AMPulse Asia: 6,500-Printer Farm Leads APAC Manufacturing Expansion

The first half of August brought a wave of factory plans, plant openings, and qualification work across the Asia-Pacific additive manufacturing market. Highlights include a RMB 200 million print farm planned in Boluo with 6,500 Bambu Lab machines, T&R Biofab announcing FDA 510(k) clearance for a 3D-printed cranial implant, Lohia Aerospace committing between $8 and $10 million to Massivit composite tooling in Kanpur, and AML3D joining the AUKUS DIVQ additive manufacturing program. Here are 11 developments across five countries.

China

Jinshi Huina Plans 6,500-Printer Farm

Shenzhen-based Jinshi Huina cleared filing review on August 7 for a RMB 200 million ($29.7 million) 3D printing base in Boluo County, Huizhou. Phase one would install 6,500 Bambu Lab industrial FDM printers, with a later stated total of 15,000 machines, plus PLA extrusion lines. The project is a third-party manufacturing site, not a Bambu Lab plant.

Shaanxi Zhituo Expands Solid-State AM

Chinese solid-state AM company Shaanxi Zhituo topped out its RMB 475 million ($70.4 million) Xi’an Chanba manufacturing base in early August. The plant is built around large-format diffusion-bonding equipment for aerospace and energy parts, with production planned for 2027. A RMB 200 million equity round closed earlier in 2026 and is not an August event.

Yinglong Opens Qingdao AM Park

Qingdao Yinglong Intelligent Manufacturing (青岛英龙智能制造) opened phase one on August 14. The RMB 518 million ($76.8 million) project, about 20,000 square meters in this phase, targets more than 1,000 industrial polymer 3D printers a year at full capacity. Yinglong develops industrial polymer 3D printers for applications including automotive, aerospace, and manufacturing.

Dewu Raises Funds for Metal AM

Chinese metal AM startup Suzhou Dewu Technology (德悟科技) closed a Pre-A round of tens of millions of yuan led by GSR United Capital and Jintou Zhiyuan. The company sells ultra-high-precision SLM equipment and print services aimed at cutting post-processing from a claimed 70 percent of part cost to 10-20 percent.

China Introduces Six Metal AM Standards

Bright Laser Technologies (BLT) co-drafted the national standard for L-DED titanium parts among six metal AM rules that took effect on August 1. The set covers acceptance criteria for laser powder-bed and directed-energy processes used in aerospace and industrial production.

South Korea

T&R Biofab Gets FDA Clearance

T&R Biofab announced FDA 510(k) clearance on August 3 for TnR CI, a 3D printed PCL/beta-TCP biodegradable cranial implant (K251959; FDA decision date July 30). The company says the product has been used in more than 17,000 Korean cases since 2021 and is now seeking U.S. distributors.

Link Solution Joins Heat-Pump AM Project

Link Solution signed on to a KRW 3.4 billion international R&D project on August 4 to qualify metal AM heat-pump parts for R290 systems. The project is led by Chung-Ang University, with LG Electronics, KIMM, Kookmin University, and Michigan State University also participating. The work runs through June 2029.

Japan

Serendix Partners with JA Mitsui Leasing

Serendix signed a business alliance with JA Mitsui Leasing on August 13 to finance the construction of 3D printers for partner contractors and to study building-lease products. The partnership could lower the upfront cost for contractors looking to adopt Serendix’s construction 3D printing technology. The pact follows, but is separate from, Serendix’s July disaster-housing agreement with Sukagawa City.

MadeHere Supports U.S. Marines AM Trial

MadeHere supported a Marine Corps Digital Manufacturing Exchange exercise in Japan that completed 19 approved prints across 11 unique parts. The Yokohama firm already holds a parts-supply partnership with Marine Depot Maintenance Command.

India

Lohia Invests in Massivit Composite Tooling

Lohia Aerospace committed $8-10 million over one to two years to install Massivit RapidWings large-format composite AM at its Kanpur plant, alongside a 250,000 square-foot expansion. The companies describe the deployment as India’s first commercial large-format composite AM line for aerospace tooling.

Australia

AML3D Joins AUKUS Qualification Program

AML3D is among the first companies in the Defense Industry Vendor Qualification Additive Manufacturing stream, a pathway run by the Australian Submarine Agency, ASC, and U.S. AUKUS partners. The stream is meant to qualify Australian AM suppliers for future U.S. and U.K. nuclear-submarine work. It is a new qualification track, not a restatement of AML3D’s existing Navy order book.

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