The US Department of Energy's Advanced Manufacturing Office will be issuing a $5 million grant to ORNL and Ames Laboratory to help research new techniques for creating tailored metal alloy powders used in industrial 3D printing. The electronics 3D printing company Nano Dimension has delivered their DragonFly 2020 3D Printer to an undisclosed Fortune 100 company for evaluation purposes. Danit Peleg, a consultant for the software and automated software developer Gerber Technology, has been awarded with a spot on Apparel Magazine's Top 30 under 30 list. Wacker Chemie AG has just unveiled their plan to create customizable 3D printed chewing gum. Additive Elements GmbH has presented a new material system to produce extremely dense acrylic parts using Binder Jetting technology. The design software supplier Magnacad released their "Magna-Catalogs 2017" collection to provide IronCAD users with optimal tools to have better control over the pre-printing process. The Italian 3D printer manufacturer Northype has just released the Flatforce build plate, allowing nylon and other technical materials to be efficiently printed without the need for glue or other adhesive systems. Read more at 3DPrint.com: https://3dprint.com/158321/swm-december-10-2016/