3D

As investors start their look-back at 2014, it's clear that one of the year's biggest business stories has been the rise of 3D printing technology and its related companies. Despite naysaying by at least one analyst, who finds the market over-hyped, 3D printers have made significant...

A recent report from Gartner saysthat although 3D printing is rapidly gaining acceptance, widespread consumer use is more than five years away. Gartner research vice president Pete Basiliere said in a statement that consumer 3D printing is around five to 10 years away from mainstream...

Sylvain Preumont, CEO of startup iMakr, opened iMakr’s first 3D printing and 3D printing services store in London a year ago. Now Preumont, who spoke with Benzinga by telephone, has opened his second store -– this one in New York. From Online To Storefront Many if not most...

As the 3D space shows signs of becoming less novelty and more mainstream, the idea of acquiring 3D startups does too. Here are five 3D startups, each with a unique niche, along with publicly traded companies that could have reason to be interested in acquiring them – someday. My Mini...

As far back as 2011, Forbes predicted 3D printing could eventually revive American manufacturing. One way this could happen would involve the transformation of manufacturing from large-scale factories to small design shops that favor American creativity. Advantages would include specialization...

Although 3D printers haven't exactly reached mass-market status, that doesn't mean the technology hasn't caught the attention of some big names. Here are five companies that have shown much more than passing interest in 3D. General Electric General Electric’s (NYSE: GE)...

3D printed food hasn’t exactly gone mainstream yet, but opponents may already be lining up. With everyone from the U.S. Army to nursing homes in Germany experimenting with the use of specialized 3D printing technology to “print” realistic-looking food, it’s only a...

U.S. stocks were little changed as investors digested comments coming from head of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The Fed's Jim Bullard said that the 2.9 percent decline in the first quarter GDP is “giving me heartburn.” Bullard added that the worse than expected figure...

There are already indications that e-commerce giant, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s entry into the smartphone market could be disruptive. Just how disruptive is not known but based on some speculation, the answer might be “very.” For starters, according to BGR, the phone, which has been years in...

When a company's share price skyrockets or plummets, it creates opportunities for the company itself. In the case of weakness in the share price, the company can initiate share repurchase programs as they firmly believe the market has undervalued their company. In periods of a broad market decline...

It looks like 3-D printing has come of age. Fantastic growth in share prices for the manufacturers of 3-D printing equipment has attracted the attention of some of Wall Street's biggest banks. Analysts at Deutsche Bank AG, Jeffries LLC, Credit Suisse Group AG, JP Morgan Chase, Piper Jaffray...

From movie theaters and 3D televisions to 3D game consoles, smartphones and other devices, consumers are always eager for new avenues of three-dimensional entertainment. The latest trend started in a familiar place: movie theaters. After the release of Avatar, which grossed $2.7 billion worldwide...

Although the technology has existed since the 1920's and many films have tried to use it to create a more realistic movie experience, 3D has never been a hit with viewers. All that has changed with the success of Avatar. The film is only the second movie ever to gross over $1 billion in ticket...