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Stifel’s Global Technology Investment Banking: Never Been a Better Time to Be in 3D Printing
The 3D printing industry is currently undergoing another growth spurt. Though it bears some resemblance to the stock boom that occurred circa 2013-2014, the technology and the market are much…
How Will 3D Printing Fit into Biden’s $1.8T Infrastructure Plan
At the start of his presidency, Joe Biden presented the Build Back Better plan, calling on over $2 trillion spending to revitalize U.S. infrastructure over the next eight years. Aspects…
No, the Additive Manufacturing Industry Did Not Expand by Double Digits in 2020
Big shifts, changes, and excitement have been an annual staple in the additive manufacturing industry for the past ten years. Ever since the advent of desktop and inexpensive 3D printers,…
Part Renting, Parts-as-a-Service, and Build Volume Subscriptions in 3D Printing
More 3D printers are being leased. Vendors are looking at all-in-service models, as well. Following on from Carbon, subscriptions, including materials, are coming into vogue. HP has a hardware-as-a-service model…
VELO3D Going Public Will Take Metal Powder Bed Fusion to New Territory
Over the last six months, the additive manufacturing industry has been riding a wave not seen in a decade. In March, the rumors that VELO3D—one of the youngest companies in…
Is Bioprinting a Winner-Takes-All Market?
The current thesis on bioprinting goes a little something like this: bioprinting is a collection of a number of different technologies, all with potential. From inkjet, material extrusion, and stereolithography,…
Markforged SPAC: Metal 3D Printing Enters New Era
The changes in the additive manufacturing market that have been brought about largely by the impacts of COVID-19 have been, in a word, staggering. It has shifted from an industry…
The 3D Printing Service Bureau is Dead, Long Live the 3D Printing Service Bureau
The high-touch, high-quality 3D printing service is under threat. With OEMs starting huge services, polymer companies getting into the service game, and giant manufacturing firms looking to be the biggest…
Resellers or Direct? What to Choose for 3D Printing Hardware
When selling 3D printing hardware, there is a fundamental choice that every company has to make: resellers or direct. Do I, as a business, want to control everything, have offices…
Are We Finally at the Long-Awaited 3D Printing Inflection Point?
In my near-decade long tenure as a professional analyst to the 3D printing and additive manufacturing space, there has been near continuous talk about market inflection points—a time when the…
3D Printing Market Outlook 2021: Pro Desktop Material Extrusion (FDM, FFF)
In this 2021 Market Outlook, Trends, and Competitive Landscape for the Desktop Material Extrusion Market, we’re continuing a helicopter view of the desktop material extrusion or Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM,…
Metal 3D Printing: Who Will Win the Laser Wars?
There’s a war raging in the metal additive manufacturing. It’s particularly interesting timing too, given the current state of uncertainty in manufacturing and key end markets like aerospace and automotive…
Signs of the Additive Manufacturing Comeback
Return to Growth Hit hard by the initial impacts of coronavirus lockdowns, early predictions for a quick return to growth for additive manufacturing are already moving from fantasy to reality….
Critical Analysis: Materialise (MTLS) Buys RSscan. What Does It Mean for 3D Printing Applications?
Belgian 3D printing service and software company Materialise (MTLS) has just purchased the remainder of RSscan and RSPrint, including the Phits personalized insole business, for €8.2 million. Here I’ll briefly…
How Might 3D Printing Give Rise to Movable Factories?
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the value of additive manufacturing (AM) as a potential stop-gap measure to overcome suddenly clogged supply lines, while also demonstrating the possibility of a…
Critical Analysis: 3D Systems
Earlier this year, just before the onset of COVID-19 lockdowns, CEO of 3D Systems (DDD), Vyomesh Joshi, announced his plans to retire. Joshi’s departure came at a critical time for…
Critical Analysis: Desktop Metal’s SPAC Deal
By now you’ve probably heard about the latest surprise in additive manufacturing startup companies going public. During what is clearly not the best of times for the metal additive industry,…
Challenges Face Metal 3D Printing Powder Suppliers in 2020
Most AM companies which report public information noted during their Q1 releases that they expected Q2 to be much more heavily impacted by COVID-19. They weren’t wrong. Shutdowns and uncertainties…
Additive Manufacturing Software: All Grown Up
SmarTech Analysis believes we are now entering a new phase of AM capabilities where the relative importance of software and hardware are reversing; an age where software is going to…
Additive Manufacturing: The Ongoing Uncertainties and Market Shares
SmarTech Analysis has recently published its Q1 2020 additive manufacturing market guidance for the metal additive manufacturing industry, highlighting the first quarter in an economic universe gripped by effects of…
Metal Additive Market Reset. How Leading Metal AM Firms Will Weather the Economic Storm
First quarter 2020 market data continues to become available from the world’s leading additive manufacturing companies, shedding more light on how the economic fallout from the global pandemic is impacting…
Future Additive Market Strategies: First Quarter 2020 Financial Reports
The financial world has been holding its collective breath in anticipation of the release of financial results from influential AM companies after the first quarter of 2020 came to its…
Beyond the Virus – How the 3D Printing Industry’s Response to Pandemic Will Shape Its Future
By Scott Dunham Vice President of Research, SmarTech Analysis It’s time to start looking at where additive manufacturing will go in a “post COVID-19” world. More precisely, what does the…
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