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Berlin Packaging is a progressive hybrid packaging company, with an innovative Studio 111 design center in downtown Chicago. "We use 3D printing to develop amazing visual models," explained Martin Rathgeber, Director of Engineering. Specifically, the company uses two 3D printer models from EnvisionTEC, an Xtreme 3SP...

Since the inception of 3D printing in the early 1980s, mass production has been viewed as the technology’s holy grail. But for more than a decade, while other companies have teased the possibility of full-production 3D printing of sneakers, eyeglasses, toys and other objects, Switzerland-based Sonova, the...

McGill University’s Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Bioinspiration uses 3D printing technology to replicate nature’s own textiles and patterns to better understand tough designs that are resistant to puncture and more. Imagine building a jigsaw puzzle out of ABS plastic that is 45 times tougher than...

For more than 35 years, Laboratorio Artigiano Goretti has been producing semi-finished components for footwear in Serra de’ Conti in the Italian province of Ancona. In addition to its experience, Goretti is known particularly for it high-quality uppers and studs, as well as a culture that...

EnvisionTEC produces superior and precise 3D printers for many different industry sectors and a wide range of applications. One such application is the development of production tools – for which accurate 3D printing is an ideal fit as demonstrated by VDM Kunststoftechniek....

Tom Castermans saw a project using 3D printing create a race car a quarter the size of the original and decided to do one better. Using an EnvisionTEC 3D printer, he challenged himself to recreate the same model at 1/43rd of the size....

The family company takes its name from talented founder Grant Macdonald who now works with his equally talented son George. Grant was first introduced to the Perfactory additive manufacturing system in 2003 through his connections with the Goldsmiths Livery Company....

One of the first – and still most successful – applications of 3D printing is within the New Product Development (NPD) process. This case study illustrates how Korean company, Dorco, has saved time and money by employing an EnvisionTEC ULTRA 3D printer for design verification....

In order to keep up with its strong heritage while also having a mind for the future, Cleveland Golf invested in additive manufacturing during the early millennium. EnvisionTEC spoke with Dan Nivanh, research and development engineer at Cleveland Golf, who is responsible for running the...