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Online 3D printing service started in 2007 as a Philips spin-off. Went public by SPAC in 2021, filed for Chapter 7 in 2024, and was relaunched the same year by two of its co-founders and the team running its Eindhoven factory.

Announced its merger with Galileo Acquisition Corp in Apr 2021 at 605 million dollars of equity value. The 3D printing SPAC scoreboard sets that against what came next.

Status

Private

Headquarters

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Founded

2007

Ownership

WVS International, owned by co-founders and Eindhoven managers

Technologies

SLS, MJF, MJP, metal SLM, CNC machining

1. 2007
   2007

   Founded inside Royal Philips in Eindhoven

   By Robert Schouwenburg, Marleen Vogelaar and Peter Weijmarshausen.

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2. 2010
   Dec 2010

   Moves its headquarters to New York

   Four months after raising its first 5 million dollars.

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3. 2021
   Sep 2021

   Lists on the NYSE through a SPAC

   Completed its merger with Galileo Acquisition Corp on 29 September 2021 and began trading as SHPW the next day.

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4. 2024
   Jul 2024

   Files for Chapter 7 and stops operating

   Shapeways Holdings filed on 2 July 2024, less than three years after listing.

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5. Jul 2024

   Eindhoven operation bought by its managers

   Manuevo, a subsidiary of WVS International, bought the assets of Shapeways BV and kept the factory running.

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6. Nov 2024

   Co-founders buy back the brand

   WVS International, owned by the Eindhoven managers and co-founders Marleen Vogelaar and Robert Schouwenburg, bought the name, website and remaining assets from the US trustee.

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7. Dec 2024

   Acquires majority stake in Thangs

   On 18 December 2024 Shapeways announced it had acquired a majority stake in Thangs, the 3D file sharing and discovery platform, as the second step of the relaunch plan put together by the new management team; terms were not disclosed.

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8. 2025
   Apr 2025

   Announces move out of its canal-side Eindhoven factory

   On 3 April 2025 Shapeways said it would relocate its Netherlands factory, which had sat in central Eindhoven for over a decade and had been used to scale up its global SLS, MJF and MJP production, certification and finishing capacity.

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9. Jun 2025

   Signs lease on former Philips precision factory for new Eindhoven site

   Shapeways signed a long-term lease for Hal 4 of the historic TX machine factory on Strijp-T in Eindhoven, a nearly 300-metre industrial hall built in 1957 for Philips precision production such as X-ray and television equipment, to house its new production and office facility.

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10. 2026
    Jun 2026

    Shapeways launches injection molding to expand manufacturing services

    The company expands its manufacturing offering beyond additive processes and CNC machining by launching commercial injection molding services.

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