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The facts belong to their sources; the compilation is licensed CC BY 4.0, so use it with a credit and a link.", "documentation": "https://nozzle4.com/data/", "last_checked": "2026-10-23", "count": 49, "timeline_entries": 379, "companies": [ { "slug": "stratasys", "name": "Stratasys", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Industrial printer makers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/stratasys/", "listing": { "exchange": "NASDAQ", "ticker": "SSYS", "tradingview_symbol": "NASDAQ:SSYS" }, "headquarters": "Minnetonka, Minnesota and Rehovot, Israel", "founded": 1989, "ownership": "Listed on NASDAQ; Fortissimo Capital largest shareholder (~15%), Nano Dimension holds ~12%", "technologies": [ "FDM", "PolyJet", "WDM" ], "description": "Industrial polymer 3D printing. Builds FDM and PolyJet machines and sells the materials that run on them, aimed at aerospace, automotive, medical and dental. Israeli-American. In 2026 it agreed to buy Markforged from Nano Dimension for 42.5 million dollars.", "last_checked": "2026-10-04", "timeline": [ { "date": "2021", "title": "Full-year revenue of 520.8 million dollars", "detail": "Revenue recovered with post-pandemic industrial demand, the base the next four years would be measured against.", "source": "https://3dprint.com/307813/3d-printing-financials-unpacking-stratasys-2023-earnings/" }, { "date": "Aug 2022", "title": "Adopts a poison pill against Nano Dimension", "detail": "After Nano Dimension built a stake of about 12 percent, Stratasys adopted a shareholder rights plan on 4 August 2022 to stop a cheap takeover.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/stratasys-comments-on-poison-pill-filing-after-nano-dimension-purchase-fuels-takeover-speculation-212823/" }, { "date": "Aug 2022", "title": "Exits consumer printing through the Ultimaker deal", "detail": "Completed the merger of its MakerBot desktop arm with Ultimaker on 31 August 2022, keeping 46.5 percent of the combined company and stepping back from the low-margin consumer market.", "source": "https://investors.stratasys.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/793/stratasys-completes-merger-of-makerbot-with-ultimaker" }, { "date": "2022", "title": "Full-year revenue of 607.2 million dollars", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dprint.com/307813/3d-printing-financials-unpacking-stratasys-2023-earnings/" }, { "date": "Mar 2023", "title": "Rejects Nano Dimension’s 18 dollar cash offer", "detail": "Nano Dimension offered 18.00 dollars a share in cash on 9 March 2023, about 1.1 billion dollars for the shares it did not own. The board rejected it on 22 March.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230322005279/en/Stratasys-Board-of-Directors-Unanimously-Rejects-Unsolicited-Proposal-from-Nano-Dimension" }, { "date": "May 2023", "title": "Agrees to merge with Desktop Metal", "detail": "Signed an all-stock merger agreement with Desktop Metal on 25 May 2023, the deal its largest shareholder would spend the summer fighting.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/stratasys-shareholders-vote-against-desktop-metal-merger/" }, { "date": "Sep 2023", "title": "Rejects 3D Systems, then shareholders reject Desktop Metal", "detail": "Terminated talks with 3D Systems (whose bid reached about 27 dollars a share) on 12 September, then on 28 September shareholders voted down the Desktop Metal merger. A year of offers closed with nothing done.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/stratasys-shareholders-vote-against-desktop-metal-merger/" }, { "date": "2023", "title": "Revenue 627.6 million dollars, net loss 123.1 million", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dprint.com/307813/3d-printing-financials-unpacking-stratasys-2023-earnings/" }, { "date": "2024", "title": "Revenue falls to 572.5 million dollars, net loss 120.3 million", "detail": "Revenue down about 9 percent as industrial customers held back and low-cost competitors pressured pricing.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250305116042/en/Stratasys-Releases-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2024-Financial-Results" }, { "date": "Feb 2025", "title": "Fortissimo Capital agrees to invest 120 million dollars", "detail": "Announced a 120 million dollar equity investment on 2 February 2025, about 14 percent of the company at 10.30 dollars a share, a premium to the prior close.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250202490146/en/Stratasys-Announces-$120-Million-Equity-Investment-from-Fortissimo-Capital" }, { "date": "Apr 2025", "title": "Fortissimo closes and becomes the largest shareholder", "detail": "The investment closed on 10 April 2025. Fortissimo passed Nano Dimension as the largest holder and took a board seat; CEO Yoav Zeif gave up his own board seat but stayed on as chief executive.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250410828892/en/Stratasys-Closes-$120-Million-Strategic-Investment-by-Fortissimo-Capital" }, { "date": "2025", "title": "Revenue 551.1 million dollars, net loss 104.3 million", "detail": "Reported on 5 March 2026, with guidance of 565 to 575 million dollars of revenue for 2026.", "source": "https://investors.stratasys.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/975/stratasys-releases-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2025" }, { "date": "May 2026", "title": "Agrees to buy Markforged from Nano Dimension", "detail": "Agreed on 27 May 2026 to acquire Markforged for 42.5 million dollars in cash, expected to close in the second half of 2026.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/stratasys-acquires-markforged-from-nano-dimension-for-42-5-million/" }, { "date": "Jun 2026", "title": "Second-quarter revenue $137.6 million, record consumables revenue", "detail": "Revenue was $137.6 million, down 0.3% year-over-year from $138.1 million but up 3.7% quarter-over-quarter. Services revenue and on-demand parts production drove results despite a decline in printer sales, and consumables revenue hit a record.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/stratasys-reports-record-consumables-revenue-in-a-mixed-q2-255176/" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "Wins $27.6 million patent verdict against Bambu Lab", "detail": "A Texas jury found Bambu Lab liable for patent infringement on its X1, P1, and A1 printer series, awarding Stratasys $27.6 million in damages for violations covering prime tower and bed-leveling technology.", "source": "https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/texas-jury-hits-bambu-lab-with-usd27-6m-verdict-in-stratasys-patent-fight-x1-p1-and-a1-printers-found-to-infringe-prime-tower-and-bed-leveling-tech" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "General Motors runs Stratasys FDM in more than 20 plants", "detail": "GM is using Stratasys FDM systems across more than 20 manufacturing facilities to produce tooling, fixtures, and jigs, cutting lead times and costs while improving operational performance.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/gm-scales-stratasys-3d-printing-across-20-manufacturing-facilities-254801/" } ] }, { "slug": "3d-systems", "name": "3D Systems", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Industrial printer makers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/3d-systems/", "listing": { "exchange": "NYSE", "ticker": "DDD", "tradingview_symbol": "NYSE:DDD" }, "headquarters": "Rock Hill, South Carolina, US", "founded": 1986, "ownership": "Listed on NYSE (DDD)", "technologies": [ "SLA", "SLS", "Direct Metal Printing", "MultiJet Printing", "polymer extrusion", "bioprinting" ], "description": "One of the two oldest names in the field; it invented stereolithography. Sells SLA, SLS and metal machines plus healthcare and dental printing, materials and software. Has spent recent years shedding non-core units to cut losses.", "last_checked": "2026-10-04", "timeline": [ { "date": "2021", "title": "Full-year revenue of 615.6 million dollars", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.3dsystems.com/press-releases/3d-systems-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2022-financial-results" }, { "date": "2022", "title": "Revenue falls 12.6 percent to 538.0 million dollars, net loss 122.7 million", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.3dsystems.com/press-releases/3d-systems-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2022-financial-results" }, { "date": "May 2023", "title": "Bids for Stratasys", "detail": "Proposed on 30 May 2023 to pay 7.50 dollars in cash plus 1.2507 new 3D Systems shares for each Stratasys share.", "source": "https://www.3dsystems.com/press-releases/3d-systems-confirms-submission-superior-proposal-combine-stratasys" }, { "date": "Sep 2023", "title": "Stratasys turns down the raised offer and ends talks", "detail": "3D Systems valued its revised cash-and-stock offer at more than 27 dollars a share. On 12 September 2023 the Stratasys board said it was not a superior proposal and terminated discussions.", "source": "https://investors.stratasys.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/856/stratasys-board-unanimously-concludes-revised-3d-systems" }, { "date": "2023", "title": "Revenue 488.1 million dollars, net loss 370.4 million", "detail": "The loss included a 297.7 million dollar goodwill impairment in the fourth quarter, and the company delayed its annual report to finish closing procedures.", "source": "https://www.3dsystems.com/press-releases/3d-systems-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2023-financial-results-unaudited" }, { "date": "2024", "title": "Revenue 440.1 million dollars, net loss 255.6 million", "detail": "Repurchased 87.2 million dollars of convertible notes due November 2026 during the year.", "source": "https://www.3dsystems.com/press-releases/3d-systems-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2024-financial-results" }, { "date": "Apr 2025", "title": "Sells Geomagic for 119.4 million dollars in cash", "detail": "The software sale closed on 1 April 2025.", "source": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/3/9/3251676/8852/en/3d-systems-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2025-financial-results.html" }, { "date": "Oct 2025", "title": "Sells Oqton and 3DXpert for 3.3 million dollars plus a royalty", "detail": "Completed the sale to Hubb Global Holdings on 31 October 2025. The revenue-based royalty was valued at 7.1 million dollars.", "source": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000910638/000162828026033633/ddd-20260331.htm" }, { "date": "2025", "title": "Revenue 386.9 million dollars, net income 29.9 million", "detail": "Revenue fell 12 percent on lower volumes and divestitures, and the profit included the gains on the software sales. Year-end cash was 95.6 million dollars against 90.3 million of debt.", "source": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/3/9/3251676/8852/en/3d-systems-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2025-financial-results.html" }, { "date": "Aug 2026", "title": "Second-quarter revenue 94.6 million dollars, net loss 12.9 million", "detail": "Revenue was flat year on year and up 1.4 percent excluding divestitures; healthcare grew 6.8 percent.", "source": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/08/03/3337894/8852/en/3D-Systems-Reports-Second-Quarter-2026-Financial-Results.html" }, { "date": "Aug 2026", "title": "Second-quarter revenue flat at $94.6 million, operating loss narrows on cost cuts", "detail": "Q2 2026 revenue was $94.6 million, down 0.3% from $94.8 million in Q2 2025. Operating loss narrowed to $10.6 million from $15.4 million a year earlier, driven by more than $60 million in annualized cost savings.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/healthcare-growth-reshapes-3d-systems-94-6m-quarter-255258/" } ] }, { "slug": "nano-dimension", "name": "Nano Dimension", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Industrial printer makers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/nano-dimension/", "listing": { "exchange": "NASDAQ", "ticker": "NNDM", "tradingview_symbol": "NASDAQ:NNDM" }, "headquarters": "Waltham, Massachusetts, United States", "founded": 2012, "ownership": "Listed on NASDAQ (NNDM)", "technologies": [ "metal binder jetting", "bound metal deposition", "metal FDM" ], "description": "Started in printed electronics (circuit boards), then turned into a roll-up: it bought Desktop Metal and Markforged in 2025, let Desktop Metal go into Chapter 11 the same year and agreed to sell Markforged to Stratasys in 2026. Under a strategic review since September 2025.", "last_checked": "2026-10-04", "timeline": [ { "date": "Jul 2022", "title": "Builds a 12 percent stake in Stratasys", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/nano-dimension-continues-expansion-with-12-12-stake-in-stratasys-212570/" }, { "date": "Mar 2023", "title": "Offers 18 dollars a share for all of Stratasys", "detail": "A non-binding cash proposal of about 1.1 billion dollars, made on 9 March 2023 and rejected. Later proposals went as high as 25 dollars and were rejected too.", "source": "https://investors.nano-di.com/press-releases/news-details/2023/Nano-Dimension-Announces-Formal-Offer-to-Acquire-Stratasys-for-18.00-Per-Share-to-Create-Additive-Manufacturing-Industry-Leader/default.aspx" }, { "date": "Dec 2023", "title": "Renews its Stratasys bid at 16.50 dollars", "detail": "Submitted on 23 December 2023 for all the shares it did not own, below every earlier offer.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/nano-dimension-renews-stratasys-takeover-bid-227428/" }, { "date": "Jun 2024", "title": "Murchinson takes its fight with the board public", "detail": "The activist investor sent an open letter on 28 June 2024 attacking CEO Yoav Stern and the board.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240628753854/en/Murchinson-Sends-Open-Letter-to-Fellow-Nano-Dimension-Shareholders-Regarding-the-Latest-Questionable-Actions-Taken-by-CEO-Yoav-Stern-and-the-Nano-Board-of-Directors" }, { "date": "Jul 2024", "title": "Agrees to buy Desktop Metal", "detail": "An all-cash deal signed on 3 July 2024 at 5.50 dollars a share, with terms that allowed the price to fall toward 4.07.