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Fictiv Responds to Shenzhen Lockdown

SAN FRANCISCO, March 22, 2022 — Fictiv is a manufacturing solutions company that operates a globally connected digital manufacturing ecosystem (DME) – which helps ensure high-speed delivery of on-demand custom mechanical parts to organizations looking to accelerate new product development efforts. This past week, in response to a COVID-19 related temporary lockdown in Shenzhen, China, […]

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Celebrating Women at Fictiv: Ina Xi

Next in our series to celebrate Women’s History Month, we want to put a spotlight on Ina Xi, Head of Design here at Fictiv. Over her five-year tenure at Fictiv, Ina has made an incredible impact evolving our platform’s design system and user interface. She has also spearheaded the growth of our world-class product design team […]

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Celebrating Women at Fictiv: Erin Kenney

In celebration of Women’s History Month, we want to honor the incredible and inspiring female leaders at Fictiv, each having a significant impact in the run of our business. This week, we’re putting a spotlight on Erin Kenney, Fictiv’s Director of Sales Strategy and Enablement. Since joining us, she has been an integral leader to her […]

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3 Tips for Stronger 3D Printed Parts

Depending on the intended use case for your 3D printed part, structural integrity can be a crucial ingredient. It could be a matter of ensuring that your product doesn’t collapse when used or even a matter of ensuring user safety. The world in 2022 seeing a vastly accelerated need for 3D printed parts in mult-disciplinary […]

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Fictiv COO and CRO Discuss Why Women In Leadership are Good for Business

For International Women's Day, Fictiv CRO, Joanne Moretti, and COO, Jean Olivieri, discuss their experience as female leaders in the manufacturing industry.

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Stress Concentrations: How to Identify and Reduce Them in Your Designs

Today’s product complexity, along with increasing downward pressure on overall pricing, has led to an inevitable increase in the geometric complexity of mechanical components. The increased geometric complexity allows components to be utilized in an advanced way, typically performing multiple functions. This multi-functional utilization has led to complex load transfers, resulting in new stress concentrations. […]

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Fictiv Launches New Business Solutions Portfolio With Offerings That Solve Current-Day Manufacturing and Supply Chain Challenges

Three new solutions give customers digitally-enabled workflows to drive speed & efficiency across new product development, engineer-to-order, and maintenance, repair, and operations— without compromising quality SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17, 2022 — Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem Fictiv today launched its Enterprise Business Solutions portfolio, aimed at addressing the most pressing challenges facing product manufacturing leaders. This, the […]

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How to Build a BattleBot Like a Pro, Part One: Rules and Combat Styles

Perhaps you watched BattleBots in the early 2000’s, or maybe you recently got into combat robotics and  thought to yourself “what goes into building one of these gladiator bots?” Well, we’re team RoboGym, and we’re here to answer your question. We’ve been building and refining our BattleBot, Deadlift for years, and we’ll be guiding you […]

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How to Build a BattleBot Like a Pro, Part Two: Design and Construction

If you want to know the general lay of the land when it comes to combat robotics and the different types of BattleBots, you can learn about that in Part One of How to Build a BattleBot Like a Pro. If you’re ready to get into the specifics of designing and building a combat robot […]

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Monthly Supply Chain Update: January 2022

Fictiv’s Monthly Supply Chain Update series gives you insight into the logistics challenges, transit times, and related manufacturing issues we’re currently facing. In our December update, we discussed the impact of Chinese New Year (CNY) on overseas production. The holiday itself runs from January 31st-February 6th, so production facilities, airports, and customs are closed during […]