{
 "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": "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/"
  }
 ]
}