A friend of mine and I both have a similar project in mind, the manufacture of custom footwear with our hackerspace’s shiny new multi-material 3D printer. It seems like a match made in heaven, a ...

Voodoo Manufacturing announced this week it would begin 3D printing with a new kind of material, thermoplastic polyurethane, or TPU. If that’s a mouthful, well, it’s not so complicated. TPU is a bit ...

ANAHEIM, Calif.—R.D. Abbott Co. Inc. has been eager to bring silicone 3D printing to the market. The wait is over. The firm showed off its new liquid silicone rubber 3D printing technology at the ...

PLANO, Texas—Adaptive3D Technologies has released a new photopolymer resin for 3D printing, a material the company said is in line with its vision to produce high-quality, high-volume elastomers.

When you think of rubber, fashion accessories probably don’t come to mind, but an up-and-coming designer is hoping to change that. Anonūm Design is a collection of sleek, streamlined accessories made ...

Goodyear Tire & Rubber has patented a process for manufacturing a tread molding element for tires. This involves modeling a 3D shape, using thermoplastic polymers with a melting point of at least ...

Among the latest materials-related business developments in liquid silicone rubber, ACEO is launching new fluorosilicone versions of its LSR 3D printing materials. The ACEO business unit of Burghausen ...