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240703252122/en/Nano-Dimension-to-Acquire-Desktop-Metal-Creating-a-Leader-in-Additive-Manufacturing" }, { "date": "Sep 2024", "title": "Agrees to buy Markforged", "detail": "Signed on 25 September 2024 at 5.00 dollars a share, about 115 million dollars.", "source": "https://3dprint.com/314410/3d-printing-financials-markforged-q3-numbers-amid-nano-dimension-buyout/" }, { "date": "Dec 2024", "title": "Removes CEO Yoav Stern", "detail": "After a court ruling validated Murchinson’s board nominees, six directors resigned on 17 December 2024, Stern’s tenure as CEO was terminated and Julien Lederman became interim CEO.", "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/additive-manufacturing-3d-printing-news/latest-additive-manufacturing-3d-printing-news/nano-dimension-parts-ways-with-yoav-stern-and-appoints-interim-ceo/" }, { "date": "Apr 2025", "title": "Closes both acquisitions", "detail": "Desktop Metal closed on 2 April 2025 and Markforged on 25 April, the second valued at about 116 million dollars.", "source": "https://investors.nano-di.com/press-releases/news-details/2025/Nano-Dimension-Announces-Closing-of-Markforged-Acquisition/default.aspx" }, { "date": "Jul 2025", "title": "Desktop Metal files for Chapter 11", "detail": "Filed on 28 July 2025, 117 days after the acquisition closed.", "source": "https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/nano-dimensions-desktop-metal-subsidiary-files-for-chapter-11-93CH-4156193" }, { "date": "Sep 2025", "title": "Replaces its CEO and starts a strategic review", "detail": "David Stehlin replaced Ofir Baharav on 10 September 2025, and the company hired Guggenheim Securities and Houlihan Lokey to review its options.", "source": "https://3dprint.com/320653/new-ceo-to-lead-strategic-overhaul-at-nano-dimension/" }, { "date": "2025", "title": "Revenue 102.4 million dollars, net loss 293.6 million", "detail": "Continuing-operations revenue rose 77.3 percent with Markforged consolidated; Desktop Metal sits in discontinued operations. Cash, deposits and securities were 459.6 million dollars at year end.", "source": "https://investors.nano-di.com/press-releases/news-details/2026/Nano-Dimension-Announces-Financial-Results-for-the-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025/default.aspx" }, { "date": "May 2026", "title": "Agrees to sell Markforged to Stratasys for 42.5 million dollars", "detail": "Announced on 27 May 2026, expected to close in the second half of 2026.", "source": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/08/06/3340747/0/en/nano-dimension-reports-financial-results-for-the-second-quarter-2026.html" }, { "date": "Aug 2026", "title": "Suspends its 2026 guidance", "detail": "Second-quarter revenue was 29.0 million dollars. Nano skipped its earnings call, sold its AME and Fabrica product lines and agreed to end its headquarters lease on 31 December 2026, holding 433.3 million dollars in cash, deposits and securities at 30 June.", "source": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/08/06/3340747/0/en/nano-dimension-reports-financial-results-for-the-second-quarter-2026.html" }, { "date": "Aug 2026", "title": "Completes sale of AME and Fabrica product lines", "detail": "Nano Dimension completed the sale of its original Additively Manufactured Electronics (AME) and Fabrica product lines, exiting the printed-circuit-board 3D printing business it was founded on, as part of the strategic review launched in September 2025.", "source": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001643303/000119312526337947/nndm-ex99_1.htm" } ] }, { "slug": "prodways-group", "name": "Prodways Group", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Industrial printer makers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/prodways-group/", "listing": { "exchange": "EURONEXT", "ticker": "PWG", "tradingview_symbol": "EURONEXT:PWG" }, "headquarters": null, "founded": 2013, "ownership": "Listed on Euronext Paris (PWG)", "technologies": [ "DLP", "MOVINGLight", "laser sintering", "ceramics" ], "description": "A French printer maker built by acquisition around the MOVINGLight DLP technology, now selling off the parts that are not printers. Software went for 35 million euros, jewellery printers and the dental lab are gone, and materials are for sale.", "last_checked": "2026-10-23", "timeline": [ { "date": "2013", "title": "Founded by Groupe Gorge with 3D printing pioneer Andre-Luc Allanic, built on the MOVINGLight technology", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.prodways.com/en/history-of-prodways-group/" }, { "date": "2014", "title": "Buys DeltaMed and starts producing UV resins", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.prodways.com/en/history-of-prodways-group/" }, { "date": "Jul 2018", "title": "Completes the acquisition of Solidscape, the wax 3D printer subsidiary of Stratasys", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/additive-manufacturing-acquisitions-prodways-solidscape-ati-addaero-136429/" }, { "date": "2024", "title": "Ends sales of jewellery 3D printers after 5 million euros of turnover and a significant operating loss in 2023, and shifts to industrial printers and materials", "detail": "The refocus also covered the Cristal dental lab and the Solidscape printer line.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/prodways-ends-sale-of-jewelry-3d-printers-amid-strategic-refocus-227767/" }, { "date": "Oct 2026", "title": "Printer revenue jumps 130 percent in the third quarter to 1.2 million euros, driven by MOVINGLight printers for ceramics", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dprint.com/335377/3d-printing-financials-prodways-printer-revenue-jumps-130-in-q3/" } ] }, { "slug": "hp", "name": "HP", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Industrial printer makers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/hp/", "listing": { "exchange": "NYSE", "ticker": "HPQ", "tradingview_symbol": "NYSE:HPQ" }, "headquarters": "Palo Alto, California, United States", "founded": 1939, "ownership": "Listed on NYSE (HPQ)", "technologies": [ "Multi Jet Fusion", "Metal Jet binder jetting", "PA12", "PP" ], "description": "Entered 3D printing in 2016 with Multi Jet Fusion, a powder bed process that fuses a whole layer at once with an inkjet array, and later added Metal Jet binder jetting. Its pitch to service bureaux is production volume, not prototypes.", "last_checked": "2026-10-23", "timeline": [ { "date": "2016", "title": "Enters additive manufacturing with Multi Jet Fusion", "detail": "HP dates its decade in additive from this year.", "source": "https://www.hp.com/us-en/newsroom/press-releases/2026/hp-introduces-mjf-1200-3d-printer.html" }, { "date": "Sep 2018", "title": "Launches Metal Jet binder jetting for mass production, with GKN Powder Metallurgy and Parmatech as launch partners", "detail": null, "source": "https://press.ext.hp.com/us/en/press-releases/2018/hp-launches-worlds-most-advanced-metals-3d-printing-technology.html" }, { "date": "2022", "title": "Metal Jet S100 reaches general sale after the commercial release slipped from 2020 and 2021", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.pim-international.com/articles/hp-metal-jet-growing-momentum-and-new-applications-as-binder-jetting-comes-of-age/" }, { "date": "Apr 2026", "title": "Introduces the compact Multi Jet Fusion 1200 at RAPID+TCT as it marks ten years in additive", "detail": "Availability planned for early 2027, with PA12 first.", "source": "https://www.hp.com/us-en/newsroom/press-releases/2026/hp-introduces-mjf-1200-3d-printer.html" }, { "date": "Apr 2026", "title": "Jet Fusion 5600 gets a High Productivity mode that lifts printer output by 20 percent", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/rapid-tct-2026-hps-new-mjf-1200-and-multi-platform-updates-251306/" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "Service bureau ADDMAN plans 81 more Jet Fusion 5620 Pro printers, taking its HP fleet past 125", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/addman-plans-to-add-81-hp-jet-fusion-5620-pro-printers/" } ] }, { "slug": "velo3d", "name": "Velo3D", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Metal printer makers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/velo3d/", "listing": { "exchange": "NASDAQ", "ticker": "VELO", "tradingview_symbol": "NASDAQ:VELO" }, "headquarters": "Fremont, California", "founded": 2014, "ownership": "Top shareholder is Arrayed Additive, holding 48.6 percent as of March 2026", "technologies": [ "Metal laser powder bed fusion" ], "description": "Makes metal laser powder bed fusion printers and sells printed parts. Went public by SPAC in 2021, was pushed off the NYSE in 2024, handed 95 percent of its equity to its noteholder in a debt swap and returned to Nasdaq in 2025.", "last_checked": "2026-10-04", "timeline": [ { "date": "Sep 2021", "title": "Lists on the NYSE through a SPAC", "detail": "Completed its merger with JAWS Spitfire Acquisition Corp on 29 September 2021 with about 274 million dollars in net proceeds, and began trading as VLD the next day.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210929005934/en/Velo3D-Completes-Merger-with-JAWS-Spitfire-Acquisition-Corporation-to-Become-a-Publicly-Traded-Additive-Manufacturing-Technology-Company" }, { "date": "Sep 2024", "title": "Pushed off the NYSE onto the OTCQX", "detail": "After falling below the NYSE market-capitalisation standard, it began trading over the counter as VLDX on 11 September 2024.", "source": "https://www.tipranks.com/news/company-announcements/velo3d-shifts-to-otcqx-market-post-nyse-delisting-procedures" }, { "date": "Dec 2024", "title": "Noteholder takes 95 percent in a debt-for-equity swap", "detail": "Announced on 24 December 2024: Arrayed Notes Acquisition Corp exchanged about 22.4 million dollars of senior secured notes for 185,151,333 new shares.", "source": "https://ir.velo3d.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/159/velo3d-announces-debt-for-equity-exchange-transaction" }, { "date": "Aug 2025", "title": "Returns to Nasdaq as VELO", "detail": "Began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on 19 August 2025 alongside a 17.5 million dollar public offering.", "source": "https://ir.velo3d.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/180/velo3d-inc-announces-pricing-of-17-5-million-public" }, { "date": "2025", "title": "Revenue 46 million dollars, net loss 71.4 million", "detail": "Year-end cash was 39.0 million dollars, against 1.2 million a year earlier. Guidance for 2026 was 60 to 70 million dollars of revenue.", "source": "https://ir.velo3d.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/199/velo3d-announces-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2025" }, { "date": "Feb 2026", "title": "Wins an 11.5 million dollar defence production contract", "detail": "A multi-year full-rate production contract from a US defence prime for metal components in a national security programme, announced in February 2026.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/velo3d-wins-11-5-million-defense-production-contract/" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "Names Vic Fryzel as VP of Technology and Robert Purnell as Senior Director of Operations", "detail": "The appointments support leadership of Velo3D's Forge 1 production campus in Livermore, California.", "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/velo3d-appoints-vic-fryzel-as-vp-of-technology-robert-purnell-as-senior-director-of-operations/" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "Joins US Government-Industry Data Exchange Program", "detail": "Velo3D announced participation in GIDEP, a cooperative information-sharing program between the US government and industry providing access to critical technical, quality, reliability and supply-chain information.", "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/velo3d-announces-participation-in-us-government-industry-data-exchange-program/" } ] }, { "slug": "eos", "name": "EOS", "status": "private", "status_label": "Private", "segment": "Metal printer makers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/eos/", "listing": null, "headquarters": "Krailling, Germany", "founded": 1989, "ownership": "Private, run by the founder’s daughter", "technologies": [ "Polymer laser sintering", "Metal laser powder bed fusion" ], "description": "The German pioneer of industrial laser powder bed fusion for polymers and metals, maker of the EOS M 290 and M 400 metal systems. Private and led by the founding Langer family; it does not publish revenue.", "last_checked": "2026-10-01", "timeline": [ { "date": "1989", "title": "Founded near Munich", "detail": "Hans J. Langer founded EOS in Gräfelfing. BMW became its first customer the following year.", "source": "https://www.eos.info/about-us/who-we-are/history" }, { "date": "1994", "title": "Introduces its first direct metal laser sintering system", "detail": "The EOSINT M 160 arrived in the same year Carl Zeiss Jena took a majority stake and EOS became the first supplier of both stereolithography and laser sintering systems.", "source": "https://www.eos.info/about-us/who-we-are/history" }, { "date": "1997", "title": "Acquires worldwide laser sintering patent rights", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.eos.info/about-us/who-we-are/history" }, { "date": "2002", "title": "Signs a mutual licensing agreement with TRUMPF", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.eos.info/about-us/who-we-are/history" }, { "date": "2011", "title": "Passes 1,000 systems sold", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.eos.info/about-us/who-we-are/history" }, { "date": "2014", "title": "Launches the EOS M 290 and moves into its Krailling headquarters", "detail": "The larger EOS M 400 had launched in 2013.", "source": "https://www.eos.info/about-us/who-we-are/history" }, { "date": "Oct 2019", "title": "Marie Langer becomes CEO", "detail": "The founder’s daughter took over on 8 October 2019.", "source": "https://www.eos.info/press-media/press-center/press-releases/marie-langer-ceo-eos" }, { "date": "Nov 2025", "title": "Launches the M4 ONYX at Formnext", "detail": "The successor to the M 400 has six 400 W lasers and a 450 x 450 x 360 mm build volume, with EOS claiming 50 percent more throughput. Commercial availability was set for early 2026.", "source": "https://3dprint.com/322166/eos-launches-m4-onyx-3d-printer-at-formnext-2025/" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "Names Axiomatek as its Mexico sales channel", "detail": "Announced on 23 September 2026. Axiomatek, in Apodaca, Nuevo León, takes the whole polymer and metal laser powder bed fusion range, metal systems included, with local application support.", "source": "https://3dprint.com/333466/eos-bets-on-mexicos-am-market-with-axiomatek-sales-channel-deal/" } ] }, { "slug": "farsoon", "name": "Farsoon Technologies", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Metal printer makers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/farsoon/", "listing": { "exchange": "SSE", "ticker": "688433", "tradingview_symbol": "SSE:688433" }, "headquarters": "Changsha, China", "founded": 2009, "ownership": "Publicly listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market (stock code 688433)", "technologies": [ "Metal laser powder bed fusion", "Polymer laser sintering" ], "description": "Changsha maker of industrial laser powder bed fusion systems for metal and polymer. Listed on Shanghai’s STAR Market in 2023; revenue grew 45 percent in 2025 to 715 million yuan.", "last_checked": "2026-10-13", "timeline": [ { "date": "2009", "title": "Founded in Changsha", "detail": null, "source": "https://stockanalysis.com/quote/sha/688433/" }, { "date": "Apr 2023", "title": "Lists on the STAR Market", "detail": "Went public on 17 April 2023 at 26.66 yuan a share, raising about 1.1 billion yuan.", "source": "https://3dprint.com/300568/analyzing-farsoon-a-closer-look-at-the-recent-ipo-of-a-chinese-3d-printing-leader/" }, { "date": "2023", "title": "Revenue of 606.0 million yuan", "detail": null, "source": "https://stockanalysis.com/quote/sha/688433/" }, { "date": "2024", "title": "Revenue falls 18.8 percent to 492.0 million yuan", "detail": "Earnings fell 48.8 percent to 67.2 million yuan.", "source": "https://stockanalysis.com/quote/sha/688433/" }, { "date": "2025", "title": "Revenue up 45.4 percent to 715 million yuan", "detail": "Net profit rose 2.7 percent to 69 million yuan. More than 1,400 systems had been delivered by the end of 2025, about 800 of them for metal.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/farsoon-posts-715-million-yuan-in-2025-revenue-45-as-signs-anz-distribution-deal/" }, { "date": "May 2026", "title": "Over 100 polymer PBF systems running in serial production", "detail": "Farsoon's own news page reported that more than 100 of its polymer powder bed fusion systems are now in serial production use at customers.", "source": "https://www.farsoon-gl.com/act/news/" }, { "date": "Aug 2026", "title": "Farsoon posts 340.52 million yuan first-half revenue, up 42 percent", "detail": "First-half 2026 revenue reached 340.52 million yuan, up 42.27 percent year-on-year, while net profit attributable to shareholders rose 87.09 percent year-on-year to 8.43 million yuan.", "source": "https://www.sse.com.cn/disclosure/listedinfo/announcement/" }, { "date": "2026", "title": "FR-106 flame-retardant material added to materials line", "detail": "Farsoon added new ALM materials including FR-106, a flame-retardant polymer with tensile strength up to 44 MPa that passes the FAR 25.853 60-second vertical burn test, qualifying it for aerospace and rail interior parts; it runs on the Farsoon 1001P and 601P systems.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/farsoon-adds-alm-materials-and-new-peba-production-250951/" }, { "date": "2026", "title": "Launches Fine Laser Spot metal AM technology", "detail": "Farsoon introduced a Fine Laser Spot metal additive manufacturing technology, demonstrated by producing an integrated copper alloy cold plate for fine-feature metal parts.", "source": "https://www.metal-am.com/farsoon-launches-fine-laser-spot-metal-am-technology/" } ] }, { "slug": "bright-laser-technologies", "name": "Bright Laser Technologies", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Metal printer makers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/bright-laser-technologies/", "listing": { "exchange": "SSE", "ticker": "688333", "tradingview_symbol": "SSE:688333" }, "headquarters": "Xi’an, China", "founded": 2011, "ownership": "Listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market; actual controllers Zhe Shengyang and Xue Lei hold a joint-control stake", "technologies": [ "Metal laser powder bed fusion" ], "description": "Xi’an metal additive manufacturing group, known as BLT, selling printers, metal powders and printed parts to aerospace, engine, tooling and medical customers. 