Following a $4.7M Kickstarter Campaign, the 3D printing company FibreSeek Releases Limited 500-Unit Pre-Sale with Exclusive Early Bird Offers for Australia and the US market

SYDNEY, Sept. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Following a record-shattering Kickstarter campaign that raised nearly $4.7 million from over 1,500 backers, FibreSeek announced a limited global pre-sale of just 500 units for FibreSeeker 3.

The announcement has ignited strong interest across engineering, robotics, and maker communities worldwide.

“We’ve been overwhelmed by the technical passion from engineers, especially within Australia’s rapidly growing mining and aerospace innovation sectors,” said Ryan Liu, CEO of FibreSeek. “With FibreSeeker 3, we aren’t just selling a 3D printer; we’re giving Australian creators the desktop capability to produce functional, flight-ready components at a fraction of traditional machining costs.”

Bridging the Gap Between Plastic and Metal

The FibreSeeker 3 is powered by FibreSeek’s proprietary Composite Fibre Co-Extrusion (CFC) technology. While traditional FFF (Fused Filament Fabrication) printers build parts layer by layer using thermoplastics, CFC represents the next evolutionary step by embedding unbroken, continuous carbon fibre directly into the plastic matrix. This breakthrough bridges the gap between fragile plastic prototypes and expensive machined metal components.

Key features of the FibreSeeker 3 include:

Continuous Fibre Performance: Delivers exceptional strength-to-weight ratios and functional part capabilities through continuous fiber reinforcement, achieving an impressive 900 MPa tensile strength and substituting for specific engineering components.

Complete Ecosystem: A cohesive workflow integrating FibreSeeker 3 hardware, the proprietary Rocket Slicer software, and multi-material engineering filament compatibility.Industrial Efficiency: Designed for high-volume production with a 300×300×245 mm build volume and print speeds up to 500 mm/s, supported by three selectable print modes to balance speed and structural integrity.Reliable Stability: A patented dual-nozzle system, a 65°C active heated chamber, auto-leveling calibration, and an AI camera for real-time print monitoring.

Pricing and Availability

FibreSeek is offering an exclusive 300 AUD Early Bird reward for the Australian release:

Australia: Pre-orders launch September 10th at 4,699 AUD (MSRP: 4,999 AUD) via the official store:
https://austore.fibreseek3d.com/?utm_source=aupressrelease&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=presaleUnited States: Pre-orders launch September 15th.

About FibreSeek

Originating from the aerospace engineering expertise of Anisoprint, FibreSeek is an additive manufacturing innovator driven by a team of scientists, engineers, and product designers. With CFC technology, FibreSeek lowers the cost and complexity of continuous fibre 3D printing, bringing aerospace-grade strength to desktop manufacturing for functional prototyping, tooling, robotics, and drone production.

Website: https://www.fibreseek3d.com 

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BEIJING, Sept. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The 8th Silk Road Maritime International Cooperation Forum opened in the coastal city of Xiamen, East China’s Fujian Province on Tuesday. Domestic and foreign officials and industry insiders agreed that in the face of multiple challenges including geopolitical risks and the green transition, all parties in the shipping industry should strengthen connectivity and open cooperation, while actively embracing the valuable certainty and development opportunities that the Chinese market brings to the world.

The forum, held under the theme of “A new chapter of the Silk Road Maritime for shared growth: higher-standard open cooperation in ports, shipping and trade,” brings together more than 1,800 representatives from 19 countries and regions to discuss deeper cooperation in ports, shipping, logistics, trade, finance and technology.

At the opening ceremony, speakers discussed topics ranging from global supply chains and maritime connectivity to port development and trade, highlighting the importance of international cooperation as global trade faces mounting headwinds — from trade tensions to supply chain fragmentation.

Gu Jinshan, president of the China Ports and Harbours Association, said that China’s port industry has demonstrated strong commitment to serving the real economy and promoting coordinated development across ports, shipping, and trade in recent years. It has achieved substantial results and laid a solid waterborne transport foundation for China’s high-level opening-up and steady economic growth.

Ren Weimin, director of the Transport Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, stressed the need to enhance the resilience of maritime connectivity in the Asia-Pacific region and safeguard supply chain stability, to guard against the effects of geopolitical crises and climate change on the global maritime transport system.

Zhang Ruosi, a counselor at the Trade in Services and Investment Division of the World Trade Organization, analyzed the new challenges that trade fragmentation poses to shipping, emphasizing that open and facilitative trade policies, together with stronger shipping connectivity, are effective tools for addressing supply chain fragmentation.

