by Industrial Print Magazine Staff
RAPID + TCT takes place April 13 to 16, 2026 at the Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, MA. This is the first time the show has occurred in Boston and is sure to be a successful chapter in an already influential series of events.
Above: Lithoz, booth 1721, demonstrates use cases for serial production in ceramic 3D printing, highlighting its most impactful real world medical applications.
As one of the largest additive manufacturing (AM) and industrial three dimensional (3D) printing events in North America, there are more than 160 technical presentations planned held by industry-leading experts. This year’s RAPID + TCT includes three dedicated expo showcases—the AeroDef Manufacturing Showcase, the StartUp Showcase, and the Healthcare Showcase. Hyper-focused on each topic, the choice to dive into these three in particular is indicative of where AM is succeeding at this time.
In addition, over 450 product and service providers in the AM space are set to exhibit in the main hall. Here are some of their plans.
3D Systems, booth 1801, advances AM quality with the U.S. debut of the SLA 825 Dual, an industrial, large frame SLA solution built for high-speed, ultra-precise production of large format parts. Engineered for demanding, high-volume applications, it features synchronous high-power dual lasers, one of the largest build volumes in its class, ultra-fast scanning, and a fully integrated workflow to support production from file to finished part. Also on display is the DMP Flex 350 Triple metal 3D printer. This three-laser system delivers reliable, repeatable production of high-quality metal parts across multiple alloys. Backed by 3D Systems’ Application Innovation Group, it supports seamless development, validation, and technology transfer—particularly for applications in highly regulated industries. INFO# 205
3DPrinterOS, part of 3D Control Systems, booth 2721, showcases its 3D printing management platform designed for enterprise, education, and manufacturing environments. Attendees can see demonstrations of the cloud-based solution that enables organizations to manage entire fleets of 3D printers from any manufacturer through a single interface. Key features on display include AI-powered print failure detection, automated workflow management, user access controls, and real-time printer monitoring. The company demonstrates how organizations with more than 50 printers streamline operations, reduce costs, and scale their AM programs. INFO# 206
AltForm, booth 1120, (formerly known as Prima Additive by Sodick) makes its debut at RAPID + TCT 2026 in Boston, introducing U.S. audiences to its industrial solutions for advanced laser manufacturing and metal additive production. While no machines are displayed at the booth, visitors have the opportunity to meet AltForm’s experts and explore the company’s technological capabilities across key processes including powder bed fusion, direct energy deposition (DED), and high-speed laser cladding. AltForm develops production-ready systems designed for industrial environments, with platforms such as the Print 300 and Print 400 series, engineered for scalable manufacturing and automation. The company also provides custom automated solutions and advanced systems for demanding sectors such as aerospace and defense, including the ZENIT robotic cell with inert chamber for processing reactive materials. Although this marks AltForm’s first major exhibition in the U.S., the company already supports North American customers through its partner Sodick, near Chicago, IL, ensuring local presence and technical support. INFO# 207
BigRep, both 2355, showcases its industrial large format AM systems like the BigRep ONE, with a one cubic meter build volume; the BigRep VIIO 250, an automated large format industrial system designed for demanding manufacturing workflows; and the BigRep DRYCON, a filament conditioning and annealing system, engineered to maintain material integrity and maximize material properties in parts. Whether evaluating large format AM for the first time or looking to scale an existing workflow, stop by the BigRep booth to learn more. INFO# 208
BMF, booth 1347, demonstrates the new microArch S150 powered by projection micro stereolithography to deliver true 25µm optical resolution and layer thicknesses from ten to 50µm on a compact desktop platform. Designed for labs, development teams, and production environments alike, the S150 offers one-touch operation with no calibration required—press a button and print. Explore an array of micro parts showcasing what’s possible across microfluidics, biomedical devices, fiber optics, electronics, and advanced research applications. Also on the display, the microArch D1025, a dual-resolution 3D printer capable of printing at both ten and 25µm resolutions. INFO# 209