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Listed in Frankfurt in 2014, taken over by Nikon in 2023 and removed from the exchange the same year.", "last_checked": "2026-10-05", "timeline": [ { "date": "May 2014", "title": "IPO in Frankfurt at 18 euros a share", "detail": "Priced at the bottom of its 18 to 23 euro range and began trading on 9 May 2014.", "source": "https://www.slm-solutions.com/investor-relations/announcements/ad-hoc-announcements/detail/slm-solutions-issue-price-set-at-18-eur-per-share/" }, { "date": "Sep 2022", "title": "Agrees to a Nikon takeover at 20 euros a share", "detail": "Announced on 2 September 2022, a 75 percent premium to the previous close.", "source": "https://nikon-slm-solutions.com/newsroom/slm-and-nikon-enter-into-investment-agreement-nikon-to-launch-public-takeover-offer-for-slm/" }, { "date": "Jan 2023", "title": "Nikon completes the takeover", "detail": "Nikon held 92.38 percent of the shares by the end of the additional acceptance period.", "source": "https://www.nikon.com/company/news/2022/slm/" }, { "date": "Jul 2023", "title": "Shareholders approve a squeeze-out", "detail": "Resolved at the annual general meeting on 13 July 2023.", "source": "https://www.nikon.com/company/news/2022/slm/pdf/20230904_e01.pdf" }, { "date": "Sep 2023", "title": "Squeeze-out completes and the shares delist", "detail": "Took effect on 1 September 2023, with minority holders paid 18.89 euros a share.", "source": "https://www.nikon.com/company/news/2022/slm/pdf/20230904_e01.pdf" }, { "date": "Mar 2024", "title": "US arm renamed Nikon SLM Solutions NA", "detail": "SLM Solutions NA, Inc. changed its name to Nikon SLM Solutions NA, Inc., effective March 31, 2024, aligning the US subsidiary with the Nikon SLM Solutions AG brand after the merger with Nikon Corporation.", "source": "https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/slm-solutions-rebrands-as-nikon-slm-solutions-na-inc" }, { "date": "Jun 2024", "title": "Starts US production of the NXG XII 600", "detail": "Nikon 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powertrain, hydrogen and electric-drive parts.", "source": "https://www.digitalengineering247.com/article/nikon-slm-solutions-finds-new-partner-buyer-for-nxg-xii-600/" }, { "date": "Nov 2024", "title": "Relaunches mid-size machines with an uptime guarantee", "detail": "At Formnext 2024 the company unveiled redesigned SLM280, SLM280 Production Series and SLM500 machines with 700W lasers and a new Permanent Filter Module, backed by a Picture Perfect Pro Plan promising at least 85 per cent machine uptime, rising to a target of over 90 per cent.", "source": "https://www.metal-am.com/nikon-slm-solutions-introduces-its-picture-perfect-pro-plan-for-redesigned-mid-size-slm-machine-range/" }, { "date": "Mar 2025", "title": "Voluntarily reports 150 million euros revenue for 2024", "detail": "No longer required to publish results after delisting, Nikon SLM Solutions said 2024 revenue reached about 150 million euros, up 36 per cent on 2023, which it said put it ahead of Chinese rivals BLT and Farsoon on combined metal AM hardware and material sales.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/nikon-slm-solutions-reports-revenues-of-150-million-in-2024-36/" }, { "date": "Jun 2025", "title": "Partners with ArianeGroup on ultra-large rocket parts", "detail": "Nikon SLM Solutions and ArianeGroup agreed a strategic partnership to produce ultra-large-scale components of more than one cubic metre in nickel-based alloy using metal powder bed fusion.", "source": "https://nikon-slm-solutions.com/addictive-additive/nl-june-2025/" }, { "date": "Nov 2025", "title": "Materialise deal links build processors to Nikon SLM machines", "detail": "Nikon SLM Solutions and Materialise agreed to co-develop an integrated build processor connecting CAD/CAM systems such as Magics, Siemens and PTC directly to build-ready job files for NXG machines.", "source": "https://www.metal-am.com/materialise-and-nikon-slm-co-develop-integrated-data-preparation-workflow/" }, { "date": "Dec 2025", "title": "HII orders first NXG 600E for a US shipyard, then a second", "detail": "HII's Newport News Shipbuilding division ordered a 12-laser NXG 600E, the first of that model at a US shipyard, then placed a second NXG 600E order to develop LPBF production in nickel aluminium bronze for naval parts.", "source": "https://www.metal-am.com/us-navy-shipbuilder-hii-orders-twelve-laser-nxg-600e-from-nikon-slm/" }, { "date": "Dec 2025", "title": "Launches SLM.Prep data preparation software", "detail": "Nikon SLM Solutions launched SLM.Prep, described as next-generation data preparation software for industrial metal additive manufacturing, on 11 December 2025.", "source": "https://nikon-slm-solutions.com/newsroom/" }, { "date": "Feb 2026", "title": "Nikon takes 577 million dollar impairment on SLM Solutions unit", "detail": "Parent company Nikon Corporation recorded a 90.627 billion yen impairment loss in its Digital Manufacturing segment, writing off the entire 60.568 billion yen of goodwill and taking a 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"founded": 2015, "ownership": "Bought out of bankruptcy by Arc in 2025", "technologies": [ "Metal and sand binder jetting" ], "description": "Binder-jetting printer maker founded in 2015. Went public by SPAC in 2020, bought ExOne for 575 million dollars in 2021, was acquired by Nano Dimension in April 2025, filed for Chapter 11 in July 2025 and was bought out of bankruptcy by Arc.", "last_checked": "2026-10-20", "timeline": [ { "date": "Oct 2015", "title": "Founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts", "detail": "Ric Fulop was among its seven founders.", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_Metal" }, { "date": "Dec 2020", "title": "Lists on the NYSE through the Trine SPAC", "detail": "Completed the combination on 9 December 2020, funded by Trine’s 305 million dollar trust and a 275 million dollar private placement, and traded as DM from the next day.", "source": "https://www.metal-am.com/desktop-metal-completes-trine-business-combination-becomes-publicly-listed/" }, { "date": "Aug 2021", "title": "Agrees to buy ExOne for 575 million dollars", "detail": "Offered 8.50 dollars in cash plus 17.00 dollars in stock for each ExOne share.", "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/desktop-metal-to-acquire-exone-in-575-million-deal/" }, { "date": "Nov 2021", "title": "Closes the ExOne deal", "detail": "The final value came to about 561.3 million dollars at Desktop Metal’s share price.", "source": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1754820/000110465921138222/tm2132753d1_ex99-1.htm" }, { "date": "May 2023", "title": "Agrees to merge with Stratasys", "detail": "An all-stock deal signed on 25 May 2023.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/stratasys-shareholders-vote-against-desktop-metal-merger/" }, { "date": "Sep 2023", "title": "Stratasys shareholders vote the merger down", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/stratasys-shareholders-vote-against-desktop-metal-merger/" }, { "date": "Jul 2024", "title": "Agrees to a Nano Dimension takeover", "detail": "All cash at 5.50 dollars a share, adjustable down toward 4.07.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240703252122/en/Nano-Dimension-to-Acquire-Desktop-Metal-Creating-a-Leader-in-Additive-Manufacturing" }, { "date": "Apr 2025", "title": "Nano Dimension completes the acquisition", "detail": "Closed on 2 April 2025.", "source": "https://investors.nano-di.com/press-releases/news-details/2025/Nano-Dimension-Completes-Acquisition-of-Desktop-Metal/default.aspx" }, { "date": "Jul 2025", "title": "Files for Chapter 11", "detail": "Its independent board filed on 28 July 2025, citing liabilities and liquidity needs.", "source": "https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/nano-dimensions-desktop-metal-subsidiary-files-for-chapter-11-93CH-4156193" }, { "date": "Sep 2025", "title": "Arc buys Desktop Metal out of bankruptcy", "detail": "Longtime chief operating officer Thomas Nogueira became chief executive.", "source": "https://www.industryweek.com/technology-and-iiot/additive/news/55317262/desktop-metal-comes-back-nano-dimension-may-be-going" }, { "date": "2025", "title": "Arc completes 7 million dollar purchase of key Desktop Metal and ExOne assets", "detail": "Arc Impact Acquisition Corp, trading as Autonomous Resource Corporation, acquired key assets of Desktop Metal and ExOne out of bankruptcy for 7 million dollars, taking the business private.", "source": "https://www.metal-am.com/arc-impact-to-acquire-key-desktop-metal-and-exone-assets-in-7m-bankruptcy-sale/" }, { "date": "Apr 2026", "title": "ARC and Oak Ridge launch Exascale Foundry with seven production nodes", "detail": "Autonomous Resource Corporation and Oak Ridge National Laboratory form a public-private partnership deploying a network of seven autonomous manufacturing production nodes connected via ARCNet for AI-accelerated defense production.", "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/additive-manufacturing-3d-printing-news/autonomous-resource-corporation-ornl-defence-parts/" }, { "date": "Apr 2026", "title": "No new events reported since bankruptcy sale to Arc Impact", "detail": "No funding rounds, acquisitions, listings, insolvencies, financial results, factory openings or chief executive changes have been published for Desktop Metal after April 2026.", "source": "https://www.metal-am.com/" } ] }, { "slug": "ge-aerospace", "name": "GE Aerospace", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Metal printer makers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/ge-aerospace/", "listing": { "exchange": "NYSE", "ticker": "GE", "tradingview_symbol": "NYSE:GE" }, "headquarters": "Evendale, Ohio, United States", "founded": 1892, "ownership": "Listed on NYSE (GE)", "technologies": [ "L-PBF", "EBM", "binder jet", "DED", "metal AM materials" ], "description": "The jet engine maker that turned 3D printing into a production process with the LEAP fuel nozzle, then bought its way into the machine business. 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The Lasertec range puts directed energy deposition and five-axis milling in one setup, and a separate powder bed line (Lasertec SLM) sits beside it.", "last_checked": "2026-10-23", "timeline": [ { "date": "Nov 2019", "title": "Releases the Lasertec 125 3D hybrid for building, maintaining and repairing parts up to 1,250 mm wide and 2,000 kg", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dprint.com/260887/lasertec-125-dmg-mori-releases-new-3d-hybrid-system-maintaining-repairing-parts/" }, { "date": "2020", "title": "Second-generation dual laser LASERTEC 30 SLM launches", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/dmg-mori-next-generation-lasertec-quad-laser-metal-3d-printer/" }, { "date": "Jun 2024", "title": "LASERTEC 30 SLM 3rd Gen adds a quad-laser option and a closed-cycle rePLUG powder module", "detail": "325 x 325 x 400 mm working area.", "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/dmg-mori-next-generation-lasertec-quad-laser-metal-3d-printer/" }, { "date": "May 2026", "title": "LASERTEC 65 DED hybrid 2 raises build rate 35 percent and build volume 170 percent over the first generation", "detail": "Unveiled at the Pfronten open house.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/dmg-mori-launches-lasertec-65-ded-hybrid-2-for-additive-and-subtractive-metal-manufacturing-251354/" } ] }, { "slug": "uniontech", "name": "UnionTech", "status": "private", "status_label": "Private", "segment": "Resin, large-format and sand printers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/uniontech/", "listing": null, "headquarters": "Shanghai, China", "founded": 2000, "ownership": "Investor-owned; founders have exited, Lianxin Capital-led group holds about 18 per cent", "technologies": [ "SLA", "DLP" ], "description": "Shanghai stereolithography specialist that claims the largest SLA market share in China, with industrial SLA systems, DLP machines, resins and its own print-management software. It has been preparing a listing on Shanghai’s STAR Market since 2022.", "last_checked": "2026-10-04", "timeline": [ { "date": "2000", "title": "Founded in Shanghai", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dprint.com/287788/uniontech-takes-31m-to-grow-sla-3d-printing/" }, { "date": "2002", "title": "Starts working with Materialise", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.uniontech3d.com/one-of-chinas-am-pioneers.html" }, { "date": "2015", "title": "Sells 162 systems in a year", "detail": "Before 2012 it had been selling between one and 15 units a year.", "source": "https://www.uniontech3d.com/one-of-chinas-am-pioneers.html" }, { "date": "2020", "title": "Turnover of about 45 million dollars", "detail": "Systems and materials combined. Resin sales had grown from 20.4 tonnes in 2014 to 531.4 tonnes in 2019.", "source": "https://www.uniontech3d.com/one-of-chinas-am-pioneers.html" }, { "date": "Dec 2021", "title": "Raises 200 million yuan in a Series D", "detail": "About 31 million dollars, led by Dening Capital, with Evonik’s venture arm among the investors.", "source": "https://3dprint.com/287788/uniontech-takes-31m-to-grow-sla-3d-printing/" }, { "date": "2022", "title": "Begins preparing a STAR Market listing", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.uniontech3d.com/one-of-chinas-am-pioneers.html" }, { "date": "2023", "title": "Leads growth in industrial vat photopolymerization category", "detail": "Per Context research, UnionTech and Formlabs led growth in the industrial vat photopolymerization category over 2023; domestic Chinese unit sales of its machines were up 66 per cent year on year in Q2 2023, though shipments then fell 28 per cent year on year in Q3 2023 against a strong Covid-recovery comparison.", "source": "https://www.contextworld.com/research-updates/3d_printing" }, { "date": "Jun 2026", "title": "Drops STAR Market plan, files for Hong Kong listing instead", "detail": "UnionTech filed a main-board listing application with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange around 26-29 June 2026, with Haitong International as sole sponsor, after years of preparing a Shanghai STAR Market listing.", "source": "https://www.163.com/dy/article/L0EJ81G105198UNI.html" }, { "date": "Jun 2026", "title": "Prospectus shows swing from profit to loss and back", "detail": "The listing prospectus shows adjusted net profit of 14.6 million yuan in 2023, an adjusted net loss of 42.06 million yuan in 2024, and a return to an adjusted net profit of 10.61 million yuan in 2025, on annual revenue of about 560 million yuan with a net loss of 31.39 million yuan; cash and equivalents stood at 149 million yuan at the end of 2025.", "source": "https://caifuhao.eastmoney.com/news/20260627104707225984620" }, { "date": "Jun 2026", "title": "Founders have left the company before listing", "detail": "The prospectus discloses that founders Zou Bo and Zhao Yi no longer work at UnionTech, with Zhao Yi retaining a 2.41 per cent stake and Zou Bo holding none; chairman Xu Hai, a partner at pre-IPO investor Lianxin Capital, leads a shareholder group that signed a concert-party agreement in January 2023 controlling about 18.12 per cent of the shares, alongside other pre-IPO backers including Evonik Venture Capital and Zhongtai Securities' venture arm.", "source": "https://www.163.com/dy/article/L0JI4RNE0552LIRB.html" } ] }, { "slug": "bigrep", "name": "BigRep", "status": "delisted", "status_label": "Delisted", "segment": "Resin, large-format and sand printers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/bigrep/", "listing": { "exchange": "Frankfurt", "ticker": "B1GR", "tradingview_symbol": "FWB:B1GR" }, "headquarters": "Berlin, Germany", "founded": 2014, "ownership": "Owned by De Krassny GmbH, Koehler Invest GmbH and HAGE Holding GmbH since Aug 2026; parent BigRep SE is being liquidated", "technologies": [ "Large-format FDM" ], "description": "Berlin maker of large-format FDM printers. Listed in Frankfurt in 2024 through a reverse merger; in June 2026 it announced the sale of its operating company to existing backers, a delisting and the liquidation of the listed parent.", "last_checked": "2026-10-04", "timeline": [ { "date": "2014", "title": "Founded in Berlin", "detail": "By René Gurka and Stephan Beyer.", "source": "https://bigrep.com/posts/berlin-tech-startup-bigrep-successfully-closes-series-a-financing-round-with-over-e7-million-and-continues-rapid-growth/" }, { "date": "Nov 2015", "title": "Raises a Series A of more than 7 million euros", "detail": "The Koehler paper group and b-to-v joined existing investors including KfW.", "source": "https://bigrep.com/posts/berlin-tech-startup-bigrep-successfully-closes-series-a-financing-round-with-over-e7-million-and-continues-rapid-growth/" }, { "date": "Aug 2017", "title": "Körber joins in the next funding round", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.3dnatives.com/en/bigrep-korber-100820174/" }, { "date": "Nov 2023", "title": "Acquires HAGE3D", "detail": "Added a site in Graz and took the combined installed base past 1,000 printers.