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Your Questions Answered: Premium Strong & Flexible Nylon Plastic

November 2, 2017

A few weeks ago, we announced Premium Strong & Flexible nylon plastic, our most popular and versatile material, redesigned with a…

3D Printing Industry

Spoiler Alert: Stranger Things’ Demogorgon Is Not From the Upside Down

November 2, 2017

The ’80s nostalgia of “Stranger Things” is weirdly entrancing. It seems to go beyond just what we can see, pervading…

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The Community

This shouldn’t work, but somehow, it does

November 2, 2017

The Shapeways office let out a collective “WHOA” this morning when this tweet went viral: The N64 Logo has exactly…

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Products and Design

Artist David Bachman Unlocks the Secret Identities of Everyday Objects

November 1, 2017

Have you ever wondered what would happen if a pipe were crushed by intense gravity, or expanded from the inside?…

Products and Design

Cat Ladies and Gentlemen, This Planter Project’s for You

October 31, 2017

Last Sunday, we celebrated our feline friends with millions of adorable #internationalcatday posts. Coincidentally, community member Adam Fasnacht was just…

My Shapeways

What to Expect at Formnext 2026: 7 Additive Manufacturing Trends to Watch

Aluminium vs. Stainless Steel vs. POM-C: Choosing the Right Material for CNC Manufacturing

5 Myths About CNC Machining That Still Shape Bad Decisions

Manufacturing Sovereignty Is About More Than Where the Machine Is Built

Additive Manufacturing: The Competitive Advantage in Aerospace, Defense, Drones, and Robotics

3D Printing in Robotics: From Prototyping to Production Material

Additive Manufacturing vs. CNC Machining in Robotics: When to Use Each

The Future of Healthcare Is Not Mass Produced

3D Printed vs. CNC Machined Metal: Choosing the Right Fit

How Vapor Smoothing Unlocks Liquid-Tight 3D Printed Parts

Bridge Manufacturing Explained: How smart companies scale products without betting everything upfront

Aluminium vs. Plastic in 3D Printing: What’s Right for Your Project?

Why Medical Device Development Requires More Than a Single Manufacturing Process

Personalized Healthcare with Digital Manufacturing: From Orthoses to Surgical Tools and Anatomical Models

How Digital Manufacturing Is Accelerating Medical Innovation

Scaling Your Production: Shapeways Now Offers Injection Molding

The Next Generation of Drone Hardware: What’s Changing in 2026

Technical Design Services for Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing Meets Defense Quality

When to Trade Mass for Muscle: Aluminium vs 17-4 PH Stainless Steel

The Material Advantage: Why What You Print With Matters More Than How You Print It

The Future of Defense Manufacturing: From Static Hardware to Continuous Capability

Additive Manufacturing in the Medical Industry

Designing Complex UAV Components (vs. Lightweight): Navigating Trade-offs in Advanced Drone Engineering

Design Guidelines for CNC Machining: How to Optimize Your Parts for Precision and Efficiency

From 3D Printing to Production: Why Post-Processing and Value-Added Services Matter in Additive Manufacturing

UAV Rapid Prototyping: Accelerating Drone Innovation

PA12 vs Aluminium: Rethinking Material Choices in Modern Engineering

Lightweight Structures in UAV Design: Improving Performance Through Smart Engineering

Shapeways Offers CNC Machining: Expanding Advanced Manufacturing Capabilities

Why Mass Customization is Becoming a Business Imperative

Material Spotlight series #4: Stainless Steel

Why Defense Supply Chains Are Failing and What It Means for the Future of Manufacturing

A Milestone in Sustainable Manufacturing: Shapeways Achieves ISO 14001

Additive Manufacturing for Defense: Accelerating Drone and Aerospace Innovation

Women in AM: Leadership, Innovation, and Growth

February Recap: Events, Material Innovation & What’s Next in Additive Manufacturing

Material Spotlight Series #3: Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE)

Material Spotlight Series #2: Nylon 11 (PA11) Properties & Uses

Why Drone Innovation Depends on Smarter Manufacturing

Designing Supply Chains for Manufacturing Resilience

Material Spotlight Series #1: Unlocking the Power of Nylon PA12

Rebuilding Manufacturing: A Founder’s Lesson in Sustainable Growth

Why Materials Strategy Increasingly Shapes Manufacturing Advantage

Democratization 2.0: How additive manufacturing is part of the next phase

What we’ve learned about next generation hardware manufacturing

The proof of additive manufacturing is in the production

How innovation in AM materials is powering next generation hardware

From 3D printing pioneer to enabling next generation hardware

Past Becomes Future as Shapeways Signs Lease for New European Facility in Eindhoven’s Historic TX Building

Antoinette De Gee — Building Culture, One Conversation at a Time

Hans Lambermont — bringing resilience to constant change

Thangs Self-Service Print on Demand is Live — Powered by Shapeways

Jeané Bresler — Customer service in alignment with production

Need an Alternative for Critical Parts or Production Capacity? Shapeways Can Help — Fast

Tistou Geenen — Continuous Improvement is a Team Game

Preparing for a new home for our Shapeways Netherlands factory

Capacity Up, Prices Down - Second AMT SF100 Vapor Smoothing Machine Meets Growing Demand

Shapeways Brings Full-Color MJF Back to Self-Serve 3D Printing

Cast Metals Back On Shapeways Self Serve

Optimized Pricing for MJF and SLS

Shapeways launches Fused Deposit Modelling (FDM)

Bringing Shapeways home, and welcoming Thangs — Marleen Vogelaar and Jules Witte explain more about how and why

Welcome Thangs to the Shapeways Family!

A Letter from Our New CEO, Marleen Vogelaar

Shapeways & Thangs Marketplace for 3D Creators

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