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Long-form analysis of additive manufacturing markets, plus the weekly and Asia digests that track what moved.

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Market InsightsJUN 136 min read

TDK's $400M Fabric8Labs Acquisition: How Electrochemical AM Becomes an AI Infrastructure Bet

TDK's $400M acquisition of Fabric8Labs is the largest AM startup exit by a non-AM industrial buyer - a bet on electrochemical copper printing for AI data center.

Market InsightsJUN 109 min read

Formlabs Fuse X1: The $85K Industrial SLS System That Changes the Polymer AM Cost Curve

Formlabs' $84,999 Fuse X1 targets the $200K+ industrial SLS segment with 3x throughput claims and early Tesla validation.

Weekly DigestJUN 71 min read

AM Weekly · Week 23: Aerospace and defense programs adopt structural and propulsion additive manufacturing

The vertical integration of additive manufacturing into aerospace propulsion and structural programs is accelerating as prime contractors and government agencies.

Market InsightsJUN 76 min read

Norsk Titanium's Double Validation Week: How DED Aerospace Qualification Crossed a Milestone

Norsk Titanium's Airbus CRA and Northrop Grumman contract validate wire-DED for fatigue-critical structure, but the research agreement carries no volume guarantees.

Asia DigestJUN 41 min read

AMPulse Asia · Fortnight 12: Creality completes 1.27 billion HKD IPO on Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Creality’s 1.27 billion HKD debut on the HKEX establishes a public-market benchmark for the high-volume desktop segment, advancing the capital-market maturation.

Market InsightsJUN 16 min read

Sandvik Exits AM: Osprey Powder Business Carved Out to Mimir in SEK 230M Impairment Deal

Sandvik exits AM with a SEK 230M impairment, selling its Osprey powder business to PE firm Mimir.

Weekly DigestMAY 311 min read

AM Weekly · Week 22: Defense industrial sector scales AM serial production

Defense industrial sector scaling of AM serial production represents a capital intensity pattern, as industrial players and defense OEMs transition from experimental.

Asia DigestMAY 317 min read

Asia 3D Printing Roundup, May 18 - May 31, 2026

Creality (HKEX: 3388) raises about HK$1.27 billion in a 3,829x oversubscribed Hong Kong IPO; HeyGears lands a $44M Series C; Shenzhen Gongda Laser closes a Series C for green-laser metal AM; and Korean defense AM advances toward serial production.

Market InsightsMAY 317 min read

Creality's US$1.1B Hong Kong IPO Opens the Public Markets for Consumer 3D Printing

Creality 3D's landmark HKEX IPO establishes the first public valuation benchmark for consumer desktop 3D printing, raising over US$160M in a heavily oversubscribed.

Market InsightsMAY 287 min read

Stratasys Acquires Markforged: $42.5M Deal Caps SPAC-Era Consolidation

Stratasys buys Markforged from Nano Dimension for $42.5M all-cash - a $73.5M loss for the seller but a strategic bet on continuous carbon fiber and aerospace polymer.

Weekly DigestMAY 241 min read

AM Weekly · Week 21: Aerospace and Defense Production Milestones

Aerospace and defense production milestones this week illustrate low-end disruption, as serial manufacturing of drone airframes, the 1,000th unit of a 3D-printed.

Market InsightsMAY 227 min read

1,000 Rutherford Engines: Metal AM Achieves Serial Production in Aerospace Propulsion

Rocket Lab's 1,000th 3D-printed Rutherford engine proves metal AM can sustain serial production in aerospace propulsion, at ~200 engines/year and 24-hour print.

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