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/bigrep-se-liquidation-what-went-wrong-after-its-spac-listing-253415/" }, { "date": "Jul 2024", "title": "Lists in Frankfurt at 11.20 euros", "detail": "Began trading as B1GR on 31 July 2024 after a reverse merger with SMG Technology Acceleration SE. The shares were at 5.00 euros by 28 August.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/bigrep-se-liquidation-what-went-wrong-after-its-spac-listing-253415/" }, { "date": "2024", "title": "Revenue falls to 6.3 million euros", "detail": "Down from 11.2 million in 2023, with EBITDA losses widening from 5.0 to 11.8 million euros.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/bigrep-se-liquidation-what-went-wrong-after-its-spac-listing-253415/" }, { "date": "May 2025", "title": "Shareholders put in 3.2 million euros", "detail": "De Krassny and HAGE provided fresh capital through a capital increase.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/bigrep-se-liquidation-what-went-wrong-after-its-spac-listing-253415/" }, { "date": "Jun 2026", "title": "Announces sale of the operating company and delisting", "detail": "On 29 June 2026 the boards approved selling BigRep GmbH to De Krassny, Koehler Invest and HAGE Holding at a price set by independent valuation, and delisting BigRep SE, with shareholders to vote on the sale and on liquidating the listed parent.", "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/bigrep-set-for-sale-as-company-delists-from-frankfurt-stock-exchange/" }, { "date": "Aug 2026", "title": "Publishes preliminary 2025 results on a non-going-concern basis", "detail": "Revenue rose to 9.1 million euros (2024: 6.2 million euros) while EBITDA improved to minus 5.6 million euros (2024: minus 61.9 million euros); the accounts were prepared on a non-going-concern basis ahead of the 6 August 2026 shareholder vote on the sale and liquidation.", "source": "https://www.tradingview.com/news/reuters.com,2026-08-04:newsml_Pex1XS7da:0-pta-adhoc-bigrep-se-bigrep-se-publishes-preliminary-financial-results-for-financial-year-2025/" }, { "date": "Aug 2026", "title": "Completes sale of BigRep GmbH to existing backers", "detail": "BigRep SE completed the sale of all shares in BigRep GmbH and related loans to De Krassny GmbH, Koehler Invest GmbH and HAGE Holding GmbH, who also assumed a 15.7 million euro loan; SE-level liabilities were discharged in full and the company does not expect any payout to shareholders from the liquidation.", "source": "https://www.tradingview.com/news/tradingview:2a46c937a0ca8:0-bigrep-se-fwb-b1gr-sells-bigrep-gmbh-expects-no-payout-to-shareholders/" } ] }, { "slug": "carbon", "name": "Carbon", "status": "private", "status_label": "Private", "segment": "Resin, large-format and sand printers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/carbon/", "listing": null, "headquarters": "Redwood City, California", "founded": 2013, "ownership": "Privately held, venture-backed", "technologies": [ "Resin printing (Digital Light Synthesis)" ], "description": "Silicon Valley resin printing company built on CLIP, a continuous light-and-oxygen process, with production programmes for customers such as Adidas and Riddell. Private; valued at about 2.4 billion dollars in 2019.", "last_checked": "2026-10-04", "timeline": [ { "date": "Mar 2015", "title": "Unveils CLIP at TED", "detail": "Came out of stealth on 16 March 2015 with Continuous Liquid Interface Production, published the same week on the cover of Science.", "source": "https://www.carbon3d.com/news/press-releases/carbon3d-introduces-clip-breakthrough-technology-for-layerless-3d-printing" }, { "date": "Jun 2019", "title": "Raises 260 million dollars at a 2.4 billion valuation", "detail": "Took total funding past 680 million dollars.", "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/26/why-carbon-just-raised-another-260-million/" }, { "date": "Nov 2019", "title": "Ellen Kullman becomes CEO", "detail": "The former DuPont chief executive replaced co-founder Joseph DeSimone, who became executive chairman.", "source": "https://www.carbon3d.com/news/press-releases/carbon-appoints-ellen-kullman-president-and-ceo-joseph-desimone-named-executive-chairman" }, { "date": "May 2022", "title": "Phil DeSimone and Craig Carlson take over in an office of the CEO", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/additive-manufacturing-3d-printing-news/latest-additive-manufacturing-3d-printing-news/carbon-phil-desimone-craig-carlson-office-ceo/" }, { "date": "Nov 2022", "title": "Cuts jobs worldwide", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dprint.com/295233/layoffs-continue-with-3d-printing-double-unicorn-carbon/" }, { "date": "Nov 2025", "title": "Raises 60 million dollars", "detail": "Existing investors including Sequoia Capital, Silver Lake and Adidas put in the money, and the company said it was close to cash-flow positive operations.", "source": "https://www.carbon3d.com/news/press-releases/60m-raise-accelerates-carbon-in-the-advanced-manufacturing-race" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "Dual-cure patent EP 3158400 upheld on appeal", "detail": "An EPO Board of Appeal heard the case on 24 September 2026 and rejected a competitor's challenge, keeping claim 1 and restoring dependent claims struck out in the original opposition. Dual cure is the chemistry behind Digital Light Synthesis; the application claims priority to 2014 and the patent was granted in 2022.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/carbons-dual-cure-3d-printing-patent-upheld-on-appeal/" } ] }, { "slug": "voxeljet", "name": "voxeljet", "status": "delisted", "status_label": "Delisted", "segment": "Resin, large-format and sand printers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/voxeljet/", "listing": null, "headquarters": "Friedberg, Bavaria, Germany", "founded": 1999, "ownership": "Owned by Anzu Partners via ExOne Global Holdings", "technologies": [ "Binder jetting" ], "description": "German maker of large binder-jetting printers and on-demand parts. Listed in New York in 2013, left Nasdaq in 2024, and in 2025 its shareholders were wiped out in a court-backed restructuring after they rejected a sale to Anzu Partners.", "last_checked": "2026-10-04", "timeline": [ { "date": "Oct 2013", "title": "IPO in New York at 13 dollars per share", "detail": "Raised 85 million dollars at the bottom of its range.", "source": "https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/voxeljet-prices-ipo-13-low-end-range-2013-10-17" }, { "date": "Mar 2024", "title": "Announces it will leave Nasdaq", "detail": "Said on 12 March 2024 it would voluntarily delist its ADSs and stop SEC reporting to cut the cost of being listed.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240312725527/en/voxeljet-AG-Accelerates-Strategic-Realignment-and-Announces-its-Plan-to-i-Voluntarily-Delist-its-ADSs-from-NASDAQ-and-ii-Deregister-its-ADSs" }, { "date": "Dec 2024", "title": "Agrees to sell its business to Anzu Partners", "detail": "An asset deal valued at around 20 million euros.", "source": "https://3dprint.com/315002/e20-million-lifeline-anzu-partners-strategic-bid-to-acquire-voxeljet/" }, { "date": "Apr 2025", "title": "Shareholders reject the Anzu sale", "detail": "The resolution failed at the general meeting on 30 April 2025, and voxeljet moved to a restructuring under Germany’s StaRUG law.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250430892004/en/voxeljet-AG-Announces-Financial-Restructuring-With-StaRUG-Procedure-After-General-Meeting-Rejects-Approval-of-the-Sale-of-the-Business-to-Anzu" }, { "date": "Jul 2025", "title": "Munich court confirms StaRUG restructuring plan", "detail": "The court confirmed a plan in which Anzu Special Acquisition Corp II injects 2.5 million euros of new equity, waives 3.5 million euros of debt, and extends loan maturity to 2031, leaving Anzu as sole owner.", "source": "https://www.voxeljet.com/press-releases/court-confirms-starug-plan/" }, { "date": "Oct 2025", "title": "Voxeljet folded into new ExOne Global Holdings", "detail": "Anzu Partners combined its two acquisitions, voxeljet AG and ExOne GmbH, under a new holding company, ExOne Global Holdings, creating one group spanning sand, polymer and ceramic binder jetting.", "source": "https://www.exone.com/en/press-releases/exone-global-holdings-unifies-exone-and-voxeljet/" }, { "date": "2025", "title": "Restructuring plan cancels existing shares", "detail": "The plan cut share capital to zero without compensation for shareholders; the main creditor, affiliated with Anzu, waived 3.5 million euros of debt and put in 2.5 million euros of new equity.", "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/voxeljet-deal-rejected-restructuring-announced/" }, { "date": "Jan 2026", "title": "Voxeljet develops VX7000 large-format printer", "detail": "The new system uses a recoater built from multiple independently controlled subunits, letting it keep running at partial capacity if one subunit needs service, aimed at high-volume foundry production.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/voxeljet-develops-vx7000-large-format-3d-printer-for-industrial-scale-production/" }, { "date": "Aug 2026", "title": "Voxeljet and ExOne merge into a single legal entity", "detail": "ExOne GmbH and voxeljet GmbH were entered in the German commercial register as one company, headquartered in Gersthofen and operating under the ExOne name, though the voxeljet brand stays on its PMMA and High Speed Sintering product lines.", "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/exone-gmbh-voxeljet-gmbh-now-operating-as-single-legal-entity/" } ] }, { "slug": "creality", "name": "Creality", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Desktop and professional printers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/creality/", "listing": { "exchange": "HKEX", "ticker": "3388", "tradingview_symbol": "HKEX:3388" }, "headquarters": "Shenzhen, China", "founded": 2014, "ownership": "Publicly listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX: 3388)", "technologies": [ "Desktop FDM" ], "description": "Shenzhen maker of consumer 3D printers, best known for the Ender 3 series. About 74 percent of its 2025 sales came from outside China. Listed in Hong Kong in May 2026 and reported a first-half loss three months later.", "last_checked": "2026-10-05", "timeline": [ { "date": "2014", "title": "Founded in Shenzhen", "detail": "By Chen Chun, Ao Danjun, Liu Huilin and Tang Jingke.", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creality" }, { "date": "2018", "title": "Launches the Ender 3", "detail": "It became one of the most popular printers in the maker market.", "source": "https://3druck.com/en/industry-2/creality-3d-printer-manufacturer-33130173/" }, { "date": "2025", "title": "Revenue of 3.127 billion yuan", "detail": "Up from 1.883 billion yuan in 2023, with about 74 percent of 2025 sales outside China.", "source": "https://en.prnasia.com/releases/apac/creality-3d-successfully-listed-in-hong-kong-534990.shtml" }, { "date": "May 2026", "title": "Lists in Hong Kong", "detail": "Priced at 18.80 Hong Kong dollars a share and opened at 33.88 on 29 May 2026, after an offering reported as 3,829 times oversubscribed. Net proceeds were about 1.272 billion Hong Kong dollars.", "source": "https://3druck.com/en/industry-2/creality-boersengang-in-hong-kong-raises-hk-127-billion-28157750/" }, { "date": "Aug 2026", "title": "First-half net loss of 59.1 million yuan", "detail": "Revenue rose 12.9 percent to 1.63 billion yuan, but gross margin fell from 34.4 to 30.8 percent on cheaper new models and clearance promotions. A year earlier the company made a profit of 107.5 million yuan.", "source": "https://3dprint.com/331409/3d-printing-financials-creality-posts-h1-loss-plans-80m-am-headquarters/" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "Launches the SPARKX i8 on Indiegogo at 289 dollars", "detail": "Four filament channels in one toolhead, switching colour in under a second, with no prime tower. Early-bird tiers at 289 and 309 dollars against a 399 dollar list price; the campaign ran to 31 October 2026 with shipping from November.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/creality-launches-the-sparkx-i8-multi-color-3d-printer-on-indiegogo/" } ] }, { "slug": "bambu-lab", "name": "Bambu Lab", "status": "private", "status_label": "Private", "segment": "Desktop and professional printers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/bambu-lab/", "listing": null, "headquarters": "Shenzhen, China", "founded": 2020, "ownership": "Private, backed by founding team and investors including IDG Capital, 5Y Capital, Temasek", "technologies": [ "Desktop FDM" ], "description": "Shenzhen maker of fast, enclosed consumer FDM printers with automatic multi-material feeding. Its X1 series launched on Kickstarter in 2022 and ended production in 2026. Stratasys has sued it over ten US patents.", "last_checked": "2026-10-05", "timeline": [ { "date": "May 2022", "title": "X1 series Kickstarter raises more than 7 million dollars", "detail": "Launched on 31 May 2022 and closed with 5,575 backers.", "source": "https://blog.bambulab.com/the-x1-series-is-eol-the-standard-it-set-will-remain-forever" }, { "date": "Aug 2024", "title": "Stratasys sues over ten US patents", "detail": "Two suits filed on 8 August 2024 in the Eastern District of Texas name the X1C, X1E, P1S, P1P, A1 and A1 Mini.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/stratasys-files-patent-infringement-lawsuit-against-bambu-lab/" }, { "date": "Mar 2025", "title": "Launches the H2D", "detail": "Announced on 25 March 2025: a dual-nozzle printer with a 350 x 320 x 325 mm build volume and an optional laser module.", "source": "https://blog.bambulab.com/bambu-lab-launches-h2d-to-rethink-personal-manufacturing" }, { "date": "Mar 2026", "title": "Relaunches PETG Basic filament", "detail": null, "source": "https://toolguyd.com/bambu-petg-basic-3d-printing-filaments-relaunch-2026/" }, { "date": "Mar 2026", "title": "Ends X1 series production", "detail": "Production stopped on 31 March 2026, with spare parts promised until 31 March 2031.", "source": "https://blog.bambulab.com/the-x1-series-is-eol-the-standard-it-set-will-remain-forever" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "Shenzhen factory site preparation advances toward construction", "detail": "Site preparation is advancing at Bambu Lab's planned 3D printing manufacturing headquarters in Shenzhen, targeting production capacity for more than three million 3D printers per year.