have already used Replique's services include manufacturers of components in the automotive industry and, most recently, Siena Garden, an expert in the category of garden tools and garden furniture.
4. Marklix
In the field of spare parts, another startup was founded in France last year - exactly in February 2020 - with the mission of making "obsolescence obsolete". With this background information, anyone in the AM industry will quickly realize that Marklix allows manufacturers to qualify and distribute replacement parts by 3D printing on-demand and on-site production.
Their journey began with the development of "The Market", where the idea was to be able to find all parts from all manufacturers, for example a part for a vacuum cleaner, and thus allow people to repair their vacuum cleaner without having to change the entire device. Two problems arose during the project: the price of the parts was too expensive - it was often cheaper to buy a new instrument than to order a part - and the parts were not digitized, which meant that they could not be 3D printed with a simple mouse click. To overcome these obstacles, the Marklix team decided to develop new software solutions: The first software solution solves the problem of spare parts prices, allowing manufacturers to be more competitive and save time.
"This is an ERP/MES that allows them to manage their fleet, edit invoices and invoices, take orders online, allowing the manufacturer to choose whether the customer will pay directly or not, secure files, etc." The feedback we have received shows an average time saving of a few minutes per order, as well as an improvement in the transparency and efficiency of their company. In this way, our partners become more competitive, which makes prices more attractive," the company explains.
The second solution is to digitize inventory, which is critical for some companies due to the high cost of spare parts inventory. In this vein, this software solution helps engineers solve five main tasks: identifying 3D printed parts using artificial intelligence, qualifying parts using suitable materials and manufacturing technology, calculating ROI (from an economic and environmental point of view), transferring parts that have passed the first three stages , to the online catalog and print. The last task can be solved both internally and externally if the company does not have production facilities. After the positive response they received to launch their first software, the Marklix team, led by Pierre-Jacques Lyon and Thomas Boullier, respectively CEO and CTO, is not going to stop there. They will continue to serve the needs of 3D printer and parts manufacturers.
5. Addiblast
It's not every day we talk about AM in Slovenia... and a startup that makes us imagine something more than just a tourist trip to a land of amazing caves is Addiblast. This command forces us to explore that area of the production process that every operator dreads: post-processing. Founded in 2020, the startup is part of FerroECOBlast® Europe, a family owned company that has built a strong reputation for solving the toughest surface treatment problems. The parent company's portfolio includes a wide range of solutions such as shot blasting, hardening, enameling and coating, dry ice and dry snow cleaning, and UHP waterjet. In this way, Addiblast uses more than fifty years of experience from its parent company to provide the AM industry with a portfolio of solutions that includes shot blasting, powder removal and recycling. The company debuted at this year's Formnext Showcase, showcasing the capabilities of three of its flagship products:
The BAM station is a surface treatment solution designed for various processes such as smoothing, roughing, surface unification and polishing, removal of support structures and precise powder removal from extremely complex structures. It is made of stainless steel and is suitable for all types of shot blasting. shot blasting.
MARS Kit (Metallic Additive Removal System) Available in three versions, these machines allow you to remove powder from complex or large parts. Each machine is equipped with a system for communication and data exchange with other machines of the manufacturer. The main difference between MARS01, MARS02 and MARS03 is that the latter is fully automated, explosion-proof and ATES compliant. In addition, thanks to the closed cycle operation with inertial atmosphere, the machine can keep the oxygen level below 2%. This prevents contamination and oxidation of the powder during degreasing and conditioning, and takes the reusability of the powder to a new level.
The latest development in this portfolio is the STAR (Additive Transfer and Recycling Station). Designed as a central station that continuously and automatically controls the pneumatic transmission, processing and conditioning of the powder, this machine provides a direct connection to the 3D printer and other equipment. This is its main advantage compared to other manufacturer's solutions. It can also be used to clean the primary powder and, like the MARS series, it prevents contamination and oxidation of the powder during dedusting and conditioning, and takes powder reusability to a new level.
6. NematX AG
The next startup on this list is an ETH Zurich spin-off project founded by Raphael Heeb and Sylvan Gantenbein. With the goal of unlocking a new generation of 3D printing using high-performance polymers and significantly exceeding existing standards in related end-use components, the Swiss startup targets all vertical industries whose parts must withstand harsh environmental conditions. NematX AG, one of the winners of the Formnext 2020 startup competition, is developing a technology it calls "Nematic 3D Printing" to help industrial companies make their small-scale business more profitable and sustainable.
"Liquid Crystalline Polymers - LCP for short - belong to a family of high performance plastic materials. Compared to conventional thermoplastics such as PEEK or PEI, LCP molecules are relatively short and rigid and have unique properties, making them very attractive for use in 3D printing. When molten, LCPs take on an order of motion, like bundles of wood logs floating down a river," the company explains. Therefore, Nematic 3D printing technology is based on material extrusion (FFF 3D printing). "During printing, we can align these individual LCP stacks along the print direction to produce parts with unrivaled polymer additive manufacturing mechanical and thermal properties," NematX AG explains on its website.
