SHAPEWAYS ANNOUNCES $30M ROUND, LED BY ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ (2013-04-23)
The promise of 3D Printing for all - designers and consumers, alike - takes a significant step forward as Shapeways, the leading 3D Printing marketplace and community, today announced a $30 million Series C round of financing, led by Andreessen Horowitz. The current investors of Shapeways - Union Square Ventures, Index Ventures, and Lux Capital - also participated in the round. Chris Dixon, partner at Andreessen Horowitz, will take a board seat at the company.

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Mayor Bloomberg Cuts the Ribbon on our 3D Printing Factory in NYC (2012-10-18)
Joined by Mayor Bloomberg, and other elected officials to cut the ribbon on their new space, Shapeways detailed their plans to bring manufacturing back to New York City with their “Factory of the Future,” a new 3D Printing manufacturing facility being built in Long Island City. Currently under construction, the “Factory of the Future” is en route to becoming the biggest consumer-facing 3D Printing manufacturing facility in the world, with the potential to 3D Print three to five million unique products a year on high-end, industrial size printers.

Infinite Possibilities: Over 6 Billion 3D Printed Product Variations in the Shapeways Marketplace (2012-09-10)
Shapeways announces today that its marketplace of community designed 3D printed products contains over six billion variations. Considering the number of publicly available products and accounting for the material and customization options readily available, Shapeways can now offer its customers almost infinite possibility. This is nearly one unique product option for every person on the planet.

Funding the Rise of Creative Commerce (2012-06-18)
Shapeways announces today that it has a new partner on board to help fuel its growth and the rise of creative commerce: Lux Capital. Lux led a $6.2M financing, joining existing investors Union Square Ventures and Index Ventures. Read More

Introducing Elasto Plastic, our first fully flexible material for 3D printing (2012-05-17)
Shapeways launches Black Elasto Plastic, our first fully flexible material in the experimental stages of development. This is our only material that is made to bend, and from what we can tell, the only highly flexible 3D printed material accessible for everyone. Based on how thick you make your models, it can be flexible like a rubber band or even a car tire. There is a huge range of possibilities here and it really opens the door for designs that were previously impossible with 3D printing.

Sound You Can Touch! 3D print a custom iPhone case with your favorite sound from SoundCloud with The Vibe, from Shapeways (2012-03-10)
Shapeways launches The Vibe, an iPhone case you can fully customize with your favorite sound from SoundCloud, the social sound platform. It's our latest Creator, or web app, that lets anyone turn an idea into a physical reality. The Vibe is incredibly easy to customize: you connect to SoundCloud, select your favorite sound, and the waveform will integrate into the very structure of the iPhone case. The result is a beautiful, unique protective case, available in top-quality white or black 3D printed plastic.

Easily Create Your Own Sake Set or Other 3D Printed Ceramics with Shapeways (2011-11-21)
Shapeways launches the latest of its Creator tools, making it easy for anyone to design cups, tumblers, vases, plates and other kitchen friendly creations - no 3D skills required! These designs are made in our newly relaunched food safe 3D printed ceramic, which enables designers and consumers to create personalized ceramic tableware that actually can be used for eating and drinking.

Shapeways to Open NYC Production in 2012 (2011-11-17)
Shapeways announces today that it will open its own production facility in NYC in 2012. This will be our second production facility, after opening a center in Eindhoven in February 2011. We want to make it easier, more affordable, and faster for everyone to make anything. We're thrilled to help transform NYC into the global hub for personalized production.

Read about our plans here.

Shapeways Adds Ceramic 3D Printing, Inspires Innovation in Home Decor (2011-05-12)
Shapeways announces today a new service for 3D printing in glazed ceramic. This is the first Shapeways material that is food safe, enabling designers and consumers to create personalized ceramic tableware, including, salt and pepper shakers, plates, mugs and more that actually can be used for eating and drinking.

Shapeways Starts a Trend in 3D Printed Interior Design at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York City (2011-05-10)
Shapeways will be showcasing the latest 3D printed home decor items created by its talented community at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), North America's premier showcase for contemporary design.

