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Arkema strengthens partnership with 3D printing startup Continuous Composites, enabling custom, large-scale composite parts with high-performance mechanical properties for applications in the aeronautics, automotive, and energy sectors.

Arkema has invested in the American start-up to rapidly advance the development of 3D composite manufacturing, a groundbreaking innovation for strong, lightweight structures.

Continuous Composites engineers are teaming up with a local manufacturer to produce reusable N95 masks that could help ease the shortage of protective equipment needed by medical personnel, essential employees and first responders during the coronavirus pandemic.

The groundbreaking 3D printing company uses its technology to join the fight against COVID-19, designing and manufacturing reusable N-95 masks.

Continuous Composites, an Idaho-based company specializing in Continuous Fiber 3D Printing and composite materials, has been selected to participate in the T3 Transition Accelerator program. The accelerator, led by the Wright Brothers Institute in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).

JEC Startup Booster is the key worldwide competition for startups in the composites industry. Twenty startups will be coming from around the world to pitch their project to a panel of expert judges. JEC Startup Booster will take place during JEC World 2020, the international composites trade fair (March, 3 to 5, Paris Nord-Villepinte).

The range of materials available in 3D printing, even just within Fused Deposition Modeling, has grown considerably in the last few years. Not only are there multiple reputable brands...

Spokane business accelerator Ignite Northwest has released its inaugural Ignite 25+5 list, which recognizes 30 young companies with an Inland Northwest presence.

In the recent partnership announcement, Arkema is expanding the use of its high-performance solutions to additive manufacturing of composite materials with Continuous Composites' powerful CF3D technology.

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, announced Continuous Composites as the winner of the 9th Entrepreneurial Challenge. The Entrepreneurial Challenge is led by Sikorsky Innovations and is designed to accelerate innovators and disruptive technology concepts with applications to the aerospace industry.

Continuous Composites and Arkema combine Continuous Composites' CF3D process with Arkema's photocurable resins to develop and certify composite 3D-printing solutions.

Continuous Composites’ future opportunities are in no way inferior to those of the large American AM companies. Their CF3D additive technology uses robotics to print in free space making it possible to 3D-print large-format components made of composite materials – wings for aircraft, for example.

For the past 15 years, JEC Innovation Awards have rewarded the best cutting-edge and ingenious projects using composites to their full potential in different categories. For this edition of JEC Forum Chicago, the winners of the 4 categories were…

Coeur d’Alene-based Continuous Composites, which develops and manufactures 3D printing robotic arms able to work with high-end materials, recently entered into a strategic partnership with Broomfield, Colorado-based Spatial Corp. to help develop software designed specifically for printing with high-end materials.

The field of carbon fiber 3D printing is developing at only a slow pace. Developed by Idaho-based Continuous Composites, Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D) combines carbon fiber reinforcement with thermoset polymers and industrial robotics to 3D print in ways yet seen by the additive manufacturing (AM) space.

Spatial Corp., the leading provider of 3D software development toolkits for design, manufacturing, and engineering solutions, and a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, announces today its strategic partnership with Continuous Composites...

As a strategic partnership, Continuous Composites will use Spatial Corp.’s 3D software to advance its robotic Continuous Fiber 3D Printing technology.

On the international stage of JEC World, JEC Innovation Awards have brought in 1,800 companies worldwide. JEC Innovation Awards reward composites champions, based on criteria such as partner involvement in the value chain, technicality or commercial applications of innovations.

JEC World, the world’s largest composites exhibition and conference, recognized organizations that have developed “outstanding” products and technology. These Innovation Awards were divided into 10 different categories with 30 finalists selected from more than 100 nominees. The winner of the new 3D Printing category was Continuous Composites, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

CF3D patented technology has been selected as a finalist for the JEC Innovation Awards 2019 in the 3D Printing category. CF3D is a revolutionary composites manufacturing process with a rapid curing thermoset inside the print head.

The goal is to revolutionize the manufacturing industry with continuous fiber 3D printing, which uses robotics to print in free space. "It completely changes the way you can use composite materials," said Continuous Composites CEO Tyler Alvarado. And this groundbreaking technology is being developed at the company's facility in Coeur d'Alene...

Continuous Composites got its start with a stab wound. When a strand of fiberglass punctured Ken Tyler’s skin, the North Idaho inventor started thinking about the strength of the lightweight material. “It’s an amazing technology, and it’s going to change how things are built,” said Tyler Alvarado, the company’s Chief Executive Officer.

Coeur d'Alene is widely known for its resort atmosphere, beautiful beaches, and outdoor living. However, less than one block from its historic and touristy main street, and a stone's throw from the lake, is something few would expect to see - Continuous Composites, one of the world's top innovators in Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D)

As the state’s premier business innovation awards program, the Idaho Innovation Awards recognize groundbreaking accomplishments in five categories. Five winners and 10 finalists were recognized at the awards ceremony, a segment of the ITC’s ninth annual Hall of Fame celebration, held at Boise Centre.

