3D Printing Goes Public. Desktop Metal, a Boston-based 3D printing company, went public on the NYSE yesterday. It became the first additive manufacturing company to do an IPO. The company specializes in industrial and educational applications that enable companies to go from prototype to manufacturing parts on an accelerated basis. The company trades under the symbol DM.

Desktop Metal press release: https://www.desktopmetal.com/press/press-release-desktop-metal-becomes-the-worlds-only-publicly-traded-pure-play-additive-manufacturing-2.0-company

APPOINTMENT: Fresh food tech gets a fresh finance face.  Invatron Systems Corp provides technology solutions for the fresh food retail industry. Yesterday, they appointed a new CFO, Patrick Leung. While Leung might be fresh hire for the Toronto-based Invatron, Leung is a seasoned executive with prior experience at DoximSolutions, GuestLogix Inc., Spectra7 Microsystems, and ATX Incorporated.

Invatron press release: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201209005162/en/Invatron-Announces-the-Appointment-of-Patrick-Leung-as-its-New-Chief-Financial-Officer

NATIONWIDE EDIBLES: Wholesale Cannabis Gummies Go Legal. Not to be blunt, but it’s been almost two weeks since Health Canada awarded manufacturer Dynaleo its license to supply and sell cannabis edibles to provincial, territorial and private wholesalers across Canada. The Edmonton-based company manufactures its own brands as well as the highly respected Pantry and High 12 Brands.

Dynaleo press release: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/dynaleo-canada-s-premium-cannabis-soft-chews-manufacturer-receives-sales-license-from-health-canada-820470901.html