{
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
 "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "cite_as": "Nozzle4, https://nozzle4.com/data/",
 "note": "Compiled by Nozzle4 from the sources linked on each row. The facts belong to their sources; the compilation is licensed CC BY 4.0, so use it with a credit and a link.",
 "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"
  }
 ]
}