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Integrated solutions and managed services provider Konica Minolta has partnered with Edith Cowan University (ECU) in a move aimed at boosting the university’s capability to meeting the “growing needs” for advanced manufacturing facilities in Western Australia (WA).

HP's Jet Fusion 3D printer range now includes a model suitable for production work.

Australian-listed industrial technology company Aurora Labs is partnering in a joint venture with WorleyParsons to form a solution centre to service the mining, oil and gas and major infrastructure industries.

Among the fastest adopters of 3D printing technology are schools, but poor choices of equipment, lack of investment in teacher training, cost control, and poor IT administration can lead to below optimal results.

The worldwide 3D printer market is booming, with massive growth over the next five years as transformation takes hold and shifts from a niche market to a broad-based, global market of enterprises and consumers.

This weekend Sydney is hosting a Mini Maker Faire event at the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo promising 3D printing, laser harps, invention and much, much more!

The CSIRO has opened a new innovation centre - Lab 22 – designed to accelerate industry adoption of metal 3D printing and other emerging additive manufacturing technologies.

RS Components, one of the distributors of the Raspberry Pi and a huge range of other products, has introduced its own brand of 3D printer.

Worldwide use of 3D printers is exploding with shipments expected to more than double every year from 108,000 this year to 2.3 million shipments in 2018.

Big-box retailer Officeworks says the addition of the 3D Systems Cube 3D printer to its range makes it the first Australian retailer to sell 3D printers in selected stores and online.

UK defence equipment maker, BAE Systems, says RAF fighter jets have flown for the first time using metal components parts produced using 3D printer technology.

3D printers - devices that can turn 3D files into physical objects - are attractive to a range of designers and hobbyists. The Solidoodle is perhaps the first model to deliver the right combination of price, performance and OOBE.