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Saudi Arabia

3D printing startup Immensa raises $7 million Series A round

Saudi Arabia-based 3D printing startup Immensa has raised $7 million in a Series A funding round, structured by Gate Capital, and led by...

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Global

Mena's 3D printing startups pivot to save lives

Every so often, a new technology grips the tech community, usually ones that are described as pioneering and disruptive. A few years ago,...

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U.A.E

Abu Dhabi's Group 42 invests in Chinese 3D printing firm

Source: 3D Printing Industry Chinese 3D printer provider and service bureau HeyGears Technology has reported the raising of...

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Saudi Arabia

In conversation with Abdullah Bahabri of Nota Nota

Nota Nota creates bespoke perfumes through a custom-made 3D printer, which enables users to mix their own perfumes according to their own...

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Pakistan

The Pakistani startup looking to print human organs

As industries become more comfortable with 3D-printers, the next frontier for the technology goes beyond printing plastics to metals and...

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Pakistan

The robotic arms made in Pakistan

In the final year of university, mechatronics engineering students Ovais Qureshi and Anas Niaz decided to build a “robotic prosthetic...

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Lebanon

Could this 3D-printing startup remove one of the biggest construction costs in Dubai?

I met two startups in less than two weeks working in innovating the construction industry. And this is only in Lebanon. One cannot...

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Lebanon

Is 3D printing the future of prototyping? [Wamda TV]

Doumit Raidy, of the Raidy Printing Group, and Guillame Credoz, of Ghouyoum, are two innovators building their businesses on new 3D...

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Jordan

Jordan and 3D printers: a battle close to an end

After a series of inconsistent government policies, 3D printers are allowed to enter Jordan thanks to a decree issued in November....

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United States

3D printed hope: new limbs for Syrian refugees

When Ibrahim Mohammad started selling juice in the streets of Lebanon at the age 12 to support his family, he made $0.5 a day. Back then,...

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Regional

Lebanon's Sevag Babikian defies rules of 3D printing on Stars of Science

Lebanese mechanics and robotics instructor Sevag Babikian is one of four Stars of Science finalists vying to win the largest...

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U.A.E

3D medical printing finds its footing in Dubai’s future

Launched in October 2015, Medativ is a Dubai-based 3D anatomical model printing company. The company name is a play on its products...

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Regional

Five 3D prints making MENA proud

Gone are the days where printing was reserved for airline tickets, directions, or a favorite picture of your loved ones. Today,...

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Lebanon

Quanergy raises $90M in Series B funding

Equiped with Lidar technology. (Image via Quanergy). Quanergy Systems has raised $90 million in a series B round, led by Sensata...

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U.A.E

GITEX Technology Week 2016

This year's GITEX Technology Week aims to be bigger than ever, bringing designers, developers, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, and...

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Jordan

Mixed Dimensions raises $4M in Silicon Valley

Gameprint.io in action. (Image via Mixed Dimensions) Jordanian 3D printing solutions company Mixed Dimensions, also known as MXD3D, has...

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Regional

Which 3D printer is best for prototyping?

RapidManufactory, Guillame Crédoz's workplace (Image via TCT Magazine) There's no doubt that 3D printing, the...

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U.A.E

Physicians and the future with 3D printing

How soon before the doctors of the Middle East embrace the possibilities of 3D printing? (Images via Jacqueline Sofia) Covering everything...

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Jordan

Matching virtual and real in 3D printing

Designing 3D models for screens is very different from designing them for printing. If a screen design is sent for printing so many...

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Lebanon

Former Lebanese bakery serves up innovation

The Obsessive Drafter hard at work. (Image via theBakery) Let’s head to theBAKERY, a cozy design lab in Beirut's Mar Mikhael n...

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Jordan

Jordanian 3D MENA initiative brings most advanced technology to the most deprived

“We use disruptive technology to improve human rights fulfilment in conflict zones and host communities,” that is how Loay Malhameh, cof...

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Maghreb

3D printing tackles plastic on the shores of Morocco

Jennifer Gadient and Fabian Wyss in front of their Ultimaker 3D printer. (Image via Aline Mayard) It’s 6pm on the beach at Taghazout, a f...

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Jordan

Jordanian serial entrepreneur pivots from selling gadgets to 3D printing his own

Loay Malahmeh is becoming what he never thought he would be – a serial entrepreneur. From TickyTacky.me to 3Dmena, the Jordanian e...

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