BASF and Essentium are teaming up to develop new, more robust materials for fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printing. Essentium, which was founded in 2013, pioneered what they call FlashFuse technology, an electric welding process that uses nanomaterial technology to create extremely strong interlayer adhesion in FFF/FDM 3D printed plastic parts. BASF has a massive portfolio of materials, and will be combining their expertise with Essentium's cutting-edge technology to develop a new range of polymer materials that overcome the normal interlayer weaknesses that most plastic 3D printed parts suffer from. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/173306/basf-essentium-partnership/