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November 2, 2016

UPDATE: Originally this contest ran from November 2nd to November 30th. Due to overwhelming demand we have decided to extend it…

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Products and Design

Cheerleader Uniforms, Shovels as Art, and 3D Printing Copyright

October 31, 2016

When a cheerleader wears her uniform, is she expressing her identity as a cheerleader or identifying herself as a cheerleader?…

Products and Design

3D Inspiration at Dutch Design Week 2016

October 31, 2016

We’ve just closed out the 15th annual Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, The Netherlands! Here at our Dutch Shapeways headquarters,…

Products and Design

It’s Finally Here: The Shapeways 2016 Holiday Gift Guide!

October 31, 2016

It’s the most exciting time of the year for us to share all of our independent designers’ amazing work from…

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Six Famous Monsters on How to 3D Print the Perfect Halloween

October 30, 2016

This season, Shapeways porcelain has an amazing selection of Halloween models to choose from, and our favorite famous Halloween monsters…

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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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