{
 "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": "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/"
  }
 ]
}