3-D technology

The exterior of "The Wormhole" factory.Relativity SpaceLONG BEACH, California – It was a few days into the new year yet Relativity Space's factory was anything but quiet, a din of activity with massive 3D printers humming and the clanging of construction ringing out.Now about eight years on from its founding, Relativity continues to grow as it pursues a novel way of manufacturing rockets out of mostly 3D-printed structures and parts. Relativity believes that its approach will make building orbital-class rockets much…

The University Hospital Trust in Paris acquired 60 FDM 3-D printers from Stratasys in late March 2020 to create an in-house rapid-response supply chain for Covid materials.StratasysIn this weekly series, CNBC takes a look at companies that made the inaugural Disruptor 50 list, 10 years later.The industry of 3-D printing started with creating trinkets and toys, but it is slowly making its way into mainstream industrial production lines.The full range of what 3-D printing can accomplish ranges from the novelty (pools and…