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LMT • January 17, 2025

Boston Micro Fabrication Opens UltraThineer™ Lab; Seeks Laboratory Partners

Following FDA 510(k) clearance for its UltraThineer material last spring, Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) has opened the UltraThineer Lab at its U.S. headquarters in Maynard, MA, to support testing, manufacturing and sales. The UltraThineer lab will house BMF's proprietary technology to 3D print zirconia veneers that are 0.08mm thick.

3Dprint.com • January 9, 2025

3D Printing and Dentistry: 2024’s Progress, 2025’s Promise

Boston Micro Fabrication’s CEO John Kawola explains: “There are new advances in resins and materials approved for dentistry, making additive manufacturing a more attractive, versatile, and realistic option. We’ve also seen 3D printing push new bounds in applications where there’s a need for higher precision and thinner materials, such as veneers.

Medical Design & Outsourcing • January 7, 2025

Three Predictions for High Precision 3D Printing and Healthcare Innovation

Additive manufacturing has continued to drive innovation across industries in recent years, with unique applications in medtech and life sciences. Throughout my 30-plus years in the 3D printing industry, I’ve watched the technology offer opportunities for industry innovation, solving pain points that have a direct impact on patients and life sciences research.

engineering.com • December 19, 2024

Looking Back on Additive Manufacturing in 2024

Looking back on 2024, we may well see this year as the tipping point for additive manufacturing. But how do you sum up an entire year in the AM industry in just a few hundred words? Engineering.com spoke with industry leaders and some of the brightest minds in the world of additive manufacturing to get their perspectives on 3D printing developments in 2024, both on the positive side, and on the challenges currently facing the industry.

3Dprint.com • December 11, 2024

John Kawola on BMF’s Formnext Highlights and What’s Next

Boston Micro Fabrication has continued to grow steadily since my last visit to its Boston headquarters. The company, known for its ultra-precise 3D printing technology, showcased new product launches, strategic expansions, and milestones in key markets at Formnext 2024, held in November in Frankfurt, Germany.

Fast Company Executive Board • December 1, 2024

Lessons from three decades of disruption

Today’s additive manufacturing industry is leaps and bounds from where it started. In the early to mid-1990s, the industry was called the “rapid prototyping industry,” and there were only a handful of companies developing 3D printers that could be used for engineering and design verification.

Springer Nature • November 20, 2024

Bioinspired Intratumoral Infusion Port Catheter Improves Local Drug Delivery in the Liver

This technical paper published in Springer Nature introduces a bio-inspired intratumoral catheter, designed to keep medications exactly where they're needed in liver tumors. Fabricated using BMF’s projection micro stereolithography (PµSL) technology, the catheter includes 0.4 mm sideholes and finely detailed barbs, inspired by bee stingers, that secure it within the tumor.

UltraThineer Press • November 19, 2024

Boston Micro Fabrication Opens Lab to Support Testing, Manufacturing and Sales of Zirconia UltraThineer Veneers

Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF), a leader in advanced manufacturing solutions for ultra-high precision applications, today opened the UltraThineer™ Lab at its U.S. headquarters in Maynard, Mass. to advance the production of UltraThineer veneers. The UltraThineer Lab will house BMF’s proprietary technology, projection micro stereolithography (PµSL), to custom manufacture cosmetic veneers that are three-times thinner than traditional veneers, enabling dentists to offer the world’s thinnest custom veneers to their patients in the U.S.

3Printr • November 14, 2024

Exploring the Role of 3D Printing in Miniaturization – Interview with John Kawola from BMF

3D printing plays a pivotal role in furthering innovation across industries – from consumer goods to electronics to medical devices - as many capitalize on trends of miniaturization. Our CEO, John Kawola, discussed the rapid advances in the additive manufacturing industry, the exciting projects we’re working on at BMF, and how micro 3D printing is solving common industry challenges.

Science Direct • October 30, 2024

Additive Manufacturing-Assisted Casting of 3D Micro-Architected Heat Sinks

In a recent study led by Oraib Al-Ketan at New York University Abu Dhabi, Boston Micro Fabrication’s microArch S240 system played a key role in developing 3D micro-architected heat sinks to tackle modern thermal management challenges. By using AM-assisted casting and the precise 10µm XY resolution of the S240, the team created advanced heat sink designs that achieved up to 13% temperature reduction under forced convection. This method merges the design flexibility of additive manufacturing with casting’s scalability, offering effective cooling solutions for compact electronic devices.