General Electric Co. is pushing further into 3-D printing, spending $1.4 billion for a pair of small European firms to expand its ability to make aircraft components and other parts with the new manufacturing technique. GE said Tuesday it would launch tender offers to buy Sweden’s Arcam AB and Germany’s SLM Solutions Group AG, redoubling its efforts to expand in additive manufacturing technology, which GE is already using to produce...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 06, 2016 07:28 UTC