Amid rising geopolitical uncertainty, which has increased concerns over the security of major maritime routes and longer transport times, logistics costs and route-planning risks, participants agreed that the development of Silk Road Maritime must focus not only on efficiency, but also on resilience.

A major highlight of the forum was the official launch of the Silk Road Maritime Arctic route meteorological routing service, jointly developed by the China Meteorological Administration and the Silk Road Maritime Association.

The service uses Fengyun meteorological satellites to build an Arctic sea-ice observation network and combines numerical forecasting with artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to provide 15-day daily sea-ice forecasts and polar cyclone monitoring, offering decision support for safe navigation in polar waters, according to the organizers.

Chen Zhiping, chairperson of the Fujian Provincial Port Group Co, which is the forum’s organizer, told the Global Times that the company has a partnership with the Xiamen meteorological bureau to develop an AI-powered Maritime Silk Road port meteorological risk intelligent agent. The system provides a centralized display of meteorological risks for 58 Chinese and foreign ports, integrating key information such as risk levels, distances from the centers of typhoons, and whether a port is open or closed to shipping.

“This is the first of its kind internationally,” Chen said. “It enables ports, shipping, trade, insurance and other upstream and downstream sectors to quickly grasp conditions across multiple ports, significantly reducing the cost of coordinated decision-making.” Chen added that the group will continue to improve the intelligent agent and expand connectivity to more Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) ports.

Addressing the forum, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica Johnson Smith emphasized the critical importance of secure and uninterrupted maritime trade, highlighting China’s important role in this regard.

“China can continuously contribute to enhancing the resilience of international supply chains while promoting international cooperation. Through strong multilateral trade cooperation and Silk Road Maritime-based collaboration, we can jointly build a more effective, secure, sustainable and resilient future of prosperity and development,” she noted.

Permanent Secretary of Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment Chris Osa Isokpunwu stated that the forum’s theme aligns closely with the current direction of Nigeria’s economic development.

“For us, the Silk Road Maritime is not just about the movements of ships and cargo; it is more about how to better connect us with the global economy, attract more investment, and create sustainable development pathways to seek well-being for our people,” he said, adding that Nigeria hopes to strengthen the technical capabilities of its local workforce through Silk Road Maritime cooperation and learn from China’s remarkable development experience.

Jan Van der Borght, representative of the Antwerp-Bruges Port Authority, told the Global Times on Tuesday that this forum, together with the Silk Road Maritime Association, will be a very good cooperation mechanism and will also set a good example for cooperation between Europe and China.

He also mentioned that China’s economic development is reflected not only in increased cargo volumes but also in the transformation of industrial value. China’s AI, intelligent-driven technologies and products will open up the European market, and European ports must also transform toward digitalization to better promote China-Europe trade.

The forum also saw the launch of the Hunan-Fujian Silk Road Maritime sea-rail intermodal corridor, a move expected to connect inland China more efficiently with seaports on the coast. The corridor will help open the most convenient export route for central China, cutting logistics costs by 20 percent to 30 percent and shortening transport times by five to seven days.

In addition, the forum released the report on the integrated development of ports, shipping, and trade under the Silk Road Maritime Initiative, the blue book on Silk Road Maritime 2025-2026, the 2026-2028 Silk Road Maritime port-shipping development support policy and the Arctic waterway ship navigation collaborative service system.

A total of 12 new Silk Road Maritime routes were announced at the forum, 15 new members joined the association, and 11 cooperation projects were signed on-site, the Global Times learned.

At the forum’s roundtable on Tuesday, a new initiative involving nearly 30 representatives of domestic and overseas ports, shipping lines, logistics firms, technology companies, and research institutions was adopted. It outlines five areas of cooperation: expanding connectivity networks, deepening the integration of port-shipping-trade resources, advancing digital and smart empowerment, promoting green development, and building a shared ecosystem for prosperity.

As global trade continues to evolve, China is accelerating efforts to integrate ports, shipping, and trade through more efficient and intelligent logistics networks. A key platform in this push is the Silk Road Maritime, the country’s first comprehensive international logistics service platform centered on maritime shipping under the BRI.

Launched in South China’s Fujian Province in 2018, Silk Road Maritime has expanded rapidly. The number of shipping routes making up the Silk Road Maritime network stands at 160, connecting 153 sea ports across 50 countries and regions, and 393 members across industries including shipping, energy, manufacturing and the internet.

Zhang Jingquan, a professor at the School of International Relations of Jinan University, told the Global Times on Tuesday that after years of development, the Silk Road Maritime is expected to provide strong support for high-quality BRI cooperation and the high-quality development of the marine economy.