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/bambu-labs-3-million-3d-printer-factory-moves-toward-construction-in-shenzhen-255056/" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "Launches R1 55W CO₂ laser cutter", "detail": "Bambu Lab enters laser cutting with the R1, a 55W CO₂ laser cutter and engraver priced at €2,499. This marks the company's first product category beyond 3D printing.", "source": "https://blog.bambulab.com/big-job-light-work-bambu-lab-launches-r1/" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "Loses a 27.6 million dollar patent verdict to Stratasys", "detail": "A jury in the Eastern District of Texas found on 17 September 2026 that the X1, P1 and A1 series infringe four Stratasys patents, and found the infringement willful: about 14.2 million dollars for purge towers in multi-material printing, 10.6 million for an extrusion method and 2.8 million for two bed-levelling force patents. No injunction was granted, and Bambu Lab said it would file post-trial motions and appeal.", "source": "https://3dprint.com/333013/stratasys-wins-27-6m-in-patent-case-against-bambu-lab/" }, { "date": "Oct 2026", "title": "Opens first authorized store in the Philippines", "detail": "Bambu Lab's distributor Uni3DLab opened the brand's first authorized retail store in the Philippines, at SM Megamall, on 1 October 2026. Citing Frost & Sullivan data, the company said it had ranked first globally in desktop 3D printer sales volume for three consecutive years from October 2022 to September 2025.", "source": "https://newsbytes.ph/2026/10/03/bambu-lab-opens-first-ph-store-for-desktop-3d-printers" } ] }, { "slug": "prusa-research", "name": "Prusa Research", "status": "private", "status_label": "Private", "segment": "Desktop and professional printers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/prusa-research/", "listing": null, "headquarters": "Prague, Czech Republic", "founded": 2012, "ownership": "Private, majority-owned by founder Josef Průša and co-owner Ondřej Průša", "technologies": [ "Desktop FDM", "SLA" ], "description": "Prague maker of the Original Prusa desktop FDM printers, plus filament and resin printers, founded by Josef Průša. 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The pre-assembled CORE One L+ with the same hotend and filtration is 2,169 dollars.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/prusa-research-launches-two-high-temperature-products/" } ] }, { "slug": "formlabs", "name": "Formlabs", "status": "private", "status_label": "Private", "segment": "Desktop and professional printers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/formlabs/", "listing": null, "headquarters": "Massachusetts, USA", "founded": 2011, "ownership": "Private; venture-backed by New Enterprise Associates, Foundry Group, SoftBank and others", "technologies": [ "SLA", "SLS" ], "description": "Makes professional desktop resin (SLA) and powder (SLS) printers and the materials that run on them. Private; valued at 2 billion dollars in 2021.", "last_checked": "2026-10-04", "timeline": [ { "date": "Sep 2011", "title": "Founded by three MIT Media Lab students", "detail": "Maxim Lobovsky, Natan Linder and David Cranor.", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formlabs" }, { "date": "Sep 2012", "title": "Form 1 Kickstarter raises 2.9 million dollars", "detail": "Launched on 26 September 2012 against a 100,000 dollar goal, with more than 2,000 backers.", "source": "https://formlabs.com/company/press/formlabs-kickstarter-completion-announcement/" }, { "date": "Aug 2018", "title": "Passes a 1 billion dollar valuation", "detail": "A 15 million dollar round took total funding to 100 million.", "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/01/formlabs-goes-unicorn-with-latest-funding-round/" }, { "date": "May 2021", "title": "Raises 150 million dollars at a 2 billion valuation", "detail": "A Series E led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, announced on 19 May 2021.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210519005603/en/Formlabs-Doubles-$2-Billion-Valuation-with-Close-of-$150-Million-Series-E-Led-By-SoftBank-Vision-Fund-2" }, { "date": "Apr 2024", "title": "Launches the Form 4 at 4,499 dollars", "detail": "Built on a new Low Force Display print engine; the dental Form 4B started at 6,299 dollars.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/formlabs-launches-new-3d-printers-form-4-and-form-4b-229801/" }, { "date": "Jul 2024", "title": "Acquires Micronics", "detail": "Bought the Wisconsin start-up on 11 July 2024 after its sub-3,000 dollar desktop SLS printer raised more than 1.35 million dollars on Kickstarter.", "source": "https://formlabs.com/company/press/formlabs-acquires-micronics/" }, { "date": "Aug 2024", "title": "Confirms fewer than 40 layoffs", "detail": "Out of a headcount of just under 750, spread over two years.", "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/15/3d-printing-stalwart-formlabs-confirms-small-number-of-layoffs/" }, { "date": "Oct 2024", "title": "Announces the large-format Form 4L", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241015773841/en/Formlabs-Announces-Form-4L-New-Blazing-Fast-Large-Format-SLA-Printer-and-Introduces-Developer-Platform" }, { "date": "Mar 2025", "title": "Launches tougher Tough 1500 V2 resin for Form 4 series", "detail": "At a spring launch event on 24 March 2025, Formlabs introduced the Tough 1500 V2 material, improving mechanical properties, UV stability and dimensional accuracy over the V1 formulation, aimed at closing the gap with injection-moulded parts.", "source": "https://sgd3d.co.uk/3d-printing/news/formlabs-spring-2025-announcement/" }, { "date": "Sep 2025", "title": "Fuse SLS printers reach 55 per cent of global SLS sales", "detail": "Formlabs said its Fuse series accounted for 55 per cent of all SLS 3D printers sold worldwide, with its North American sales team setting a new monthly sales record for SLS printers that August.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/formlabs-reports-55-of-3d-printers-sold-globally-are-fuse-systems/" }, { "date": "Nov 2025", "title": "Adds Tough 1000 and Tough 2000 resins to rival thermoplastics", "detail": "Formlabs announced two new Tough SLA materials for its Form 4 printers, Tough 1000 Resin and Tough 2000 Resin, which CEO Max Lobovsky said give SLA printing the strength and durability of common thermoplastics.", "source": "https://develop3d.com/3d-printing/tough-resin-formlabs/" }, { "date": "Feb 2026", "title": "Adds Nasdaq veteran Rob Willett to board, fuelling IPO speculation", "detail": "Formlabs appointed Rob Willett, a veteran of Nasdaq-listed industrial firms, to its board, prompting trade press speculation about a future listing; the company has raised more than 250 million dollars since 2011 from investors including New Enterprise Associates, Foundry Group, Tyche Partners and SoftBank.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/formlabs-ipo-speculation-as-public-company-veteran-joins-board-249104/" }, { "date": "Jun 2026", "title": "Launches Fuse X1 and discloses 250 million dollars 2025 revenue", "detail": "Formlabs launched the Fuse X1 large-format industrial SLS printer starting at 84,999 dollars and for the first time disclosed financials, reporting more than 250 million dollars in 2025 revenue, two years of profitability and over 500 million parts printed by customers.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/formlabs-launches-fuse-x1-a-large-format-sls-system-starting-at-84999/" }, { "date": "Aug 2026", "title": "Names former Apple hardware chief Dan Riccio as strategic advisor", "detail": "Formlabs announced former Apple hardware chief Dan Riccio as a strategic advisor alongside other board changes.", "source": "https://formlabs.com/company/press/" }, { "date": "2026", "title": "Posts record quarter on Fuse X1 demand, eyes three new platforms", "detail": "Formlabs reported all-time highs in hardware, non-hardware and SLS sales for its strongest quarter to date, driven largely by the Fuse X1, including several Fuse 1+ deals of eight or more units in June, and said it plans three new printer platforms in the next 12 months.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/formlabs-plans-three-new-printer-platforms-in-the-next-12-months-after-a-record-q3-2026/" } ] }, { "slug": "ultimaker", "name": "UltiMaker", "status": "private", "status_label": "Private", "segment": "Desktop and professional printers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/ultimaker/", "listing": null, "headquarters": "Utrecht, Netherlands", "founded": 2011, "ownership": "NPM Capital and Stratasys", "technologies": [ "Desktop FDM" ], "description": "Maker of professional and education desktop FDM printers, formed when Ultimaker and Stratasys’s MakerBot merged in 2022. At the merger NPM Capital held 53.5 percent and Stratasys 46.5 percent.", "last_checked": "2026-10-05", "timeline": [ { "date": "Jan 2009", "title": "MakerBot is founded", "detail": "By Bre Pettis, Adam Mayer and Zach Smith.", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MakerBot" }, { "date": "Jun 2013", "title": "Stratasys buys MakerBot", "detail": "A deal worth up to 604 million dollars, with 403 million in stock paid up front.", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MakerBot" }, { "date": "Feb 2017", "title": "MakerBot cuts more than 30 percent of its staff", "detail": "Headcount fell from about 400 to under 200 as the company turned from consumers to professional and education buyers.", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MakerBot" }, { "date": "May 2022", "title": "MakerBot and Ultimaker agree to merge", "detail": "Backed by NPM Capital and Stratasys, with 62.4 million dollars of new funding.", "source": "https://www.hackster.io/news/makerbot-ultimaker-announce-their-merger-and-a-whopping-62-4-million-in-new-funding-42756b7ca6f8" }, { "date": "Aug 2022", "title": "Merger closes and the company becomes UltiMaker", "detail": "Completed on 31 August 2022 with Nadav Goshen as CEO.", "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/ultimaker-makerbot-merger-closes-ultimaker-desktop-3d-printing-brand/" }, { "date": "Sep 2023", "title": "Michiel Alting von Geusau replaces Goshen as CEO", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/ultimaker-appoints-new-ceo/" }, { "date": "Mar 2024", "title": "Shareholders inject 8 million dollars into UltiMaker", "detail": "NPM Capital and Stratasys agreed to provide UltiMaker with additional funding of 8 million dollars in cash, of which Stratasys funded 4.5 million dollars.", "source": "https://investors.stratasys.com/sec-filings/all-sec-filings/content/0001628280-26-015079/ssys-20251231.htm" }, { "date": "2024", "title": "UltiMaker launches Factor 4 industrial FDM printer", "detail": "UltiMaker launched Factor 4, a direct-drive dual-extrusion machine with a heated 300 x 240 x 300 mm chamber good to 70 degrees Celsius, a 340 degree hot end, and prices starting at around 20,000 dollars.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/ultimaker-factor-4-a-new-industrial-3d-printer-for-the-factory-floor-technical-specifications-and-pricing-229918/" }, { "date": "Mar 2025", "title": "UltiMaker launches the faster S8 printer", "detail": "UltiMaker unveiled the S8, an FDM machine pitched on higher print speed without a loss of quality compared with earlier S-line models.", "source": "https://www.3dnatives.com/en/3dexpress-ultimaker-launches-the-new-faster-s8-3d-printer-150320254/" }, { "date": "Jun 2025", "title": "UltiMaker launches the S6 printer", "detail": "The S6 prints at up to 500 mm/s with 50,000 mm/s squared acceleration via UltiMaker's Cheetah motion planner, up to four times faster than earlier models, is built at UltiMaker's ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 Netherlands facilities, and carries the brand's first 24-month warranty.", "source": "https://3dprinting.com/news/ultimaker-launches-s6-3d-printer/" }, { "date": "Nov 2025", "title": "Stratasys books 33.9 million dollar impairment on UltiMaker stake", "detail": "Shareholder Stratasys recorded a 33.9 million dollar non-cash impairment charge on its equity investment in UltiMaker in its Q3 2025 financial results, reflecting a decline in the valuation of the business.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251113941490/en/Stratasys-Releases-Third-Quarter-2025-Financial-Results" }, { "date": "Feb 2026", "title": "MyMiniFactory acquires Thingiverse from UltiMaker", "detail": "MyMiniFactory acquired 100% of 3D file repository Thingiverse from UltiMaker; the acquisition price was not published.", "source": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/02/12/3237198/0/en/MyMiniFactory-Acquires-Thingiverse-World-s-Largest-3D-Printing-Community.html" }, { "date": "May 2026", "title": "UltiMaker launches Factor 4 Plus industrial printer", "detail": "UltiMaker launched the Factor 4 Plus industrial 3D printer for continuous manufacturing and defense applications.", "source": "https://ultimaker.com/press-releases/ultimaker-unveils-factor-4-plus-built-for-continuous-industrial-and-defense-production/" } ] }, { "slug": "markforged", "name": "Markforged", "status": "acquired", "status_label": "Acquired", "segment": "Desktop and professional printers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/markforged/", "listing": null, "headquarters": "Watertown, Massachusetts", "founded": 2013, "ownership": "Nano Dimension, with a sale to Stratasys pending", "technologies": [ "Continuous fibre composites", "Metal binder jetting" ], "description": "Watertown maker of composite and metal printers, the first to print continuous carbon fibre reinforcement. Went public by SPAC in 2021, was bought by Nano Dimension in 2025 and is being sold to Stratasys in 2026.", "last_checked": "2026-10-01", "timeline": [ { "date": "2013", "title": "Founded by Gregory Mark and David Benhaim", "detail": null, "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markforged" }, { "date": "Jul 2021", "title": "Lists on the NYSE through a SPAC", "detail": "Began trading as MKFG on 15 July 2021 after merging with one, with about 361 million dollars in gross proceeds.", "source": "https://3dprint.com/283244/markforged-completes-spac-merger-and-begins-trading-on-nyse/" }, { "date": "Dec 2021", "title": "Co-founder Greg Mark leaves", "detail": null, "source": "https://markforged.com/resources/news-events/markforged-announces-director-and-co-founder-greg-mark-to-depart" }, { "date": "Apr 2024", "title": "Jury awards Continuous Composites 17.34 million dollars", "detail": "The verdict on 11 April 2024 found Markforged printers infringed a continuous-fibre patent.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240415203160/en/Jury-Awards-Continuous-Composites-Over-%2417-Million-in-Past-Damages-For-Patent-Infringement-by-Markforged" }, { "date": "Sep 2024", "title": "Settles the patent case for 25 million dollars", "detail": "Signed a settlement and patent licence on 20 September 2024.", "source": "https://3dprint.com/313189/markforged-to-pay-25m-to-continuous-composites-in-lawsuit-settlement/" }, { "date": "Sep 2024", "title": "Agrees to a Nano Dimension takeover", "detail": "Signed on 25 September 2024 at 5.00 dollars a share.", "source": "https://3dprint.com/314410/3d-printing-financials-markforged-q3-numbers-amid-nano-dimension-buyout/" }, { "date": "Apr 2025", "title": "Nano Dimension closes the deal and Markforged leaves the NYSE", "detail": "Completed on 25 April 2025 at about 116 million dollars.", "source": "https://investors.nano-di.com/press-releases/news-details/2025/Nano-Dimension-Announces-Closing-of-Markforged-Acquisition/default.aspx" }, { "date": "May 2026", "title": "Nano agrees to sell Markforged to Stratasys", "detail": "For 42.5 million dollars in cash, with Nano keeping the binder-jetting product line.