Shapeways Starts a New Fashion Trend: 3D Printed Silver (2011-03-10)
Shapeways launches a new service enabling anyone to make products in pure silver.  Shapeways is the first consumer platform to enable anyone in the world to make unique and personalized products in silver.

Shapeways opens own production centre (2011-02-15)
Shapeways announces today that the company has opened a production center in Eindhoven, The Netherlands and installed its first EOS 3D printer..

3D Printed twisty puzzle sets unofficial World Record (2011-01-27)
Shapeways community member and puzzle design Oskar van Deventer has designed and printed a 17x17x17 twisty puzzle, thereby breaking the World Record..

Shapeways raises $5 million in series A funding; opens headquarters in New York (2010-09-23)
Shapeways (www.shapeways.com), the online community and marketplace for personalized production using 3D printing, announces that it has raised $5 million in Series A funding led by Union Square Ventures in New York and Index Ventures in London. Shapeways will also move its headquarters to New York, with offices remaining in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Shapeways.com introduces High Gloss Black and White Glass (2010-06-24)
After introducing Milky White Matte Glass only 8 weeks ago, Shapeways is now extending its position of introducing new consumer friendly materials and this with the two new Gloss finishes. As a result, consumers are able to purchase and personalize unique glass giftware in three different glass finishes.

SolidWorks users can upload a design directly to Shapeways.com (2010-06-23)
SolidWorks users can upload a design directly to www.Shapeways.com with just a click of a button and then opt to 3D print it in a number of materials currently offered by Shapeways, including stainless steel, glass, full color sandstone and a variety of durable plastics.

Shapeways releases “Color it!”- Personalized Pets (2010-12-05)
Shapeways announced a new range in children’s art. Parents can now capture the moment and turn their children’s drawings into a one-of-a-kind piece of 3D printed art. With this new concept, parents simply need to download the coloring sheet from Shapeways.com, let their children color it, either scan it or take a picture of it and then upload it to Shapeways.

Shapeways.com is first globally to offer anyone the ability to 3D print objects in Glass (2010)
Shapeways announced the addition of Milky White Matte Glass to its suite of materials available for personal production. Shapeways is the first commercial service that will allow 3D designers to manufacture glass objects for both their personal use and to be sold in the Shapeways shops.

Shapeways' Meshmedic automatically repairs your 3D printed files (2009-11-03)
Save time and reduce the hassle when uploading your 3D print files to Shapeways. Another step forward in bringing 3D printing closer to non-3D designers!

Shapeways offers Full Color 3D printing  (2010-01-07)
Shapeways, the online marketplace that offers affordable access to the latest fabbing technologies, announced today that it has added full color printing to its suite of available materials. Now, creative people with various levels of 3D modeling skills will be able to literally 3D print objects, including figurines, puzzles and more, in Full Color.

Three new materials for 3D printing (2009-12-03)
3D Modelers can now create items that can be produced in Grey Robust plastic and Black, Strong, and Flexible plastic as well as Stainless Steel with an antique bronze finish. The three new materials allow Shapeways to continue to offer the best possible material solutions to each 3D printing requirement.

Co-creator platform (2009-06-08)
With the release of the Co-Creator Platform, designers are offered easy tools to turn their designs into customizable templates, enabling interaction with their customers. Turning their designs into templates, designers are now empowering the users to customize the design to their exact specifications.

Metal release (2009-04-08)
Many 3D modelers have found their way to Shapeways to bring their personal designs to life by using 3D printing. Until now the materials were limited to different kind of polymers. Today Shapeways becomes the world’s first company offering 3D printing in stainless steel for everyone.

Custom Cufflink Creator (2009-18-05)
With the new, free, and easy-to-use Shapeways Cufflink Creator, users simply enter text and select the style of their choice to create a one of a kind metal cufflink set.
These elegant accessories are produced with the latest in 3D rapid prototyping technology and offer one of a kind design with substantial depth to give the cufflinks a high-end look for a relatively low-end price.