It has evolved into an important platform for opening up to the outside world, with growing strengths in route organization, port coordination, logistics services and digital empowerment.

Forum organizers said that the platform will further integrate international resources and explore new models linking ports, cities, industries and trade, with the goal of building a smarter and more resilient maritime cooperation ecosystem.

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DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TerraPay, a global money movement company, and Alipay+, Ant International’s unified wallet gateway, today announced a strategic partnership to enable seamless cross-border QR payments for digital wallets, significantly enhancing global payments interoperability for users across Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.

In the initial phase, 15 of the digital wallets across Africa that are connected to Xend, TerraPay’s wallet interoperability network, will be able to pay at more than 150 million merchants across Alipay+’s global merchant ecosystem. The partnership also expands TerraPay’s cross-border payment capabilities from account-to-account to global in-store acceptance.

Pay Like a Local, anywhere in the World

Many continue to face friction when transacting across borders. While their digital wallet works seamlessly locally, often when travelling, they revert to cash, foreign exchange counters, and payment methods that feel unfamiliar and costly.

Through the Xend, TerraPay’s wallet interoperability network, wallet partners across the world piloting with Africa, can enable their users to pay directly at Alipay+’s global merchant ecosystem. Wallet users can simply scan a QR code to pay, using the same wallet they already trust.

“The home wallet on your phone, that is from Kenya or Colombia or any country, should work the same way in Singapore or China or anywhere in the world, as easily as it does at home,” said Ambar Sur, Founder and CEO, TerraPay. “That’s the promise of Xend. This partnership with Alipay+ is a major step toward making cross-border wallet payments as natural as paying locally.”

Supporting a growing mobile economy

As digital wallets become the preferred payment option, users increasingly expect their trusted financial interfaces to work seamlessly across borders, merchants, and payment ecosystems. Wallet providers have built powerful domestic ecosystems – loyal users, trusted rails, meaningful scale, yet cross-border utility remains limited.

Xend, TerraPay’s wallet interoperability network solves this by connecting to a global ecosystem, via Alipay+, through a single integration, enabling wallet providers to offer their customers something genuinely new: the ability to spend internationally, without switching apps or carrying cards. Alipay+ connects over 50 international payment partners to more than 150 million merchants across 220 destination markets, including through over 10 national payment systems.

“By bringing TerraPay’s network of wallets to Alipay+, we’re helping more people and businesses connect across borders, creating new pathways for growth, and unlocking new opportunities,” said Edward Yue, General Manager of Alipay+ Global Power Center, Ant International. “This reflects our joint commitment towards a more connected and inclusive global commerce ecosystem.”

Ant International is a leading global digital payment, digitisation and financial technology provider, offering a unified techfin platform supporting financial institutions and merchants of all sizes to achieve inclusive growth. It’s unified wallet gateway, Alipay+, provides cross-border payment and digital services that help connect global merchants to consumers. 

About TerraPay

TerraPay simplifies global money movement, providing a single connection to one of the most expansive cross-border payment networks, regulated across multiple markets. Our network enables payments to receiving and sending countries worldwide, reaching a vast network of mobile wallets, bank accounts, and cards. We make money transfers instant, reliable, transparent, and fully compliant for its partners, connecting them to 7.5Bn+ bank accounts, in 156+ countries. We work behind the scenes as the trusted partners for some of the world’s most innovative financial players, from banks and digital wallets to MTOs, corporates and fintech platforms. On a mission to create a borderless financial world, TerraPay launched Xend – the first-of-its-kind wallet interoperability network, enabling secure, real-time cross-border payments, to and from 3.7B wallets through a single, unified connection. TerraPay is headquartered in London, with offices in cities including, Dubai, Miami, Milan, Singapore, Bogota, Johannesburg, Kampala, Bangalore.

Learn more at www.terrapay.com

About Alipay+

Ant International’s Alipay+ is a unified wallet gateway with cross-border payment and digitisation services that help connect global merchants to consumers. Consumers enjoy seamless payments a broad choice of deals and the convenience of digital services using their preferred payment app/e-wallet while travelling abroad. Many small and medium-sized businesses already use Alipay+ digital tools to enhance efficiency and achieve omni-channel growth.

Media Contacts

TerraPay: juveria.n@terrapay.com
Ant International / Alipay+: pr@ant-intl.com 

Forward-looking statements in this release are subject to risks and uncertainties. Transaction volumes and network reach figures are approximate and subject to change.

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