*By controlling the molecular alignment of our LCP 3D printing materials, we achieve superior stiffness and strength in 3D polymer printing. In the printing direction, we can achieve a Young's modulus of up to 25 GPa and an ultimate tensile strength of 650 MPa. In the transverse direction, the stiffness and strength of other thermoplastics such as PEEK or PLA are achieved," they note.
and Additive Drives GmbH can, and most interestingly, the company did this during the first peak of the Covid-19 pandemiclast year when the economy was not at its best. Founded by Philipp Arnold, Jakob Jung and Axel Helm, Additive Drives GmbH develops and manufactures additively manufactured electric motor components. With a $1.5 million seed investment from AM Ventures Holding GmbH, Additive Drives GmbH aims to expand the electric drive market with new applications.
*Jacob and I both came from the applied industry. We were developing electronic robots in a former car company where we worked. Engineers by training, we have a wealth of experience with copper and additive manufacturing equipment. After in-depth research, we concluded that the combination of AM and copper can lead not only to shortened motor development and test cycles, but also to improved application performance. After several successful trials, we turned to Axel Helm, who has solid experience in manufacturing processes and industrialization. His experience in copper processing and AM process optimization is critical to identifying the type of applications we could work on. Therefore, we decided to combine our strengths to make Additive Drives GmbH a viable business," Arnold told 3D ADEPT Media. With 13 employees, Additive Drives GmbH aims to increase the performance of electric motors by 45% by focusing on copper windings, the heart of the motor, AM is definitely part of the game, as direct CAD manufacturing allows for shorter development and test cycles, moreover, it does not compromise material parameters and instead offers electrical conductivity at the same level as While the Additive Drives GmbH team is on the threshold of new adventures in this field of application, it should be noted that they have won the Gründerpreis Sachsen, the award for the most innovative young company in Saxony, a free state in the southeast of Germany.0004
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8. Axtra 3D
It is rare to find a star company that has made a real splash with its debut in the international arena of the AM industry. Axtra 3D did just that at Formnext 2021 with the launch of a unique 3D printer. We recently learned more about this company's innovations, and two things really caught our attention: the product development time, which only takes 9 months, and the technology. This technological solution is the result of a collaboration between the Xometry manufacturing platform and Axtra3D, a developer of advanced solutions for additive manufacturing using optoelectronics. Together they created a 3D printer based on the patented Hybrid PhotoSynthesis (HPS) technology, which can combine the advantages of SLA, DLP and LCD. The stakes are even higher when we know that when it comes to resin 3D printing, operators often oscillate between the advantages and disadvantages of SLA, DLP and LCD. According to Xometry, choosing between these three solutions requires tradeoffs in either print speed and resolution (DLP/LCD) or surface quality and print area (SLA). What makes hybrid photosynthesis (HPS) outstanding? HPS delivers an accurate resolution printing process and delivers fast print speeds and excellent surface quality even at large print areas. The process combines two light sources in a custom assembly (DLP and laser) to create a matched light engine that efficiently harnesses the power of the two sources. "In our HPS technology, the laser determines the resolution, and as a result, HPS delivers higher resolution and finer detail than standard DLP," explains Gianni Zitelli, co-founder of Axtra3D. Thus, the new process provides DLP/LCD speed, surface quality and SLA scalability, as well as ultra-high resolution, continuous printing and isotropic detail processing. "Users often face high surface treatment costs," says Praveen Tummala, another co-founder of the company, "but with the high surface quality and resolution offered by HPS, they can save time and money as 3D printed parts do not require post-print surface treatment. ". What is the role of Xometry? As the story goes, the project started in early 2021 with the goal of launching their 3D printer during Formnext 2021. "We thought it would take us about 18 months to complete a project like this," Tummala explains. "Thanks to the team and our partners in Europe, we only needed 9months". In August, the Italian team launched the first simulation of a complex optical system, which was a resounding success. This breakthrough accelerated the entire production process. "A lot of this is due to Xometry, as they were able to deliver about 2,000 parts in 6 weeks, which is extremely difficult period," says Zitelli.
"We have access to CNC suppliers in Italy, but this would not be a strategic move for our company. Working with Xometry gives us access to thousands of suppliers around the world - this is the real value of our collaboration." To complete the project for the start of the forum, Axtra3D turned to Xometry to fabricate all the CNC aluminum parts used to assemble the printer, from very small components for the lighting system to components for the base of the printer. "We can't imagine any other partner who could deliver the parts in time for us to launch the product and present it at Formnext," says Tummala. closely with Liana Zedginidze from Xometry throughout the entire production process. "We are very grateful to Liana for her support of our project. She was available for us around the clock and made sure that the ordered parts were manufactured and delivered on time," Zitelli said. The next step for both partners is to produce 10 beta 3D printers by June 2022 to launch their product in the industrial market.