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/stratasys-acquires-markforged-from-nano-dimension-for-42-5-million/" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "Appoints Unotech as exclusive distributor in Hong Kong", "detail": "Announced on 24 September 2026. Unotech Limited takes sales, technical support and application development for the continuous fibre range, aimed at aviation maintenance, electronics and medical devices; the launch was held at the Hong Kong Productivity Council.", "source": "https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/09/24/tmt-newswire/media-outreach-newswire/markforged-appoints-unotech-as-exclusive-distributor-in-hong-kong/2432072" } ] }, { "slug": "mimaki-engineering", "name": "Mimaki Engineering", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Desktop and professional printers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/mimaki-engineering/", "listing": { "exchange": "TSE", "ticker": "6638", "tradingview_symbol": "TSE:6638" }, "headquarters": "Tomi, Nagano, Japan", "founded": 1975, "ownership": "Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (6638)", "technologies": [ "UV inkjet full-colour", "material jetting" ], "description": "A wide-format inkjet maker that entered 3D printing from the colour side: its 3DUJ printers lay down UV ink in more than ten million colours, so a part comes out finished rather than painted.", "last_checked": "2026-10-23", "timeline": [ { "date": "2015", "title": "Announces development of a full-colour 3D printer, following its UJF-7151 plus UV inkjet flatbed", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/mimaki-enters-additive-manufacturing-industrial-scale-full-color-3d-printer-127515/" }, { "date": "Aug 2017", "title": "Presents its first 3D printer, the 3DUJ-553, with more than 10 million colours and a 508 x 508 x 305 mm build area", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.3dprintingjournal.com/p/08-29-2017-mimaki-presented-its-first" }, { "date": "Nov 2017", "title": "The 3DUJ-553 makes its European debut at formnext", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/mimaki-enters-additive-manufacturing-industrial-scale-full-color-3d-printer-127515/" }, { "date": "Nov 2020", "title": "Announces the compact 3DUJ-2207 at about a fifth of the 3DUJ-553 price; ships from January 2021", "detail": "203 x 203 x 76 mm build space.", "source": "https://mimaki.com/news/product/entry-378051.html" } ] }, { "slug": "xometry", "name": "Xometry", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "On-demand manufacturing platforms", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/xometry/", "listing": { "exchange": "NASDAQ", "ticker": "XMTR", "tradingview_symbol": "NASDAQ:XMTR" }, "headquarters": "North Bethesda, Maryland, US", "founded": 2013, "ownership": "Listed on Nasdaq (XMTR)", "technologies": [ "CNC machining", "3D printing", "sheet metal fabrication", "injection molding", "die casting", "metal stamping" ], "description": "A marketplace, not a factory. It matches a buyer’s uploaded part to a network of outside shops for CNC, 3D printing, sheet metal and injection molding, and takes a cut. 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The net loss was 61.7 million dollars, including 16.4 million on debt extinguishment, while adjusted EBITDA turned positive at 18.5 million.", "source": "https://investors.xometry.com/news-releases/news-release-details/xometry-reports-record-fourth-quarter-and-strong-full-year-2025" }, { "date": "Feb 2026", "title": "Names Sahni as the next CEO", "detail": "Announced on 23 February 2026, effective 1 July, with Altschuler moving to executive chair.", "source": "https://www.metal-am.com/sanjeev-singh-sahni-to-succeed-randy-altschuler-as-xometry-ceo/" }, { "date": "May 2026", "title": "Siemens takes a minority stake of about 50 million dollars to bring Xometry manufacturability and sourcing data into Siemens Xcelerator", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dadept.com/siemens-and-xometry-partner-to-embed-ai-native-manufacturing-intelligence-into-the-design-workflow/" }, { "date": "Aug 2026", "title": "Second-quarter revenue up 41 percent to 229 million dollars", "detail": "Marketplace revenue rose 45 percent, and full-year growth guidance went up to 33 to 34 percent.", "source": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/08/04/3338170/0/en/xometry-reports-record-second-quarter-2026-results.html" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "Launches redesigned Workcenter for manufacturing partners", "detail": "Xometry rolled out a next-gen Workcenter homepage unifying job discovery, performance tracking and payment visibility, building on AI sourcing models introduced in July 2026. In early testing the rebuilt job board cut job review time by more than 60 percent and raised job acceptance rates by about 15 percent for network partners.", "source": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/09/08/3357744/0/en/xometry-unveils-its-next-gen-workcenter-experience-streamlining-how-manufacturing-partners-find-evaluate-and-accept-jobs.html" } ] }, { "slug": "proto-labs", "name": "Proto Labs", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "On-demand manufacturing platforms", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/proto-labs/", "listing": { "exchange": "NYSE", "ticker": "PRLB", "tradingview_symbol": "NYSE:PRLB" }, "headquarters": "Maple Plain, Minnesota, United States", "founded": 1999, "ownership": "Listed on NYSE (PRLB); no controlling shareholder", "technologies": [ "CNC machining", "injection molding", "3D printing", "sheet metal fabrication" ], "description": "Runs its own factories for quick-turn digital manufacturing: CNC, injection molding, 3D printing and sheet metal. Built its name on very fast prototyping and low-volume production. Also resells network capacity, but the owned-factory model is the core.", "last_checked": "2026-10-04", "timeline": [ { "date": "Jan 2021", "title": "Buys 3D Hubs for 280 million dollars", "detail": "Closed on 19 January 2021 with 130 million in cash and 150 million in stock, plus up to 50 million in performance-based payments.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/protolabs-acquires-3d-hubs-for-280m-to-expand-manufacturing-partner-network-182844/" }, { "date": "2022", "title": "Net loss of 103.5 million dollars", "detail": "Driven by a 118.0 million dollar goodwill impairment in the fourth quarter.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230210005085/en/Protolabs-Reports-Financial-Results-for-the-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2022" }, { "date": "2023", "title": "Revenue 503.9 million dollars, net income 17.2 million", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250207157663/en/Protolabs-Reports-Financial-Results-for-the-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2024" }, { "date": "2024", "title": "Revenue slips 0.6 percent to 500.9 million dollars", "detail": "Net income was 16.6 million dollars. Revenue through the Protolabs Network, the former 3D Hubs, rose 21.6 percent to 100.4 million.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250207157663/en/Protolabs-Reports-Financial-Results-for-the-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2024" }, { "date": "May 2025", "title": "Suresh Krishna replaces Rob Bodor as CEO", "detail": "Krishna previously ran Northern Tool + Equipment; Bodor had led the company since 2021.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250521200213/en/Protolabs-Appoints-Suresh-Krishna-as-President-and-CEO" }, { "date": "2025", "title": "Record revenue of 533.1 million dollars", "detail": "Up 6.4 percent, with CNC machining revenue up 17.6 percent and net income of 21.2 million dollars.", "source": "https://businesswire.com/news/home/20260206699322/en/Protolabs-Reports-Financial-Results-for-the-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025" }, { "date": "Jul 2026", "title": "Record quarter of 149.3 million dollars", "detail": "Second-quarter revenue rose 10.6 percent, and full-year growth guidance went up to 8 to 10 percent.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260731266719/en/Protolabs-Reports-Financial-Results-for-the-Second-Quarter-of-2026" } ] }, { "slug": "shapeways", "name": "Shapeways", "status": "private", "status_label": "Private", "segment": "On-demand manufacturing platforms", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/shapeways/", "listing": null, "headquarters": "Eindhoven, Netherlands", "founded": 2007, "ownership": "WVS International, owned by co-founders and Eindhoven managers", "technologies": [ "SLS", "MJF", "MJP", "metal SLM", "CNC machining" ], "description": "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.", "last_checked": "2026-10-06", "timeline": [ { "date": "2007", "title": "Founded inside Royal Philips in Eindhoven", "detail": "By Robert Schouwenburg, Marleen Vogelaar and Peter Weijmarshausen.", "source": "https://support.shapeways.com/hc/en-nl/articles/17373414739228-Short-history-of-Shapeways" }, { "date": "Dec 2010", "title": "Moves its headquarters to New York", "detail": "Four months after raising its first 5 million dollars.", "source": "https://support.shapeways.com/hc/en-nl/articles/17373414739228-Short-history-of-Shapeways" }, { "date": "Sep 2021", "title": "Lists on the NYSE through a SPAC", "detail": "Completed its merger with Galileo Acquisition Corp on 29 September 2021 and began trading as SHPW the next day.", "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210929005866/en/Shapeways-Announces-Completion-of-Merger-with-Galileo-Acquisition-Corp." }, { "date": "Jul 2024", "title": "Files for Chapter 7 and stops operating", "detail": "Shapeways Holdings filed on 2 July 2024, less than three years after listing.", "source": "https://3dprint.com/311136/shapeways-executives-resign-as-3d-printing-service-files-for-bankruptcy/" }, { "date": "Jul 2024", "title": "Eindhoven operation bought by its managers", "detail": "Manuevo, a subsidiary of WVS International, bought the assets of Shapeways BV and kept the factory running.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/shapeways-relaunched-in-europe-as-manuevo-following-asset-acquisition-232193/" }, { "date": "Nov 2024", "title": "Co-founders buy back the brand", "detail": "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.", "source": "https://www.shapeways.com/presscorner/shapeways-comes-home-to-trusted-management-and-founding-visionaries" }, { "date": "Dec 2024", "title": "Acquires majority stake in Thangs", "detail": "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.", "source": "https://www.shapeways.com/presscorner" }, { "date": "Apr 2025", "title": "Announces move out of its canal-side Eindhoven factory", "detail": "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.", "source": "https://www.shapeways.com/blog/shapeways-netherlands-factory-relocation" }, { "date": "Jun 2025", "title": "Signs lease on former Philips precision factory for new Eindhoven site", "detail": "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.", "source": "https://www.shapeways.com/blog/shapeways-new-european-facility-eindhoven-tx-building" }, { "date": "Jun 2026", "title": "Shapeways launches injection molding to expand manufacturing services", "detail": "The company expands its manufacturing offering beyond additive processes and CNC machining by launching commercial injection molding services.", "source": "https://www.shapeways.com/blog/scaling-your-production-shapeways-now-offers-injection-molding/" } ] }, { "slug": "materialise", "name": "Materialise", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Software, medical and specialized", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/materialise/", "listing": { "exchange": "NASDAQ", "ticker": "MTLS", "tradingview_symbol": "NASDAQ:MTLS" }, "headquarters": "Leuven, Belgium", "founded": 1990, "ownership": "Dual-listed on Nasdaq and Euronext Brussels", "technologies": [ "Magics build-prep software", "medical 3D-printing software", "SLA", "SLS", "service bureau" ], "description": "Belgian company built on 3D printing software (its Magics build-prep suite is an industry default) plus a large medical and anatomical printing business and a service bureau. The software licences are the sticky, higher-margin part.", "last_checked": "2026-10-04", "timeline": [ { "date": "2021", "title": "Revenue 205.5 million euros, net profit 13.1 million", "detail": null, "source": "https://investors.materialise.com/news-releases/news-release-details/materialise-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2022-results" }, { "date": "2022", "title": "Revenue up 13 percent to 232.0 million euros, net loss 2.2 million", "detail": null, "source": "https://investors.materialise.com/news-releases/news-release-details/materialise-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2022-results" }, { "date": "2023", "title": "Revenue up 10.4 percent to 256.1 million euros, net profit 6.7 million", "detail": null, "source": "https://investors.materialise.com/news-releases/news-release-details/materialise-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2023-results" }, { "date": "Jan 2024", "title": "Brigitte de Vet-Veithen becomes CEO", "detail": "She succeeded co-founder Fried Vancraen, chief executive for 33 years, who became chairman.", "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/additive-manufacturing-3d-printing-news/materialise-appoints-brigitte-de-vet-veithen-as-new-ceo/" }, { "date": "2025", "title": "Revenue flat at 267.6 million euros as medical grows 15.4 percent", "detail": "Materialise Medical reached 134.2 million euros, half of group revenue, offset by lower manufacturing revenue.", "source": "https://www.materialise.com/en/news/financial/fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2025-results" }, { "date": "Aug 2026", "title": "Second-quarter revenue up 8.1 percent to 70.1 million euros", "detail": "Net profit was 3.3 million euros, and full-year revenue guidance of 273 to 283 million euros held despite the sale of its RapidFit and eyewear businesses.", "source": "https://investors.materialise.com/news-releases/news-release-details/materialise-reports-second-quarter-and-half-year-2026-results" }, { "date": "Aug 2026", "title": "Second-quarter revenue growth and profit guidance raised", "detail": "Q2 revenue reached EUR 70.1 million, up 8.1 percent, driven by medical devices and aerospace and defense. The company raised its full-year adjusted EBIT outlook to EUR 12.0 million to EUR 16.0 million (from EUR 10.0 million to EUR 14.0 million).", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/medical-growth-and-defense-demand-power-materialise-q2-as-software-slows-255143/" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "Materialise dual-lists on Euronext Brussels", "detail": "Materialise began trading on Euronext Brussels in addition to its existing Nasdaq listing; the company says the dual listing gives it access to a broader investor audience in Europe and more operational flexibility.", "source": "https://www.materialise.com/en/news/press-releases/rings-bell-euronext-brussels" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "Materialise launches a share buy-back program", "detail": "Materialise announced a share buy-back program dated 7 September 2026, confirmed on its investor news page; the size of the program was not available in the material we could retrieve.", "source": "https://investors.materialise.com/news" } ] }, { "slug": "redwire", "name": "Redwire", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Software, medical and specialized", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/redwire/", "listing": { "exchange": "NYSE", "ticker": "RDW", "tradingview_symbol": "NYSE:RDW" }, "headquarters": "Jacksonville, Florida, United States", "founded": 2020, "ownership": "Listed on NYSE (RDW); founded by private equity firm AE Industrial Partners", "technologies": [ "in-space 3D printing" ], "description": "A space and defense company, listed here because it owns the Made In Space printing business behind the first commercial 3D printer on the International Space Station. Printing is a small part of the revenue; space systems and, since 2025, drones are most of it.", "last_checked": "2026-10-04", "timeline": [ { "date": "2016", "title": "Made In Space’s printer starts work on the ISS", "detail": "The Additive Manufacturing Facility became the first permanent commercial manufacturing platform in low Earth orbit and has produced more than 200 tools and parts.", "source": "https://issnationallab.org/facilities/additive-manufacturing-facility/" }, { "date": "Jun 2020", "title": "Formed by AE Industrial Partners, which adds Made In Space", "detail": "The private equity firm created Redwire by combining Adcole Space and Deep Space Systems, then bought Made In Space.", "source": "https://3dprint.com/269300/made-in-space-acquired-by-new-space-company-redwire/" }, { "date": "Sep 2021", "title": "Lists on the NYSE through a SPAC", "detail": "Closed its merger with Genesis Park Acquisition Corp at a 620 million dollar pro forma enterprise value and began trading as RDW on 3 September 2021.", "source": "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/03/space-company-redwire-begins-trading-nyse-after-closing-spac-deal.html" }, { "date": "2024", "title": "Revenue 304.1 million dollars, net loss 114.3 million", "detail": null, "source": "https://ir.rdw.