Conflux Technology, booth 2407, showcases AM heat exchangers engineered for defense-grade performance across aerospace, land, and naval platforms. As power density increases and envelopes contract, thermal limits constrain propulsion, power electronics, mission systems, and environmental control systems. AM-enabled architectures are designed to unlock higher heat rejection, lower pressure drop, and reduced mass within the same or smaller integration space. On display are solutions for cold plates, charge-air cooling, avionics thermal control, fuel cell cooling, high-velocity gas cooling, oil cooling, multi-domain liquid cooling, and laser and photonics cooling. Each solution follows a defined pathway to qualification and serial production under AS9100 and ISO9001 frameworks. INFO# 210
Direct Dimensions, Inc., booth 2117, provides advanced 3D scanning solutions for manufacturing, engineering, design, and digital fabrication. For more than 30 years, the company has helped organizations capture real-world objects, spaces, and environments in accurate 3D digital formats for reverse engineering, quality inspection, design, and AM workflows. Direct Dimensions showcases its line of Artec 3D handheld scanners and software, demonstrating fast, accurate, and easy-to-use tools for capturing parts, tools, and products directly from the physical world. Visitors experience live demonstrations of portable scanning solutions capable of digitizing everything from small mechanical components to complex industrial assemblies and facilities. INFO# 211
EDM Network Inc., booth 1963, exhiits its newest Horizontal Fast Wire EDM Edmmax650HW. With a cutting capacity of 1,000x650x1,250 millimeters (mm) high, this new model can cut build plates up to 650×650 or 800×400 mm. Horizontal EDMs offer easy and fast loading from above with no holding fixtures required, easy wire alignment to the build plates, easy programming at the EDM control, and no need to catch the part as it cuts off—no fixture required. EDM Network offers everything in fast wire EDMs with over ten models, vertical and horizontal, plus pure water models, for 3D metal printing. INFO# 212
Equispheres, booth 1201, welcomes engineers and partners to connect around applications in aluminum and copper AM. The team showcases aluminum powders across multiple alloys—including newer offerings such as scalmalloy—alongside copper and copper-alloy powders. Conversations center on how Equispheres supports customer applications. Powder is on display as are printed parts produced with the powders for attendees to handle and discuss. INFO# 213
Lithoz, booth 1721, demonstrates use cases for serial production in ceramic 3D printing, highlighting its most impactful real world applications. These range from aerospace and semiconductors over “green” technology, to medical and dental. A highlight for visitors is the range of medical applications that demonstrate advanced materials and technologies. These include innovative bone implants—cranial, zygomatic, and ear ossicles; durable surgical tools made from advanced ceramics; personalized ATZ hearing aid earmolds; zirconia dental implants; lithium disilicate brackets and crowns; silicon nitride spinal cages; and a pediatric blood pump from an EU-funded project. INFO# 214
Massivit, booth 2312, introduces RapidWings—a full-cycle manufacturing solution that accelerates composite production of air structures for defense and aerospace. Defense production today is not limited by demand; it is limited by tooling capacity. Visitors at the AeroDef Manufacturing showcase experience how RapidWings overcomes tooling delays, associated labor costs, supply chain constraints, and geopolitical challenges by enabling localized, on demand A&D end-to-end production. Leveraging Massivit’s AM tooling technology combined with Sika materials, the RapidWings solution is proven to cut tooling time by up to 90 percent and save 40 to 70 percent on costs. RapidWings provides design, tooling, and final part production for UAV airframes, defense and aerospace structures, and interiors with a five day turnaround. INFO# 215
Materialise, booth 1110, demonstrates how its open and secure CO-AM platform helps organizations connect workflows, tools, and machines while accelerating new product introduction. Visitors can see CO-AM Brix, a TCT Awards finalist presented in the U.S. for the first time, showcasing a low-code approach to automating and customizing AM workflows. In healthcare, Materialise also presents how personalization, automation, and additive technologies expand possibilities in spine surgery through the Mimics platform. INFO# 216
