The location — which is drive-thru only — is set to open Friday and makes Starbucks one of the nation’s few big retailers that have tinkered with 3D printing for commercial construction.

2009: Following the expiration of a key patent on FDM technology, Makerbot launches and helps bring 3D printing technology into the mainstream. Building on the success of the RepRap dream ...

King and his colleagues used 3D printing to design a heat exchanger that includes features to optimize heat movement, like wavy walls and ... tends to involve building very thin walls between ...