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/217/redwire-corporation-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year" }, { "date": "Jun 2025", "title": "Closes the 925 million dollar purchase of Edge Autonomy", "detail": "Paid 150 million in cash and 775 million in stock for the drone maker, completing the deal on 13 June 2025.", "source": "https://ir.redwirespace.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/179/redwire-completes-acquisition-of-edge-autonomy" }, { "date": "2025", "title": "Revenue up 10.3 percent to 335.4 million dollars, net loss 226.6 million", "detail": "Contracted backlog reached a record 411.2 million dollars at year end.", "source": "https://ir.rdw.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/217/redwire-corporation-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year" }, { "date": "2026", "title": "Redwire says it has completed eleven acquisitions since March 2020", "detail": "A June 2026 SEC prospectus supplement for an at-the-market equity offering programme states Redwire has completed eleven acquisitions since March 2020 as part of its stated growth strategy, and confirms its headquarters at 8226 Philips Highway, Jacksonville, Florida.", "source": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001819810/000162828026041769/redwire-atmprosuppjune2026.htm" } ] }, { "slug": "steakholder-foods", "name": "Steakholder Foods", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Software, medical and specialized", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/steakholder-foods/", "listing": { "exchange": "NASDAQ", "ticker": "STKH", "tradingview_symbol": "NASDAQ:STKH" }, "headquarters": "Rehovot, Israel", "founded": 2019, "ownership": "Listed on Nasdaq Capital Market; no disclosed controlling shareholder", "technologies": [ "3D bioprinting", "cultivated meat printing", "plant-based meat printing" ], "description": "3D-bioprinting of cultivated and plant-based meat structures, selling the printers and the bio-inks that feed them. Small and speculative, and a reminder that \"3D printing\" as a stock theme reaches well past plastic and metal parts.", "last_checked": "2026-10-04", "timeline": [ { "date": "Aug 2022", "title": "MeaTech 3D renames itself Steakholder Foods", "detail": "Changed its name and its Nasdaq ticker from MITC to STKH on 3 August 2022.", "source": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cultured-meat-company-meatech-3d-becomes-steakholder-foods-301598992.html" }, { "date": "Apr 2025", "title": "One-for-five reverse ADS split", "detail": "Effective 28 April 2025.", "source": "https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/steakholder-foods-ltd-announces-one-five-reverse-ads-split-effective-april-28-2025" }, { "date": "Sep 2025", "title": "One-for-eight reverse ADS split", "detail": "Effective 10 September 2025, the second of the year.", "source": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828098/000121390025085068/ea025549801ex99-1_steak.htm" }, { "date": "2025", "title": "No revenue and a net loss of 11.2 million dollars", "detail": "The annual report carried a going-concern warning, with accumulated losses of about 89.9 million dollars.", "source": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001828098/000121390026050174/ea0287480-20f_steakholder.htm" }, { "date": "Jun 2026", "title": "Files to sell 1.85 million ADS", "detail": "The company filed to sell 1.85 million American Depositary Shares as part of ongoing capital raising alongside its US push for the Perfecta plant-based meat line.", "source": "https://www.cnn.com/markets/stocks/STKH" }, { "date": "Jul 2026", "title": "One-for-three reverse ADS split", "detail": "Effective 27 July 2026, the third reverse split in 15 months.", "source": "https://www.tipranks.com/news/company-announcements/steakholder-foods-announces-one-for-three-reverse-ads-split-effective-july-27-2026" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "Launches Perfecta at retail outlets across the northeastern US", "detail": "Steakholder Foods launched its Perfecta plant-based meat line at retail outlets across the northeastern United States on September 3, 2026, following the KeHE distribution deal lined up earlier in the year.", "source": "https://www.stocktitan.net/overview/STKH/" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "Shareholders approve higher share count and warrant-linked ADS issuance", "detail": "Steakholder Foods called a September 15, 2026 meeting asking shareholders to approve a large increase in authorised share capital and the issuance of ADS underlying pre-funded warrants; a 6-K filed September 16, 2026 showed the measures passed with only 10.75 per cent of shares voting.", "source": "https://www.stocktitan.net/sec-filings/STKH/6-k-steakholder-foods-ltd-current-report-foreign-issuer-7ab9bedb9bfc.html" }, { "date": "2026", "title": "KeHE lines up to distribute Perfecta in US grocery stores", "detail": "Steakholder Foods secured a national US retail distribution deal with KeHE Distributors for its Perfecta plant-based meat range, following a May 2026 announcement that it planned to bring Perfecta to US consumers in the second half of 2026.", "source": "https://vegconomist.com/organisations-and-brands/steakholder-foods/" }, { "date": "2026", "title": "Acquires Twine Solutions, issuing it about 20 per cent of the company", "detail": "Steakholder Foods acquired Twine Solutions, a waterless digital thread-and-yarn dyeing technology business with 10 granted and pending patents and more than 30 systems installed, issuing Twine shareholders approximately 20 per cent of Steakholder Foods in the deal. It is the company's first move outside cultivated and plant-based meat printing.", "source": "https://www.stocktitan.net/news/STKH/steakholder-foods-announces-acquisition-of-twine-rngxorhfe2x9.html" } ] }, { "slug": "iperionx", "name": "IperionX", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Materials and powders", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/iperionx/", "listing": { "exchange": "NASDAQ", "ticker": "IPX", "tradingview_symbol": "NASDAQ:IPX" }, "headquarters": "Charlotte, North Carolina, United States", "founded": null, "ownership": "Listed on Nasdaq (IPX) and the ASX", "technologies": [ "titanium powder", "HAMR process", "near-net-shape components" ], "description": "A titanium producer whose HAMR process makes powder with less energy than the Kroll process. The powder feeds metal additive manufacturing and near-net-shape pressing, and its defence work is fasteners and track pins.", "last_checked": "2026-10-23", "timeline": [ { "date": "2019", "title": "Industrial pilot facility in Salt Lake City starts producing titanium powder with its HAMR process", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dprint.com/309149/titanium-powder-supplier-iperionx-completes-hamr-furnace-installation-at-virginia-campus/" }, { "date": "Apr 2024", "title": "Completes HAMR furnace installation at its South Boston, Virginia campus, targeting 125 tonnes of titanium powder a year by the end of 2024", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dprint.com/309149/titanium-powder-supplier-iperionx-completes-hamr-furnace-installation-at-virginia-campus/" }, { "date": "Feb 2025", "title": "US Department of Defense awards up to 47.1 million dollars, a combined 70.7 million dollar two-year programme", "detail": null, "source": "https://iperionx.com/2025/02/18/iperionx-awarded-47-1m-by-the-u-s-dod-to-secure-u-s-titanium-supply-chains/" }, { "date": "Aug 2026", "title": "Wins a second US Army task order under its 99 million dollar SBIR Phase III contract, 11.5 million obligated and up to 25.4 million in value", "detail": "Adds continuous furnace capacity at the Virginia site and brings fastener finishing in-house.", "source": "https://www.fool.com.au/2026/08/31/iperionx-wins-us-army-contract-to-ramp-up-titanium-production/" } ] }, { "slug": "ati", "name": "ATI", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Materials and powders", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/ati/", "listing": { "exchange": "NYSE", "ticker": "ATI", "tradingview_symbol": "NYSE:ATI" }, "headquarters": "Dallas, Texas, United States", "founded": null, "ownership": "Listed on NYSE (ATI)", "technologies": [ "nickel superalloy powder", "titanium powder", "L-PBF", "EBM" ], "description": "A specialty metals producer that came to 3D printing from the powder side, then built a parts business of its own: a Connecticut service bureau bought in 2018 and a Florida plant printing Navy nuclear propulsion parts.", "last_checked": "2026-10-23", "timeline": [ { "date": "Jun 2015", "title": "Plans a self-funded 70 million dollar expansion of nickel superalloy powder capacity at Monroe, North Carolina, citing demand for 3D printed parts", "detail": null, "source": "https://s27.q4cdn.com/226628310/files/doc_news/2015/06/06-17-2015-122346753.pdf" }, { "date": "Jul 2017", "title": "Forms a joint venture with GE Aviation to develop meltless titanium alloy powder for additive manufacturing", "detail": "Includes an R&D pilot production facility; no investment figure was given.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/ge-aviation-ati-developing-meltless-titanium-alloy-powder-manufacturing-technology-3d-printing-117651/" }, { "date": "2018", "title": "Buys Addaero, a Connecticut service bureau with laser powder bed fusion and electron beam melting", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.additivemanufacturing.media/articles/ati-relocates-expands-additive-manufacturing-capacity-in-new-florida-facility" }, { "date": "Sep 2023", "title": "Wins a Bechtel Plant Machinery contract to develop parts for the US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program and decides to build a dedicated additive plant", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ati-to-establish-additive-manufacturing-facility-to-serve-us-navy-301921053.html" }, { "date": "Feb 2025", "title": "Opens a 132,000 square foot additive manufacturing facility outside Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with extended NXG machines from Nikon SLM Solutions", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/ati-opens-its-additive-manufacturing-products-facility-in-florida/" } ] }, { "slug": "basf", "name": "BASF", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Materials and powders", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/basf/", "listing": { "exchange": "XETR", "ticker": "BAS", "tradingview_symbol": "XETR:BAS" }, "headquarters": "Ludwigshafen, Germany", "founded": 1865, "ownership": "Listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (BAS)", "technologies": [ "Ultrafuse filaments", "metal filaments", "photopolymers" ], "description": "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.", "last_checked": "2026-10-23", "timeline": [ { "date": "2017", "title": "Launches Forward AM as its 3D printing subsidiary", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/basf-exits-the-3d-printing-industry-forward-am-carved-out-into-a-new-company-231451/" }, { "date": "Nov 2024", "title": "Forward AM Technologies files for insolvency at the Heidelberg court, less than five months after the carve-out", "detail": "It later shut its US operations and served American customers from Germany.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/forward-am-technologies-insolvency-filed-234646/" }, { "date": "2024", "title": "Spins out Forward AM, with its Sculpteo service business, in a management buyout led by CEO Martin Back", "detail": "BASF supported the deal.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/basf-exits-the-3d-printing-industry-forward-am-carved-out-into-a-new-company-231451/" }, { "date": "May 2025", "title": "Stratasys acquires the former BASF additive business Forward AM, which continues as a standalone company within Stratasys", "detail": "Forward AM said its portfolio would stay open to all partners and platforms.", "source": "https://www.metal-am.com/stratasys-acquires-former-basf-additive-manufacturing-business-forward-am/" } ] }, { "slug": "carpenter-technology", "name": "Carpenter Technology", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Materials and powders", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/carpenter-technology/", "listing": { "exchange": "NYSE", "ticker": "CRS", "tradingview_symbol": "NYSE:CRS" }, "headquarters": null, "founded": 1889, "ownership": "Listed on NYSE (CRS)", "technologies": [ "gas atomised powder", "titanium powder", "L-PBF", "EBM", "HIP" ], "description": "A specialty alloy maker that bought its way into additive: a titanium powder maker, a California printing bureau and a UK powder and software company, then built an end-to-end centre in Alabama that atomises, prints and finishes parts.", "last_checked": "2026-10-23", "timeline": [ { "date": "2017", "title": "Agrees to buy titanium powder maker Puris for 35 million dollars", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/additive-manufacturing-3d-printing-news/carpenter-to-acquire-titanium-3d-printing-puris-35m/" }, { "date": "Oct 2018", "title": "Buys UK metal powder producer LPW Technology for about 81 million dollars; the unit becomes Carpenter Additive", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/10/24/1626238/0/en/Carpenter-Enhances-Additive-Manufacturing-Capabilities-With-Acquisition-of-LPW-Technology-Ltd.html" }, { "date": "2018", "title": "Acquires CalRAM, a powder bed fusion specialist in Camarillo, California", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/carpenter-expands-3d-printing-capabilities-acquisition-calram-129640/" }, { "date": "Dec 2019", "title": "Opens the 500,000 square foot Emerging Technology Center in Athens, Alabama, with about 40 million dollars invested to date", "detail": "Atomises alloys into powder, then prints, hot isostatic presses and heat treats the parts under one roof.", "source": "https://www.carpenteradditive.com/news-events/carpenter-technology-opens-emerging-technology-center-to-offer-end-to-end-future-tech-additive-manufacturing-capabilities" } ] }, { "slug": "constellium", "name": "Constellium", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Materials and powders", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/constellium/", "listing": { "exchange": "NYSE", "ticker": "CSTM", "tradingview_symbol": "NYSE:CSTM" }, "headquarters": "Paris, France", "founded": 2010, "ownership": "Listed on NYSE (CSTM)", "technologies": [ "aluminium powder", "Aheadd CP1", "L-PBF" ], "description": "An aluminium products maker that entered additive with its own powder alloys. 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"https://www.tctmagazine.com/siemens-majority-stake-additive-manufacturing-materials-solutions/" }, { "date": "Mar 2018", "title": "Commits 30 million euros to a new Materials Solutions facility in Worcester, due to open in September 2018", "detail": null, "source": "https://press.siemens.com/global/en/pressrelease/siemens-invests-new-3d-printing-facility-uk" }, { "date": "Apr 2026", "title": "Signs a strategic cooperation agreement with Bright Laser Technologies on digital factories for additive manufacturing", "detail": "Signed at TCT Asia on 29 April.", "source": "https://www.metal-am.com/blt-and-siemens-to-advance-digital-factories-for-additive-manufacturing/" }, { "date": "May 2026", "title": "Takes a minority stake of about 50 million dollars in Xometry to bring manufacturability and sourcing data into Xcelerator", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dadept.com/siemens-and-xometry-partner-to-embed-ai-native-manufacturing-intelligence-into-the-design-workflow/" }, { "date": "Jun 2026", "title": "US additive company Haddy adopts Siemens Xcelerator to scale local printing from circular materials", "detail": null, "source": "https://news.siemens.com/en-us/siemens-haddy/" } ] }, { "slug": "texas-instruments", "name": "Texas Instruments", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Industrial groups and components", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/texas-instruments/", "listing": { "exchange": "NASDAQ", "ticker": "TXN", "tradingview_symbol": "NASDAQ:TXN" }, "headquarters": "Dallas, Texas, United States", "founded": 1930, "ownership": "Listed on Nasdaq (TXN)", "technologies": [ "DLP chipsets", "digital micromirror device" ], "description": "Does not build printers. It makes the digital micromirror chip inside most DLP resin printers, from desktop machines to production systems, so its chipset releases set what those printers can resolve and what they cost.", "last_checked": "2026-10-23", "timeline": [ { "date": "1987", "title": "Larry Hornbeck invents the digital micromirror device that DLP is built on", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-past-present-and-future-of-stereolithography/" }, { "date": "2000", "title": "EnvisionTEC builds the first functional DLP 3D printer on TI mirror technology", "detail": "VoxelMatters gives 2000; other sources date it between 2000 and 2002.