The U. of Connecticut has opened the Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Innovation Center, a collaboration between UConn and Pratt & Whitney and the first such facility in the Northeast to work with metals rather than plastics.

The Semiconductor Systems business provides products for laser marking and trimming of semiconductor wafers and hybrid circuits.

New methods, workflows, facilities, and possibilities were discussed in workshop sessions spotlighting process chains, digital manufacturing, surface tailoring, and powders.

Adding the polymer to Solid Concepts' SLS technology allows manufacture of complex geometries with high strength and heat deflection.

General Electric's laser technologies are being used more in mainstream manufacturing and applications.

EOS introduces a removable partial denture solution to improve production and cost per part.

Cranfield U. will collaborate on laser-based processes, particularly laser welding and laser additive manufacturing, in a new Centre.

The U. of Colorado Denver has set up a 3D printer to begin making components for better prosthetic fingers, hands, and arms.