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XETR: BAS

Spent seven years building a 3D printing materials business and then left it. Forward AM, its additive unit, was spun out in a management buyout in 2024, filed for insolvency within five months, and was bought by Stratasys in 2025.

Status
Listed
Listing
XETR: BAS
Headquarters
Ludwigshafen, Germany
Founded
1865
Ownership
Listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (BAS)
Technologies
Ultrafuse filaments, metal filaments, photopolymers

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Timeline

4 entries, oldest first
  1. 2017
    2017

    Launches Forward AM as its 3D printing subsidiary

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  2. 2024
    Nov 2024

    Forward AM Technologies files for insolvency at the Heidelberg court, less than five months after the carve-out

    It later shut its US operations and served American customers from Germany.

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  3. 2024

    Spins out Forward AM, with its Sculpteo service business, in a management buyout led by CEO Martin Back

    BASF supported the deal.

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  4. 2025
    May 2025

    Stratasys acquires the former BASF additive business Forward AM, which continues as a standalone company within Stratasys

    Forward AM said its portfolio would stay open to all partners and platforms.

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