Continuous Composites teams up with robotics giant Comau and software giant Autodesk to demonstrate a real-time digital manufacturing cell.

Finalists have been selected in the 13th Annual Idaho Innovation Awards. The Idaho Innovation Awards spotlight innovations, innovative professionals and innovative companies statewide.

In material science, strength alone is often found to have its limitations so that a combination of hard and soft, rigid and flexible is an area of increasing interest for a wide range of applications from building, to sports equipment, to protective apparel.

The future of manufacturing is right here in Coeur d’Alene. That’s what Tyler Alvarado believes. Alvarado is the CEO of Continuous Composites, a Coeur d’Alene-based 3D printing company. “We’re ready to start telling the story of our technology,”

Generative design replicates nature’s evolutionary approach by combining artificial intelligence (AI) — specifically advanced optimization algorithms — and cloud computing to provide thousands of solutions to one engineering problem.

Comau has teamed with Autodesk and Continuous Composites at Automatica to demonstrate a real-time digital manufacturing cell that combines virtual sensors, intelligent design software and Continuous Composites’ patented Continuous Fiber 3D Printing Technology (CF3D).

Continuous Composites is a company that’s been working on a rather different process for 3D printing that should prove extremely attractive for certain types of manufacturing.

New composite manufacturing technology for multi-material, multifunctional composite structures. There is a company that has been printing in continuous composites since 2012.

3D printed objects are usually built up in horizontal layers by a printer head, light or heater passing across the printing plate horizontally, but what about printing the entire part vertically in one go?

When explaining 3D printing concepts to the uninitiated, there’s always that moment of disappointment when they find out that you can’t actually 3D print functional objects...

The world of 3D printing holds so much promise for many industries, and there are new technologies that are improving the 3D printing process.

Sound like science fiction? Thanks to a revolution in the making, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho–based Continuous Composites believes it’s just around the corner.

Imagine 3D printing a car, the wall of a building, an aircraft wing or some similarly complicated structure all in one step.

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based company Continuous Composites has introduced a novel process, known as Continuous Scaled Manufacturing (CSM), that some believe could revolutionize 3D printing.

Even as resin development takes a step forward, 3D-printed objects still have inherent structural flaws because of the layered building steps of the traditional additive manufacturing process.

The additive manufacturing field is crammed with numerous start-ups vying to establish their niches and differentiate themselves from peers.

At the RadTech 2016 awards dinner, creative users of UV/EB technologies were honored with Emerging Technology Awards.

Arkema has invested in the American start-up to rapidly advance the development of 3D composite manufacturing, a groundbreaking innovation for strong, lightweight structures.

Continuous Composites engineers are teaming up with a local manufacturer to produce reusable N95 masks that could help ease the shortage of protective equipment needed by medical personnel, essential employees and first responders during the coronavirus pandemic.

JEC Startup Booster is the key worldwide competition for startups in the composites industry. Twenty startups will be coming from around the world to pitch their project to a panel of expert judges. JEC Startup Booster will take place during JEC World 2020, the international composites trade fair (March, 3 to 5, Paris Nord-Villepinte).

The range of materials available in 3D printing, even just within Fused Deposition Modeling, has grown considerably in the last few years. Not only are there multiple reputable brands...

Continuous Composites and Arkema combine Continuous Composites' CF3D process with Arkema's photocurable resins to develop and certify composite 3D-printing solutions.

Continuous Composites’ future opportunities are in no way inferior to those of the large American AM companies. Their CF3D additive technology uses robotics to print in free space making it possible to 3D-print large-format components made of composite materials – wings for aircraft, for example.

Coeur d’Alene-based Continuous Composites, which develops and manufactures 3D printing robotic arms able to work with high-end materials, recently entered into a strategic partnership with Broomfield, Colorado-based Spatial Corp. to help develop software designed specifically for printing with high-end materials.

The field of carbon fiber 3D printing is developing at only a slow pace. Developed by Idaho-based Continuous Composites, Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D) combines carbon fiber reinforcement with thermoset polymers and industrial robotics to 3D print in ways yet seen by the additive manufacturing (AM) space.

Spatial Corp., the leading provider of 3D software development toolkits for design, manufacturing, and engineering solutions, and a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, announces today its strategic partnership with Continuous Composites...

As a strategic partnership, Continuous Composites will use Spatial Corp.’s 3D software to advance its robotic Continuous Fiber 3D Printing technology.

CF3D patented technology has been selected as a finalist for the JEC Innovation Awards 2019 in the 3D Printing category. CF3D is a revolutionary composites manufacturing process with a rapid curing thermoset inside the print head.

