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Canada Makes AMAB: Call for Expression of Interest
CME is seeking interested parties to participate as part of the Canada Makes Additive Manufacturing Advisory Board (AMAB). Continue reading →
CME Canada Makes at Formnext 2019
Thank you to the following companies for hosting our coordinated meetings; AddUp, Polyshape, German Trade and Invest, SLM, Fraunhofer, Leichtbau Light Weighting Association, Tekna, GE,…
2019 3D Challenge Winner: Shreya Patki
OCT 2019 - Canada Makes was honoured to present Shreya Patki from University of Windsor her award for 1st place finish in the 2019 3D…
The Canadian Rocketry Revolution
Written by Adam Trumpour, Concept Designer at Pratt & Whitney Canada, Owner and Rocket Propulsion Researcher at AT Aerospace, and founder and president of Launch…
Canada Makes, Burloak and MDA team up to create innovative satellite antenna parts
Canada Makes is a division of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME), currently delivering a federal program that supports manufacturing advancement initiatives. Burloak Technologies Inc. of…
Canada Makes 3D Challenge 2018-19
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 22, 2019 – CLOSED Canada Makes is again offering its Pan-Canadian 3D Printing Design Challenge for postsecondary students enrolled in a Canadian…
Featured Panel “Machining Challenges in an Additive World”
The Panel will be part of the McGill AM event “Top Business Applications for Additive Manufacturing” February 27, 2019 This coming February 27 is the…
Featured Panel “3D Printing and Lightweight Robotic End Of Arm Tooling (EOAT)”
The Panel will be part of the McGill AM event “Top Business Applications for Additive Manufacturing” February 27, 2019 The Réseau Québec-3D (RQ3D), Canada Makes…
Poly-Shape joins Canada Makes
Canada Makes is pleased to announce Poly-Shape as its newest partner to join our National Additive Manufacturing network. With an industrial expertise developed for more…
Top Business Applications for Additive Manufacturing
Réseau Québec-3D (RQ3D), Canada Makes and McGill University partner for this industry focused event designed to help companies adopt one of the main pillars of…
Top Canada Makes stories for 2018
2018 proved to be an important year in the development of Canada’s additive manufacturing industry. See below for a recap of the top news stories…
Additive Manufacturing – Year in review – 2018
As we approach the end of the year and look back, we see that a lot has happened in the world of Additive Manufacturing. To help…
Exergy Solutions joins Canada Makes
Canada Makes is pleased to welcome Calgary based Exergy Solutions to its network of experts in 3D Printing. Exergy is a leader in 3D modelling,…
Nanogrande officially launches the MPL-1 a nanoscale metal powder 3D printer
Montreal, December 3, 2018 – In presence of more than fifty guests, the president and founder of Nanogrande, Mr. Juan Schneider, officially unveiled the MPL-1,…
CME Canada Makes delegation tours Formnext
Last week was a whirlwind tour of the very best the world of additive manufacturing has to offer at Formnext 2018 in Frankfurt Germany for…
Nanogrande Unveils The First 3D Printer For Nanometer Metallic Particles
Atlanta, November 6, 2018 – Mr. Juan Schneider, President and founder of Nanogrande, a Canada Makes partner, officially unveiled the MPL-1, the world’s first nanoscale…
St. Clair College Joins Canada Makes
Canada Makes is pleased to announce St. Clair College as our newest academic partner. The College plays a vital role in the Windsor-Essex economy by…
Canada Makes to lead trade mission to Germany
Next week, Canada Makes leads its second trade mission to Formnext and third to Germany. Twelve companies and academic institutions, which includes some of Canada’s…
Canada Makes Additive Manufacturing Forum Presentations
On October 24th, Canada Makes successfully concluded the forth Canada Makes Additive Manufacturing (AM) Forum at the University of Waterloo. The event was highlighted by…
Leading AM experts showcased at Canada Makes Forum
On October 24th, Canada Makes forth Additive Manufacturing Forum successfully concluded by bringing Canadian and international AM experts together under one roof at the University…
DMG MORI joins Canada Makes
Canada Makes is pleased to welcome DMG MORI Canada as its newest Leadership level partner. A global leader in machine tool manufacturing, DMG MORI offers…
Burloak Technologies Announces Commercial Development Capacity on Industry’s Largest Additive Manufacturing System
Burlington, Ontario, Tuesday, October 9, 2018 — Burloak Technologies, a division of Samuel, Son and Co., Limited, has signed an agreement with Sciaky, Inc., a…
Agile announces the addition of Markforged Metal X 3D Printer
Uxbridge, Canada, September 26th, 2018 – Agile Manufacturing, Inc. (Agile), a leading provider of 3D Printing & Rapid Manufacturing solutions, announces today the installation of a…
Introduction to Green Supply Chain Management – Special Bonus Workshop
On the morning of October 25th and an added special bonus for aerospace professionals attending the Canada Makes Additive Manufacturing Forum October 24th at the…
University of Alberta joins Canada Makes
Canada Makes is pleased to announce the addition of the University of Alberta to its list of world-class Additive Manufacturing research institution partners. The University…
Lambton College’s Bluewater Technology Access Centre joins Canada Makes
Canada Makes is pleased to announce Sarnia, Ontario based Lambton College’s Bluewater Technology Access Centre’s (BTAC) as it newest member. BTAC is Lambton College’s frontline…
SLM Solutions joins Canada Makes
