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 "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": "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/"
  }
 ]
}