January 2020

Market and Technology News

January 2020

Market News

9T Labs

9T Labs closes seed financing round to 3D print series production carbon fiber parts (January 29, 2020)

9T Labs, based in Zurich, Switzerland, has closed a seed financing round of USD 4.3 million to finish the development of their industrial 3D printing solution and scale-up the first mass manufacturing industrial use cases

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Intech Additive Solutions

3D Printing Today: Intech Additive Solutions launches iFusion SF1 and iFusion LFMulti SLM metal 3D printers (January 28, 2020)

Intech Additive Solutions, a Bangalore-based manufacturer of Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) systems, has launched its latest range of 3D printers at the Indian Metal Forming Exhibition

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PostProcess

PostProcess Technologies Expands Its Reach of Automated 3D Post-Printing Solutions to Japan (January 15, 2020)

New York-based automated post-printing developer PostProcess Technologies has announced its first distribution partnership in Japan with Tokyo-based supplier of industrial machinery and equipment, K.K. IRISU.

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Aspect Biosystems

Aspect Biosystems closes USD 20 million Series A funding round (January 10, 2020)

Canadian 3D bioprinting technology company Aspect Biosystems has announced a USD 20 million Series A financing round to advance its technology for 3D bioprinting human tissue. The round, led by venture capital firm Radical Ventures, featured new and existing investors, including Pangaea Ventures, Pallasite Ventures, and Rhino Ventures.

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Angus 3D

Angus 3D receives Scottish Enterprise funding to scale its AM services (January 8, 2020)

Angus 3D Solutions Limited, an Additive Manufacturing startup based in Brechin, Angus, UK, has received a GBP 39,000 Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) grant from Scottish Enterprise. The funding is expected to help drive the startup’s three-year growth plan.

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Technology News

GE Aviation

GE Aviation Powers First Flight of the Boeing 777X (January 25, 2020)

GE Aviation has announced that American multinational aerospace giant Boeing has completed the first flight of its 777X jet, powered by twin GE9X engines. The engines are equipped with over 300 3D printed parts.

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AddUp & ORNL

AddUp and ORNL to advance metal AM applications in tooling industry (January 7, 2020)

French industrial 3D printer provider AddUp has entered into a USD 2.7 million cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), to develop metal additive manufacturing materials processes for tooling.

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30. April 2020

Additive Manufacturing is a highly dynamic and innovative industry. This leads to start-ups that form the technology landscape. Emerging mostly from university background, start-ups are most active in area of system development. Other fields include software, materials and applications.

Additive Manufacturing market by material

6. November 2019

The metal Additive Manufacturing material market is expected to almost tripple in feedstock use in the next five years. Regardless the high growth, the feedstock accounts for only a very small fraction of the worldwide metal material market. Most of the alloy consumption in AM is driven by high end applications in aviation and medical. Thus, high strength and high temperature alloys are taking large shares.

Additive Manufacturing market by industry

30. October 2019

Many different industries have successfully adopted metal Additive Manufacturing. Medical and dental can be regarded as pioneering industry with serial productions starting in the early 2000s. Other industries, especially aerospace continue to play a strong part in metal Additive Manufacturing.

Additive Manufacturing industrialization

29. October 2019

Over 18 different metal AM technologies are currently known, which are in highly different stages of maturity. Processes like Powder Bed Fusion or Powder Laser Deposition are well-established in multiple industries and used in qualified productions of serial parts. Other AM technologies have just been introduced into the market or are still in a phase of development.

Additive Manufacturing Market By Technology

29. October 2019

The metal Additive Manufacturing technology market will face large shifts in distribution and usage of AM principles due to new and upcoming technologies entering the market. Today, the large majority of machines sold and used are Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion systems. However, technologies such as Binder Jetting or Wire Arc Deposition will significantly increase their market share over the next 5 years.

Additive Manufacturing Market by Region

29. October 2019

At the early days of metal Additive Manufacturing, Germany was the leading market region with its first movers in LB-PBF technology CONCEPT LASER (now GE), EOS, REALIZER (now DMG MORI) and SLM SOLUTIONS. Hence, many pioneering users were located in Germany and Europe. By now, however, the market share is more evenly distributed with suppliers and buyers from all over the major industrial regions.