The goal is to revolutionize the manufacturing industry with continuous fiber 3D printing, which uses robotics to print in free space. "It completely changes the way you can use composite materials," said Continuous Composites CEO Tyler Alvarado. And this groundbreaking technology is being developed at the company's facility in Coeur d'Alene...

Continuous Composites got its start with a stab wound. When a strand of fiberglass punctured Ken Tyler’s skin, the North Idaho inventor started thinking about the strength of the lightweight material. “It’s an amazing technology, and it’s going to change how things are built,” said Tyler Alvarado, the company’s Chief Executive Officer.

Coeur d'Alene is widely known for its resort atmosphere, beautiful beaches, and outdoor living. However, less than one block from its historic and touristy main street, and a stone's throw from the lake, is something few would expect to see - Continuous Composites, one of the world's top innovators in Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D)

Continuous Composites teams up with robotics giant Comau and software giant Autodesk to demonstrate a real-time digital manufacturing cell.

In material science, strength alone is often found to have its limitations so that a combination of hard and soft, rigid and flexible is an area of increasing interest for a wide range of applications from building, to sports equipment, to protective apparel.

The future of manufacturing is right here in Coeur d’Alene. That’s what Tyler Alvarado believes. Alvarado is the CEO of Continuous Composites, a Coeur d’Alene-based 3D printing company. “We’re ready to start telling the story of our technology,”

Generative design replicates nature’s evolutionary approach by combining artificial intelligence (AI) — specifically advanced optimization algorithms — and cloud computing to provide thousands of solutions to one engineering problem.

Comau has teamed with Autodesk and Continuous Composites at Automatica to demonstrate a real-time digital manufacturing cell that combines virtual sensors, intelligent design software and Continuous Composites’ patented Continuous Fiber 3D Printing Technology (CF3D).

Continuous Composites is a company that’s been working on a rather different process for 3D printing that should prove extremely attractive for certain types of manufacturing.

New composite manufacturing technology for multi-material, multifunctional composite structures. There is a company that has been printing in continuous composites since 2012.

3D printed objects are usually built up in horizontal layers by a printer head, light or heater passing across the printing plate horizontally, but what about printing the entire part vertically in one go?

When explaining 3D printing concepts to the uninitiated, there’s always that moment of disappointment when they find out that you can’t actually 3D print functional objects...

The world of 3D printing holds so much promise for many industries, and there are new technologies that are improving the 3D printing process.

Sound like science fiction? Thanks to a revolution in the making, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho–based Continuous Composites believes it’s just around the corner.

Imagine 3D printing a car, the wall of a building, an aircraft wing or some similarly complicated structure all in one step.

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based company Continuous Composites has introduced a novel process, known as Continuous Scaled Manufacturing (CSM), that some believe could revolutionize 3D printing.

Even as resin development takes a step forward, 3D-printed objects still have inherent structural flaws because of the layered building steps of the traditional additive manufacturing process.

The additive manufacturing field is crammed with numerous start-ups vying to establish their niches and differentiate themselves from peers.

Continuous Composites, an Idaho-based company specializing in Continuous Fiber 3D Printing and composite materials, has been selected to participate in the T3 Transition Accelerator program. The accelerator, led by the Wright Brothers Institute in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).

Spokane business accelerator Ignite Northwest has released its inaugural Ignite 25+5 list, which recognizes 30 young companies with an Inland Northwest presence.

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, announced Continuous Composites as the winner of the 9th Entrepreneurial Challenge. The Entrepreneurial Challenge is led by Sikorsky Innovations and is designed to accelerate innovators and disruptive technology concepts with applications to the aerospace industry.

For the past 15 years, JEC Innovation Awards have rewarded the best cutting-edge and ingenious projects using composites to their full potential in different categories. For this edition of JEC Forum Chicago, the winners of the 4 categories were…

On the international stage of JEC World, JEC Innovation Awards have brought in 1,800 companies worldwide. JEC Innovation Awards reward composites champions, based on criteria such as partner involvement in the value chain, technicality or commercial applications of innovations.

JEC World, the world’s largest composites exhibition and conference, recognized organizations that have developed “outstanding” products and technology. These Innovation Awards were divided into 10 different categories with 30 finalists selected from more than 100 nominees. The winner of the new 3D Printing category was Continuous Composites, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

As the state’s premier business innovation awards program, the Idaho Innovation Awards recognize groundbreaking accomplishments in five categories. Five winners and 10 finalists were recognized at the awards ceremony, a segment of the ITC’s ninth annual Hall of Fame celebration, held at Boise Centre.

Finalists have been selected in the 13th Annual Idaho Innovation Awards. The Idaho Innovation Awards spotlight innovations, innovative professionals and innovative companies statewide.

At the RadTech 2016 awards dinner, creative users of UV/EB technologies were honored with Emerging Technology Awards.