9. Additive Appliances
This was followed by Additive Appliances, a startup registered in April 2021 with the aim of developing the next generation of home appliances such as coffee makers and personal care products. From the start, the company has been backed by angel investors, including a university company specializing in computational fluid dynamics and topology optimization. Together with Kilometro Rosso, a private innovation center in Italy, Additive Appliances received an EU grant as part of the Digital Innovation Hub World's First Open Call. The funding will accelerate the development of Additive Appliances' 3D printed heat exchanger for household coffee machines project. The Italian startup has a decade of experience in 3D printing, such as heat exchangers. In this case, he explains that controlling the temperature and pressure of the water is the key to extracting the best properties of coffee, and the solution allows for more efficient and environmentally friendly brewing. Electrothermal home appliances control process variables by incorporating few (hardly recyclable) components, while traditional thermomechanical devices do not control them directly, exhibiting quality and repeatability issues. Currently, consumers have to find a compromise between quality and environmental friendliness, according to a company press release. Interestingly, in order to increase productivity, explore new possibilities, and functional personalization, AM can be used at various stages of product development, including final production. As we have seen in the application provided by Additive Drives Gmbh, the combination of AM and traditional manufacturing processes allows for better control of temperature and pressure with built-in, conformal, high efficiency and ultra-compact heat exchangers. This means that small batches can be designed to celebrate specialty coffees, for example, down to individual consumer preferences. On the other hand, a single piece of mechanics can replace ancillary electronic components, significantly reducing the carbon footprint of a piece of equipment's lifecycle from manufacturing to disposal. In a word, an ecological coffee experience. The space of additive technologies Kilometro Rosso will become the most important partner during the DIHWorld experiment. Its 3D printing infrastructure will help the company quickly put the technology into practice and conduct in-depth process assessments with real-time monitoring systems, which will accelerate production optimization, the company concludes.
10. Vispala Technologies
This Indian company is impacting the lives of people with disabilities with its iGrip 3D printed prosthetic arm. A company that develops custom 3D printed orthoses, 3D printed prostheses and prostheses has officially entered the international AM industry scene with the Formnext Start-up challenge 2021. The company stood out from the crowd by winning the AM Ventures Impact Award, which celebrates a winner's approach to sustainable development, taking into account the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals; environmental considerations (such as clean energy and resource conservation) and social considerations (such as education and equity). Vispala's iGrip is an affordable, lightweight, body-powered prosthetic arm that helps patients perform tasks related to daily life. "We at Vispala are up to the challenge to modernize the prosthetics sector with technology and innovation and restore 50% or more of life support to users with comfortable and aesthetically pleasing solutions," said Deepak Basu, CEO of Vispala Technologies. Vispala Technologies. "At the same time we are creating at the same time we are creating a sustainable social enterprise to scale up our work." 9Nobula Nobula This glass 3D printing startup is a division of the Swedish Institute of Technology KTH and brings a lot of diversity to the range of AM technologies already available on the market. Their innovation? A Nobula™ glass 3D printer based on direct glass laser deposition (DGLD™) technology that can create complex 3D glass structures. The company has applied for two patents, one for a glass 3D printer and the other for printing materials technology, which will allow it to provide customized glass 3D printing for science, development and manufacturing. Going forward, the company can be expected to complete work on a prototype printer and release the first model before the summer of 2022.
12. AM Entrepreneur
This Germany-based company aims to "standardize the implementation of AM's technology values within profitable and sustainable business models." Behind this ambitious vision is Gregor Reischle, who launched and pushed forward the AM roadmap at TÜV SÜD. The creation of AM Entrepreneur was based on one observation: "Distributed manufacturing across business models will help achieve our CO2 emissions targets, as well as unlock entirely new digital business models and strategic positioning potential. " In today's "business unit" corporate structure, we quite often lack an interdisciplinary, entrepreneurial TEAM DNA, which often leads to project stagnation. The complexity of the business project within additive manufacturing strictly requires collaboration between all operating units and minds", which is a capability that AM Entrepreneur wants to create in industrial companies. Within AM Entrepreneur, Reischle intends to provide an entrepreneurial mindset incubation for all AM Start UP and intrapreneur teams , to provide digital assets that will enable AM process adoption to scale while guaranteeing a predictable return on investment.Finally, it will also provide consulting, training, coaching, and hands-on support to overcome the quality, validation, and business design challenges that industries often face. To date, AM Entrepreneur has already provided workshop and evaluation reports, supplier evaluations, and GAP reports based on AM quality and health and safety standards such as ISO/ASTM 52901. 52920; coaching AM Innovation TEAM during the "business design phase (multi-week program). He has already supported the installation of AM systems in regulated environments, in accordance with CE or quality assurance requirements - assessments based on ISO / ASTM 52930 standards and others. "After approximately 20 years corporate career, I finally managed to stand out and start my own business. After getting vaccinated, I was able to travel again and participate in FormNext to meet friends in the AM industry. My consulting and business incubator startup leads to the creation of new profitable business models and software solutions. My "do-it-yourself mindset" empowers executives and operations teams to create new successful business models while incorporating AM values," Reischle told 3D ADEPT Media.
