Your daily 3D printing news in plain, simple words. Today: Callaway Golf’s new Texas 3D printing factory, Elegoo’s first 3D scanner, a big Bambu Lab MakerWorld meetup, 3D printed sandals and tough metal parts, and a preview of Formnext 2026. Each story links to its original source.
1. Callaway Golf is building a $15 million 3D printing factory in Texas
Golf brand Callaway plans to spend $15 million on its own 3D printing site in Fort Worth, Texas, where it will both make and test golf clubs. The focus is titanium, a strong and light metal that 3D printers can shape into designs that normal factories can’t. Printing at home in the U.S. should let Callaway try new club ideas faster and react quicker to what golfers want.
Source: 3DPrint.com
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2. Elegoo’s first 3D scanner, the M1 Ultra, gets a full review
Tom’s Hardware tested the Elegoo M1 Ultra, a handheld scanner that turns real objects into 3D files you can edit and print. It has several blue-laser and infrared modes, a small color touch screen and a spare battery, and it sells for about $1,599. The catch: it needs a fairly powerful laptop or desktop to process scans, but the results held up well against other scanners the reviewer has tried.
Source: Tom’s Hardware
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3. Bambu Lab brings MakerWorld creators together for the first time in the U.S.
Bambu Lab hosted its first in-person meetup for American MakerWorld designers in San Jose, California, and handed out its first Creator Awards to 30 makers. The team shared big numbers: more than 3 million public models, over 10 million monthly users, and close to $150,000 a month paid to creators through licensing. It also gave updates on Maker Market, a beta service where local print farms print and ship physical copies of designs.
Source: Bambu Lab Blog
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4. From foot scan to sandal: Arkema and Carbon team up on bouncy printed shoes
Chemical maker Arkema and 3D printer company Carbon are growing their 13-year partnership on soft, rubber-like printing resins. These materials can be printed as springy lattice patterns for shoe soles, padding and sports gear. One example is Vivobarefoot’s made-to-order sandal, printed from a scan of each customer’s foot, which also cuts waste from unsold stock.
Source: 3D Printing Industry
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5. HP and Hyperion start making 3D printed tungsten carbide parts
HP and Hyperion Materials & Technologies signed a deal to sell 3D printed tungsten carbide, one of the hardest materials used in tools and wear parts. Hyperion installed an HP Metal Jet printer in Barcelona and made a new ready-to-print powder for it. That means companies can now order complex carbide parts that would be hard or too costly to make the old way.
Source: 3D Printing Industry
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6. restor3d launches its 3D printed titanium hip cup
U.S. medical company restor3d is moving its Velora hip cup, 3D printed in titanium, into full release this month. Its sponge-like surface is designed to help bone grow into the implant, and the design lets surgeons fit a bigger ball joint without removing extra bone. The company also finished its first knee surgeries using a new personalized planning option.
Source: 3D Printing Industry
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7. Scientists 3D print meter-tall titanium single crystals
Researchers in China and the U.S. used a pulsed arc printing method to grow titanium alloy rods about one meter tall that are a single, continuous crystal. Single-crystal metals hold up very well under heat and stress, but they were very hard to make with 3D printing until now. The team, publishing in Nature, also printed tungsten and other tough metals this way, which could lead to crack-free parts.
Source: 3D Printing Industry
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8. Formnext 2026 preview: smarter software to stop failed metal prints
Formnext, the biggest 3D printing trade show, opens in Frankfurt, Germany on November 17. Ahead of it, companies are showing tools that check a print before and during the job, such as PanOptimization’s PanX, which simulates how a metal part will heat and warp before you hit print. The goal is fewer failed builds and less wasted time and powder.
Source: 3DPrint.com
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