MELD Manufacturing Corporation, booth 2226, demonstrates its unique capabilities to 3D print metal without melting it using its patented additive friction stir deposition (AFSD) process. MELD displays parts printed for/by AFSD users, highlighting MELD’s unique capabilities in defense and aerospace production. Some parts presented include aircraft structural parts, large cylinders, and case studies of real-world applications. Additionally, the booth features the new DragonForge series, showcasing MELD’s newest advancements in AA7075 printing and the upgraded hardware and software that come with the DragonForge series. INFO# 217
Meltio, booth 1833, presents, in collaboration with Force Automation, its containerized solution Meltio Robot Cell, where in a closed environment a robotic arm with Meltio’s Blue Laser head manufactures and repairs parts of various geometries. Industries such as defense, naval, aerospace, oil and gas, and energy can move the Meltio Robot Cell solution anywhere, facilitating logistics and transport. It is a large mobile metal 3D printer with a robotic arm. In addition, Meltio presents its Meltio M600 industrial metal 3D printer, which prints live with materials such as aluminum, titanium, copper, and stainless steel for real industrial applications. Meltio presents the Meltio M600 together with its business partner Jupiter. INFO# 218
Mimaki USA, Inc., booth 2364, highlights the capabilities of its 3DUJ Series full-color 3D printers. It demonstrates how realistic color and detail can expand what’s possible with AM. Mimaki offers a range of applications that showcase the technology’s versatility. Examples include prototyping models with precise color matching, medical and anatomical models used for education and surgical planning, and research and educational tools that bring complex concepts to life. The booth display also features art, collectibles, and consumer product concepts that benefit from photorealistic color and fine detail. Together, these applications demonstrate how full-color 3D printing can bridge the gap between digital design and physical reality across industries. INFO# 219
NIDEC Machine Tool America, booth 2250, showcases its LAMDA metal DED systems. Having both additive and subtractive experience allows NIDEC to provide advanced technologies such as Local Shield for 3D printing titanium and AI monitoring with real-time, in-process laser power control. The unique, compact design of the LAMDA nozzle delivers two different materials in separate or gradient applications. The use of AI provides anomaly detection and 100 percent monitoring of the melt pool throughout the entire build cycle for quality control. The closed-loop feedback provided by the monitoring system controls the laser power to fully optimize the melt pool. NIDEC LAMDA DED systems manufacture titanium parts in an open atmosphere, without an inert chamber, of nearly any size—reaching up to a measurement of 5,000×2,500×1,600 mm. INFO# 220
Prodways, booth 2311, showcases its CERAM PRO 365 3D printer, co-exhibits with its partner Tethon 3D, and demonstrates high-precision ceramic AM for industrial applications. Visitors can discover how its technology produces complex ceramic parts with resolutions down to 31µm, reduces lead times, and supports a range of technical materials, including alumina, silica, and advanced slurries. Experts are on hand to present MovingLight DLP technology, discuss digital workflows from prototyping to low-volume production, and explore real world solutions for aerospace, defense, and electronics industries. INFO# 221
Senvol, booth 2402, demonstrates in Senvol ML data-driven machine learning software for AM that is used to accelerate material and process development. The software is used to help optimize AM process parameters, qualify AM machines and materials, predict material properties, gain insights from in-situ monitoring data, leverage preexisting data, and minimize data generation costs. INFO# 222
Stratasys, booth 1601, showcases J5 DAP, Origin Two, H350, and F770 hardware. In addition, it hosts presentations from customers and partners regarding end-to-end workflow—hardware, software, post processing. It also showcases a new medical grade silicone material and ToughONE in black—white ToughOne was launched last year. INFO# 223
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Apr2026, Industrial Print Magazine
