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3D printed Aluminum takes to the skies with “Project Eclipse”: Fusion Imaging creates a metal FPV Drone

February 25, 2016

This week we’ve started to see some interesting things the Shapeways community is doing with our new Raw Aluminum material…

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Products and Design

How to Build a Custom Drone and an Interview With the Maker Behind it

February 24, 2016

Last week Paul of spyyne3d shared his newest drone in our “feature this” forum and I had to share it out…

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Products and Design

RAIL 2016 – 3D Print Your Miniature Train World

February 24, 2016

Unlike of the emerging world of drones, the miniature train world is well known to me. As a toddler I…

The Community

Announcing the 2015 Shapeways Transparency Report

February 24, 2016

Today we are happy to announce the Shapeways transparency report for 2015. This report is designed to give everyone in…

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3D Printing at the Oscars

February 23, 2016

We’ve got gold on our mind this week with our special sale (20% off your own models in Gold + select…

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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