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Market InsightsAPR 125 min read

Creality's $453M IPO Filing Reveals Consumer 3D Printing's Performance Pivot

Creality's Hong Kong IPO filing exposes a consumer 3D printing market where hardware volume no longer guarantees leadership, as Bambu Lab's 3,000% growth forced a strategic reinvention toward ecosystem and software.

Market InsightsAUG 55 min read

Xometry's $229M Quarter Confirms Marketplaces Beat Factory Peers

Xometry's $229.3M Q2 at 41% growth confirms multi-process AI marketplaces are outgrowing owned-capacity peers; AM rides as one process among many.

Market InsightsJAN 208 min read

Expeditionary Manufacturing Scales to Acquisition: Phillips Federal, ForgeX, and the Decentralization of Defense Supply Chains

Three defense contracts push expeditionary additive manufacturing from pilot to acquisition: Phillips Federal's Army IDIQ, ForgeX, and Navy ML certification.

Market InsightsAPR 164 min read

EOS Completes Titanium Powder Vertical Integration with Metalpine Acquisition

EOS has acquired 100% of Metalpine GmbH, completing its vertical integration strategy for titanium powder supply. This move gives the metal AM systems manufacturer direct control over critical aerospace and medical-grade materials.

Market InsightsJUL 46 min read

Nikon SLM and Bosch Print Complete V8 Engine Block as Single LPBF Part

Nikon SLM and Bosch printed a complete V8 engine block as a single LPBF part on the NXG XII 600.

Market InsightsMAY 18 min read

Firestorm Labs' $82M Series B and the Race for Expeditionary AM

Firestorm Labs raised $82M for its containerized xCell platform that prints drones at the tactical edge.

Market InsightsSEP 186 min read

Creality Listed as a Printer Maker and Filed as a Consumables Company

Creality's first post-IPO results show printer revenue up 0.1% while consumables grew 48.3%. Consumer 3D printing growth has detached from the printer itself.

Market InsightsAUG 56 min read

Walter Reed's Cranial Plate Clearance Moves the Quality System Inside the Hospital

The FDA cleared a titanium cranial implant made by a hospital, not a device company. The novelty is who holds the quality system, not the printer.

Market InsightsMAR 317 min read

The Rise of the Merchant Digital Foundry: Large-Format DED Enters Serial Production

A 50,000 sq ft WAAM facility in Houston, $11.7M in Navy contracts, and a crack-free aluminum alloy from UCL mark the week Large-Format DED crossed from bespoke demonstration to certified serial production.

Market InsightsAPR 247 min read

BLT's Titanium 3D Printed Hinge for OPPO Find N6: Consumer Electronics AM Hits Production Economics

BLT's second-gen titanium LPBF hinge for the OPPO Find N6 consolidates 13 parts into one, cuts surface variance to 0.05mm, and ships globally - proving metal AM.

Market InsightsMAY 46 min read

3D Systems' EU MDR Class IIa Certification Opens European Denture Market

3D Systems' EU MDR Class IIa certification for its multi-material denture unlocks Europe's market, but lab conversion rates - not regulatory timing - will decide.

Market InsightsMAY 106 min read

Xometry Hits $205M Record Revenue, Lands $50M Siemens Investment for AI Manufacturing Integration

Xometry's $205M Q1 revenue and $50M Siemens investment embed AI-native manufacturing intelligence into Siemens Xcelerator, creating a design-to-source digital thread.

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