11 Jewelry 3D Printing Startups
Jewelry 3D printing is a major trend in the jewelry industry. Startups are constantly appearing in this direction, and experienced companies are trying to introduce new technologies into production as soon as possible. In this selection, we have collected 11 services related to this promising business.
Polechemy, Singapore
Singapore-based Polychemy offers customers unique rings or pendants with names and monograms, available in eight types of metal and ten types of gemstones. On the site you can find ready-made jewelry at a price of 90 dollars. The company was created by a group of artists and programmers who aim to combine fashion and technology. The product, for example, can be made in silver, palladium, platinum, gold, contain amethysts, emeralds or diamonds. Most patterns have room for text. In addition to Latin, the font can be created in Russian, Hindi, Japanese, Hebrew and many others. The service developers use Big Data technologies to achieve maximum design personalization. After printing the form on a 3D printer, casting and engraving, the jewelry is sent to any part of the world for free.
Jaubalet, France
Very high quality 3D printed jewelry is made by the French jewelery house Jaubalet, located on Place Vendôme in Paris. The client can visit the Jaubalet office and talk about their ideas or provide sketches, after which the jeweler will make a graphic model and send it to 3D printing. Based on the prototype received, the client will be able to decide whether such an ornament will suit him, make adjustments, after which a full-fledged ornament will be created. The buyer is not limited in choosing the final look of the product: if you want sapphire, emerald, platinum, diamonds or rubies, there are no problems. The company is proud that thanks to 3D printing, the final prices are up to 50% lower compared to other branded jewelry workshops, and there is no need to spend money on a showroom.
Aurobliss, India
Indian service Aurobliss allows customers to 3D print ... themselves. Or rather, a pendant with its own face, cast in gold. The second option is to insert the face into a golden frame. Thus, Aurobliss offers to please your loved ones or perpetuate their memory.
Stilnest, Germany
The German service Stilnest is famous for making 3D jewelry in collaboration with young fashion designers, fashion designers and social media and YouTube stars. Therefore, the client can realize any idea by choosing a congenial designer. The order is promised to be completed within 10 days.
Kabuku, Japan
Japan-based Kabuku is active in many areas of 3D printing, including the Rinkak marketplace for designers to 3D print and sell 3D printed products. The company calls its mission "the democratization of the manufacturing world." To print any of the designs featured on the site, users do not need materials or warehouses, which saves money compared to the usual business model. In fact, anyone can produce, sell and ship products to customers simply by uploading 3D data to Rinkak.
Ola Jewelry, Belgium
Belgian brand Ola Jewelry makes 3D printed jewelry and sells it in 16 countries. The design is only the author's, but you can choose the size, material and color. The founder and designer of the project, Ina Saffeliers, is inspired by modern architecture, 20th century art and the Bauhaus style when creating products.
Encode Ring, Japan
The Japanese Encode Ring service prints rings in the form of a sound wave of the customer's voice. The site is a fast builder. A person reads a three-second message into a microphone, chooses the size of the ring and the metal from which it will be made. Thus, the most important phrases like "I love you" can be depicted on the ring. You can also record the voice of a newborn baby or the barking of your favorite dog.
American Pearl, USA
Service from the USA American Pearl allows you to choose and customize earrings, pendants, necklaces and other jewelry: you can choose metals, alloys, the number and size of gems, colors, transparency. Having decided on the design, the client receives the finished product, which will arrive to him within 3-4 days.
Lace, USA
Jewelry brand Lace is a project of architect Jenny Wu and Stratasys. Surreal Lace rings are intricately designed and 3D printed. The brand has become famous thanks to Hollywood stars and various festivals. Jewelery is made from a variety of materials, including not only gold and silver, but also atypical materials such as nylon and stainless steel.
La Protofusione, Italy
La Protofusione is a brand that specializes in 3D modeling in several areas, including dentistry, jewelry and fashion industry, using all major printing technologies (FDM, SLM, SLS, SLA, DLP, MJM). Branded pendants look especially impressive.
Boltenstern and Cooksongold, Austria and UK
Amazingly beautiful jewelry accessories are produced by the Austrian jewelry company Boltenstern in collaboration with the British company Cooksongold, which is the largest supplier of precious metal powders and has extensive experience in 3D printing.
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