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-past-present-and-future-of-stereolithography/" }, { "date": "Nov 2014", "title": "Launches the DLP9000 and DLP6500 chipsets aimed at 3D printing", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dprint.com/22966/texas-instruments-dlp-3d-print/" }, { "date": "Oct 2015", "title": "Introduces the DLP9000X, more than five times the continuous streaming speed of the DLP9000", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.ti.com/about-ti/newsroom/news-releases/2015/2015-10-07-ti-introduces-its-highest-speed-and-resolution-dlp--chipset-for-3d-printing-and-lithography-applications.html" }, { "date": "Jan 2022", "title": "A DLP Pico chipset makes desktop DLP printers possible under 500 dollars, with Anycubic among the first", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/new-ti-dlp-pico-chipset-makes-dlp-3d-printing-more-affordable/" } ] }, { "slug": "howmet-aerospace", "name": "Howmet Aerospace", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Aerospace, defence and energy buyers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/howmet-aerospace/", "listing": { "exchange": "NYSE", "ticker": "HWM", "tradingview_symbol": "NYSE:HWM" }, "headquarters": "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States", "founded": null, "ownership": "Listed on NYSE (HWM)", "technologies": [ "titanium powder", "nickel powder", "aluminium powder", "structural parts" ], "description": "Makes jet engine components and fasteners, and reached additive through the Alcoa acquisitions it grew out of. The public record shows powder production, a research programme with Airbus and a patent lead in titanium; it has not detailed which printed parts it ships.", "last_checked": "2026-10-23", "timeline": [ { "date": "Jul 2015", "title": "Alcoa completes its purchase of RTI International Metals, which adds capability to produce 3D printed titanium, specialty metal and plastic parts", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.howmet.com/press-release/2015-07-23/alcoa-completes-acquisition-of-rti-international-metals-growing-multi-material-aerospace-portfolio/" }, { "date": "2016", "title": "Opens a metal powder production facility near Pittsburgh for 3D printing, part of a 60 million dollar investment across several US sites", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/the-additive-edge-howmets-role-in-reinventing-aerospace-manufacturing" }, { "date": "2016", "title": "Begins a collaboration with Airbus to supply 3D printed titanium fuselage and engine pylon components", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/the-additive-edge-howmets-role-in-reinventing-aerospace-manufacturing" }, { "date": "Nov 2017", "title": "Signs a multi-year research agreement with Airbus to develop structural 3D printed metal parts up to about a metre long", "detail": "Signed under the Arconic name that Howmet was part of before the 2020 split.", "source": "https://www.howmet.com/press-release/2017-11-15/arconic-airbus-to-advance-3d-printing-for-aerospace-under-multi-year-cooperative-research-agreement/" }, { "date": "2024", "title": "A GlobalData report ranks Howmet first in the world for patent filings on titanium alloy 3D printing for aerospace and defence, ahead of Boeing, RTX and Safran", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/the-additive-edge-howmets-role-in-reinventing-aerospace-manufacturing" } ] }, { "slug": "l3harris", "name": "L3Harris Technologies", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Aerospace, defence and energy buyers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/l3harris/", "listing": { "exchange": "NYSE", "ticker": "LHX", "tradingview_symbol": "NYSE:LHX" }, "headquarters": "Melbourne, Florida, United States", "founded": null, "ownership": "Listed on NYSE (LHX)", "technologies": [ "SLM", "copper alloys", "rocket engines" ], "description": "Owns the Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion lineage, one of the longest-running users of 3D printing in rocket engines. 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Rutherford, the first 3D printed electric turbopump-fed engine, flies nine to a rocket on Electron, and the larger Archimedes engine for Neutron is mostly printed too.", "last_checked": "2026-10-23", "timeline": [ { "date": "2013", "title": "Begins developing the Rutherford engine, the first 3D printed, electric turbopump-fed rocket engine, and fires it for the first time the same year", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/rocket-lab-celebrates-100th-rutherford-engine/" }, { "date": "Jan 2018", "title": "A 3D printed Rutherford engine launches Electron into orbit", "detail": null, "source": "https://3dprint.com/175765/rocket-lab-electron-launches/" }, { "date": "Jul 2019", "title": "Completes its 100th Rutherford engine, 70 of them already flown, and expands its Huntington Beach printing facilities", "detail": "Each Electron first stage needs nine engines; the expansion targeted 200 more within 12 months.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/rocket-lab-celebrates-100th-rutherford-engine/" }, { "date": "Jun 2024", "title": "Completes the first Archimedes engine for Neutron and begins a test campaign at NASA Stennis", "detail": null, "source": "https://rocketlabcorp.com/updates/rocket-lab-completes-archimedes-engine-build-begins-engine-test-campaign/" }, { "date": "Aug 2024", "title": "Says about 90 percent of the Archimedes engine mass is 3D printed material, with the engines now in production", "detail": null, "source": "https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1826811394911777089" }, { "date": "May 2026", "title": "Completes its 1,000th Rutherford engine at Long Beach, with a target of about 200 a year, up from roughly one a month in 2017", "detail": "Printers named are from EOS, Nikon SLM Solutions and Renishaw.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/rocket-lab-rolls-the-1000th-rutherford-engine-off-its-production-line/" } ] }, { "slug": "bmw-group", "name": "BMW Group", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Automotive, consumer and medical buyers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/bmw-group/", "listing": { "exchange": "XETR", "ticker": "BMW", "tradingview_symbol": "XETR:BMW" }, "headquarters": "Munich, Germany", "founded": 1916, "ownership": "Listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (BMW)", "technologies": [ "MJF", "L-PBF", "WAAM", "binder jet" ], "description": "Runs one of the largest in-house additive operations of any carmaker, at its Additive Manufacturing Campus near Munich. Metal printing for series parts, in particular wire arc additive, is the stated next step.", "last_checked": "2026-10-23", "timeline": [ { "date": "2018", "title": "Announces over one million parts printed in ten years, the millionth a nylon window guide rail for the i8 Roadster on HP Multi Jet Fusion", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/bmw-additive-manufacturing/" }, { "date": "Jun 2020", "title": "Completes the Additive Manufacturing Campus at Oberschleissheim, announced in 2018 at 10 million euros and finished at 15 million", "detail": null, "source": "https://bimmerlife.com/2020/06/27/bmw-completes-3d-printing-campus/" }, { "date": "2025", "title": "Vehicle testing of wire arc additive components begins", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.bmwgroup.com/en/news/general/2026/additive-manufacturing.html" }, { "date": "Mar 2026", "title": "Says 3D printed parts are in series production across BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad", "detail": null, "source": "https://manufactur3dmag.com/bmw-integrates-3d-printed-car-parts-all-brands/" }, { "date": "Jul 2026", "title": "The campus has produced over 1.6 million parts since 2020, with about 100,000 more a year printed at vehicle plants", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.bmwgroup.com/en/news/general/2026/additive-manufacturing.html" }, { "date": "Jul 2026", "title": "Schedules series production of wire arc additive components for 2027", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.bmwgroup.com/en/news/general/2026/additive-manufacturing.html" } ] }, { "slug": "ford", "name": "Ford Motor Company", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Automotive, consumer and medical buyers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/ford/", "listing": { "exchange": "NYSE", "ticker": "F", "tradingview_symbol": "NYSE:F" }, "headquarters": "Dearborn, Michigan, United States", "founded": 1903, "ownership": "Listed on NYSE (F)", "technologies": [ "SLA", "FDM", "SLS", "binder jet", "sand casting cores", "Carbon DLS" ], "description": "One of the oldest industrial users of additive manufacturing: its first stereolithography machine arrived in the 1980s, and it now prints prototypes, tooling, sand moulds and a growing number of production parts. Its Red Bull Powertrains work for Formula One is the current showcase.", "last_checked": "2026-10-23", "timeline": [ { "date": "1986", "title": "Buys its first stereolithography system, the start of in-house 3D printing", "detail": "Ford gives 1986; another source dates one of its earliest printers to 1988.", "source": "https://aiinstitute.hbs.edu/platform-rctom/submission/additive-manufacturing-at-ford-a-long-way-from-the-model-t/" }, { "date": "2018", "title": "Opens the Advanced Manufacturing Center in Redford, Michigan", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.thefabricator.com/additivereport/news/additive/additive-manufacturing-continues-to-make-inroads-in-industry-as-ford-opens-new-manufacturing-center" }, { "date": "Aug 2021", "title": "Plans to mass-produce a binder-jetted aluminium 6061 part for a popular model with ExOne, in two to three years", "detail": "Ford chose binder jetting over laser powder bed fusion, which it found hard to support for aluminium. The part and the model were not named.", "source": "https://3dprint.com/284045/ford-to-mass-produce-metal-3d-printed-part-for-popular-car/" }, { "date": "Feb 2025", "title": "Its additive team prints about 1,000 parts for the Red Bull Powertrains Formula One partnership", "detail": "Parts are X-rayed and CT scanned as well as tested for strength, hardness and geometry.", "source": "https://www.fromtheroad.ford.com/us/en/articles/2025/complex-parts-testing-is-early-focus-of-ford--red-bull-f1-partne0" }, { "date": "May 2026", "title": "Adapts Sharrow Engineering boat propellers to a 3D printed sand-casting process over nine months, cutting production from a boating season to a few weeks", "detail": "The lead-time figures are those of Sharrow, the customer.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/ford-and-sharrow-engineering-cut-propeller-production-time-from-months-to-weeks-with-3d-printed-sand-casting/" }, { "date": "Sep 2026", "title": "Granted a US patent for a passenger vehicle with a robotic arm for additive manufacturing, with uses that include filling potholes and depositing concrete", "detail": "Filed in May 2022. A patent, not a product plan.", "source": "https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/12723418" } ] }, { "slug": "adidas", "name": "adidas", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Automotive, consumer and medical buyers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/adidas/", "listing": { "exchange": "XETR", "ticker": "ADS", "tradingview_symbol": "XETR:ADS" }, "headquarters": "Herzogenaurach, Germany", "founded": 1949, "ownership": "Listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ADS)", "technologies": [ "Carbon DLS", "lattice midsoles" ], "description": "Turned 3D printing into a shoe line through Carbon: the 4D midsole is a printed lattice rather than moulded foam, and the line has grown from a 300-pair friends-and-family drop in 2017 to broader releases such as the Alphaedge 4D and the 4DFWD.", "last_checked": "2026-10-23", "timeline": [ { "date": "Apr 2017", "title": "Unveils Futurecraft 4D, the first performance shoe with a midsole made by Carbon Digital Light Synthesis", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.carbon3d.com/news/press-releases/adidas-unveils-industrys-first-application-of-digital-light-synthesis-with-futurecraft-4d" }, { "date": "Jan 2018", "title": "Executive board member Eric Liedtke joins Carbon board after adidas Hydra Ventures helped close its 200 million dollar Series D", "detail": "Futurecraft went on sale in New York at about 300 dollars a pair; Carbon said production would grow from 5,000 pairs.", "source": "https://techcrunch.com/?p=1588153" }, { "date": "2018", "title": "Alphaedge 4D becomes the first widely available 4D model", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.adidas.com.my/en/blog/737899-from-futurecraft-to-4dfwd-and-beyond-the-history-of-adidas-4d" }, { "date": "2021", "title": "Launches 4DFWD with a Carbon lattice midsole, the result of four years of work with Carbon", "detail": "adidas claims three times the forward motion of earlier 4D midsoles in mechanical testing.", "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/adidas-launches-4dfwd-shoe-carbon-3d-printed-midsole/" } ] }, { "slug": "volkswagen-group", "name": "Volkswagen Group", "status": "listed", "status_label": "Listed", "segment": "Automotive, consumer and medical buyers", "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/volkswagen-group/", "listing": { "exchange": "XETR", "ticker": "VOW", "tradingview_symbol": "XETR:VOW" }, "headquarters": "Wolfsburg, Germany", "founded": 1937, "ownership": "Listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (VOW)", "technologies": [ "binder jet", "L-PBF", "HP Metal Jet" ], "description": "Bet on metal binder jetting for series car parts earlier than any other carmaker, with HP as the printer partner and Siemens on software. Its Wolfsburg additive centre is where the process is being proven.", "last_checked": "2026-10-23", "timeline": [ { "date": "Sep 2018", "title": "GKN Powder Metallurgy, HP and Volkswagen partner to bring Metal Jet to mass production", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.gknpm.com/en/news-media-and-events/news/2018/gkn-powder-metallurgy-partners-with-hp-and-volkswagen-to-bring-metal-3d-printing-to-mass-production/" }, { "date": "Dec 2018", "title": "Opens a 3,100 square metre additive centre in Wolfsburg, run by its toolmaking unit", "detail": "Expected to move from prototypes and tools to end-use parts within two to three years.", "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/volkswagen-opens-advanced-3d-printing-center-looks-to-additive-manufacturing-in-production-145362/" }, { "date": "Jun 2021", "title": "Plans binder jetting in vehicle production, up to 100,000 parts a year by 2025; the first parts are T-Roc Cabriolet A-pillar components", "detail": "Siemens supplies the software; the two developed part nesting that doubles the parts per print run.", "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/volkswagen-plans-to-use-new-3d-printing-process-in-vehicle-production/" }, { "date": "Jun 2023", "title": "Installs a second MetalFAB metal printer from Additive Industries, chosen for its automation and modular capacity", "detail": null, "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/volkswagen-expands-3d-printing-capabilities-with-installation-of-its-second-metalfab-system/" } ] } ] }