Canada Makes is pleased to announce SLM Solutions has joined its Additive Manufacturing (AM) network. SLM Solutions provides powder bed fusion machinery and applications development…
Interview with NRC’s David Muir
Canada Makes is pleased to have had the chance for a one-on-one interview with David Muir of Canada’s National Research Council (NRC). David shares with…
Additive Manufacturing Alberta Workshop
InnoTech Alberta, in conjunction with Canada Makes and the University of Alberta, is hosting a two-day workshop addressing Additive Manufacturing in Alberta. How do we…
Promation joins Canada Makes
Canada Makes is pleased to announce Promation as its newest partner to join our National Additive Manufacturing network. The Oakville, Ontario based Promation is now…
Canada Makes Additive Manufacturing Forum – Aerospace and Automotive Tooling
The CME Canada Makes Additive Manufacturing Forum of October 24, 2018 at the University of Waterloo will feature speakers from both the Aerospace and Automotive/tooling…
Additive Manufacturing 101: How to (re)design your parts for Additive Manufacturing
Published by Cassidy Silbernagel Mechanical Design Engineer and Additive Manufacturing Ph.D. student This is the final article in a series of original articles that will help you understand the…
Tekna receives $21.1 million investment from the Governments of Canada and Quebec
Canada Makes applauds the announced investment of $21.1 million to help scale up TEKNA and create 170 new jobs as well as promote Canadian innovation.…
Wohlers Associates deliver first ever DfAM session in Canada
Wohlers Associates, represented by Terry Wohlers and Olaf Diegel, delivered its first and successful session in Montreal, Quebec. The June 12-14 Design for Additive Manufacturing…
Ottawa Symphony Orchestra and Canada Makes Announce the Winner of the National 3D Printed Musical Instrument Challenge
Ottawa, 14 June, 2018 – Ottawa Symphony Orchestra and Canada Makes are pleased to announce Robert Hunter as the winner of the National 3D Printed…
Canada Makes 3D Challenge Trophy, Concept to Product
View the following video showing the process of using both additive and subtractive manufacturing to go from a concept to a product. Thank you to…
Additive Manufacturing 101-7: What is vat photopolymerization?
Published by Cassidy Silbernagel Mechanical Design Engineer and Additive Manufacturing Ph.D. student This is the eighth article in a series of original articles that will help you understand the…
Nanogrande moves into a new larger facility
Montreal, June 6, 2018— Canada Makes partner Nanogrande has moved to a new location in Montreal, multiplying the company’s floor space by four times of its…
Canada Makes once again to lead trade mission to Formnext in Germany
Canada Makes is once again looking for delegates interested in joining a trade mission to the Formnext trade-show in Frankfurt Germany November 13 to 16th.…
Additive Manufacturing 101-6: What is sheet lamination?
Published by Cassidy Silbernagel Mechanical Design Engineer and Additive Manufacturing Ph.D. student This is the seventh article in a series of original articles that will help you understand the…
Canada Makes Announces first ever winning team for the 3D Challenge
Waterloo, Ontario May 22, 2018 – Canada Makes is very pleased to announce the first ever recipients of the Canada Makes 3D Challenge award. The…
Workshop: Industrial applications of 3D – Presented by Réseau Québec-3D, Canada Makes & AON3D
September 12, 2018 is the next in our series of additive manufacturing workshops Industrial applications of 3D hosted by Montreal’s AON3D. Réseau Québec-3D and Canada Makes are again…
FusiA Impression 3D Métal & Groupe Meloche join forces to carry out additive manufacturing projects in the aerospace sector
FusiA Impression 3D Métal, a Canada Makes member company specialized in the 3D printing of metal parts and Groupe Meloche, a major supplier of aerostructure…
AMM announces partnership with Dimanex, a global enterprise for distributed 3D manufacturing
Additive Metal Manufacturing Inc. (AMM), a Canada Makes member company, is an independent Canadian 3D Printing metal service provider announced it is expanding its on-demand Electronic Warehouse…
Finalists announced for the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra and Canada Makes’ National 3D Printed Musical Instrument Challenge
Canada Makes and the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra are pleased to announce the top three finalists for the National 3D Printed Musical Instrument Challenge: Jared Kozub is…
Additive Manufacturing 101-5: What is powder bed fusion?
Published by Cassidy Silbernagel Mechanical Design Engineer and Additive Manufacturing Ph.D. student This is the sixth article in a series of original articles that will help you understand the…
Visit Canada Makes’ Partners at MMTS
Starting May 14 till the 16th is the Montreal Manufacturing Technology Show (MMTS) at Place Bonaventure in Montreal. Produced by SME, this is Quebec’s premier event for the…
Burloak announces $104 million investment in a new Additive Manufacturing Technology Centre
On May 4, 2018 the Honourable Karina Gould, Minister of Democratic Institutions, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development,…
Canada Makes’ 3D Challenge Finalists Video Presentations
On March 21, 2018 Canada Makes announced its five finalist for the 3D Challenge. At the time we requested that each of them produce a short…
Experts in Demand: Growth in Metal Additive Manufacturing Creates Need for Professionals
Last week at Rapid + TCT in Fort Worth, Texas SME released a report “Experts in Demand: Growth in Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) Creates Need for Professionals.” The…

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