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Technical Design Services for Additive Manufacturing June 4, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/technical-design-services-for-additive-manufacturing/index.html) ## Additive Manufacturing Meets Defense Quality June 2, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/additive-manufacturing-meets-defense-quality/index.html) ## When to Trade Mass for Muscle: Aluminium vs 17-4 PH Stainless Steel May 28, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/when-to-trade-mass-for-muscle-aluminium-vs-17-4-ph-stainless-steel/index.html) ## The Material Advantage: Why What You Print With Matters More Than How You Print It May 26, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/the-material-advantage-why-what-you-print-with-matters-more-than-how-you-print-it/index.html) ## The Future of Defense Manufacturing: From Static Hardware to Continuous Capability May 19, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/the-future-of-defense-manufacturing-from-static-hardware-to-continuous-capability/index.html) ## Additive Manufacturing in the Medical Industry May 13, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/additive-manufacturing-in-the-medical-industry/index.html) ## Designing Complex UAV Components (vs. Lightweight): Navigating Trade-offs in Advanced Drone Engineering May 7, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/designing-complex-uav-components-vs-lightweight-navigating-trade-offs-in-advanced-drone-engineering/index.html) ## Design Guidelines for CNC Machining: How to Optimize Your Parts for Precision and Efficiency April 28, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/design-guidelines-for-cnc-machining-how-to-optimize-your-parts-for-precision-and-efficiency/index.html) ## From 3D Printing to Production: Why Post-Processing and Value-Added Services Matter in Additive Manufacturing April 21, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/from-3d-printing-to-production-why-post-processing-and-value-added-services-matter-in-additive-manufacturing/index.html) ## UAV Rapid Prototyping: Accelerating Drone Innovation April 14, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/uav-rapid-prototyping-accelerating-drone-innovation/index.html) ## PA12 vs Aluminium: Rethinking Material Choices in Modern Engineering April 8, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/pa12-vs-aluminium-rethinking-material-choices-in-modern-engineering/index.html) ## Lightweight Structures in UAV Design: Improving Performance Through Smart Engineering April 1, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/lightweight-structures-in-uav-design-improving-performance-through-smart-engineering/index.html) ## Shapeways Offers CNC Machining: Expanding Advanced Manufacturing Capabilities April 1, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/shapeways-now-offers-cnc-machining/index.html) ## Why Mass Customization is Becoming a Business Imperative March 26, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/mass-customization-manufacturing/index.html) ## Material Spotlight series #4: Stainless Steel March 24, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/stainless-steel-3d-printing-the-strength-behind-additive-innovation/index.html) ## Why Defense Supply Chains Are Failing and What It Means for the Future of Manufacturing March 19, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/defense-supply-chains-failures/index.html) ## A Milestone in Sustainable Manufacturing: Shapeways Achieves ISO 14001 March 12, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/a-milestone-in-sustainable-manufacturing-shapeways-achieves-iso-14001/index.html) ## Additive Manufacturing for Defense: Accelerating Drone and Aerospace Innovation March 10, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/additive-manufacturing-for-defense-accelerating-drone-and-aerospace-innovation/index.html) ## Women in AM: Leadership, Innovation, and Growth March 5, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/women-in-am-leadership-innovation-and-growth/index.html) ## February Recap: Events, Material Innovation & What’s Next in Additive Manufacturing March 5, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/march-recap-events-material-innovation-whats-next-in-additive-manufacturing/index.html) ## Material Spotlight Series #3: Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) March 3, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/material-spotlight-series-3-thermoplastic-elastomer-tpe/index.html) ## Material Spotlight Series #2: Nylon 11 (PA11) Properties & Uses February 26, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/material-spotlight-series-2-nylon-11-pa11-properties-uses/index.html) ## Why Drone Innovation Depends on Smarter Manufacturing February 24, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/why-drone-innovation-depends-on-smarter-manufacturing/index.html) ## Designing Supply Chains for Manufacturing Resilience February 19, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/designing-supply-chains-for-manufacturing-resilience/index.html) ## Material Spotlight Series #1: Unlocking the Power of Nylon PA12 February 10, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/materials-spotlight-series-1-unlocking-the-power-of-nylon-pa12-3d-printing/index.html) ## Rebuilding Manufacturing: A Founder’s Lesson in Sustainable Growth February 5, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/rebuilding-manufacturing-a-founders-lesson-in-sustainable-growth/index.html) ## Why Materials Strategy Increasingly Shapes Manufacturing Advantage January 27, 2026 [Read more](/content/blog/materials-strategy-manufacturing-advantage/index.html) ## Democratization 2.0: How additive manufacturing is part of the next phase November 14, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/democratization-2-0-how-additive-manufacturing-is-part-of-the-next-phase/index.html) ## What we’ve learned about next generation hardware manufacturing November 5, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/what-weve-learned-about-next-generation-hardware-manufacturing/index.html) ## The proof of additive manufacturing is in the production October 29, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/the-proof-of-additive-manufacturing-is-in-the-production/index.html) ## How innovation in AM materials is powering next generation hardware October 16, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/additive-manufacturing-materials-innovation/index.html) ## From 3D printing pioneer to enabling next generation hardware October 13, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/from-3d-printing-pioneer-to-enabling-additive-manufacturing-for-hardware-development/index.html) ## Past Becomes Future as Shapeways Signs Lease for New European Facility in Eindhoven’s Historic TX Building June 4, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/shapeways-new-european-facility-eindhoven-tx-building/index.html) ## Antoinette De Gee — Building Culture, One Conversation at a Time June 4, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/building-culture-one-conversation-at-a-time-antoinette-de-gee/index.html) ## Hans Lambermont — bringing resilience to constant change May 20, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/team-spotlight-bringing-resilience-to-constant-change-hans-lambermont/index.html) ## Thangs Self-Service Print on Demand is Live — Powered by Shapeways May 6, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/thangs-self-service-print-on-demand-is-live-powered-by-shapeways/index.html) ## Jeané Bresler — Customer service in alignment with production May 6, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/team-spotlight-customer-service-alignment-production-jeane-bresler/index.html) ## Need an Alternative for Critical Parts or Production Capacity? Shapeways Can Help — Fast May 2, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/additive-manufacturing-supply-chain-resilience/index.html) ## Tistou Geenen — Continuous Improvement is a Team Game April 22, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/continuous-improvement-team-game-tistou-geenen/index.html) ## Preparing for a new home for our Shapeways Netherlands factory April 3, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/shapeways-netherlands-factory-relocation/index.html) ## Capacity Up, Prices Down - Second AMT SF100 Vapor Smoothing Machine Meets Growing Demand March 14, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/vapor-smoothing-amt-sf100/index.html) ## Shapeways Brings Full-Color MJF Back to Self-Serve 3D Printing March 14, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/full-color-mjf-self-serve-3d-printing/index.html) ## Cast Metals Back On Shapeways Self Serve February 26, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/cast-metals-back-on-shapeways-self-serve/index.html) ## Optimized Pricing for MJF and SLS February 26, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/optimized-pricing-for-mjf-and-sls/index.html) ## Shapeways launches Fused Deposit Modelling (FDM) February 26, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/shapeways-launches-fused-deposit-modelling-fdm/index.html) ## Bringing Shapeways home, and welcoming Thangs — Marleen Vogelaar and Jules Witte explain more about how and why January 24, 2025 [Read more](/content/blog/bringing-shapeways-home-and-welcoming-thangs-marleen-vogelaar-and-jules-witte-explain-more-about-how-and-why/index.html) ## Welcome Thangs to the Shapeways Family! 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