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Lightweight Structures in UAV Design: Improving Performance Through Smart Engineering

April 1, 2026

Discover how lightweight structures in UAV design improve flight time, efficiency, and payload capacity.

Shapeways Offers CNC Machining: Expanding Advanced Manufacturing Capabilities

April 1, 2026

Shapeways offers CNC machining alongside 3D printing, giving engineers flexible solutions for precision parts, prototyping, and production.

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3D Printing Industry

March Recap: Sustainability, Materials and Supply Chains

March 31, 2026

Explore the latest in additive manufacturing: sustainability, materials innovation, digital supply chains, and mass customization in our March recap.

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3D Printing Industry

Why Mass Customization is Becoming a Business Imperative

March 26, 2026

Mass customization is reshaping manufacturing. Learn why scalable customization requires platforms, digital infrastructure, and new operating models

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3D Printing Industry

Material Spotlight series #4: Stainless Steel

March 24, 2026

Discover how stainless steel 3D printing with 17-4PH and 316L delivers strength, corrosion resistance, and complex industrial-grade parts

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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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