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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 InsightsMAY 197 min read

i3D Manufacturing Acquires Burloak: 60+ Metal AM Fleet Tests Service Bureau Scale Economics

i3D Manufacturing acquires Burloak Technologies, combining 60+ metal AM systems into one of North America's largest service fleets.

Weekly DigestMAY 171 min read

AM Weekly · Week 20: US defense AM transitions from experimentation to funded production infrastructure

Three defense contract awards totaling over $90M for jet engine hot-section qualification and uncrewed-platform production, paired with a $150M capital raise.

Market InsightsMAY 166 min read

Anduril's $5B Series H and the Defense-AM Capital Wave: From Experiment to Factory

Three contracts, one budget, and $5.1B in private capital landed in the same week. The Pentagon is no longer experimenting with AM - it is building factories.

Asia DigestMAY 141 min read

AMPulse Asia · Fortnight 10: BLT reports 40% revenue growth for 2025 amid 52% export surge

The consumer-desktop sector has crossed into industrial-scale infrastructure, as Creality’s Hong Kong IPO filing, Elegoo’s $70M software-defensive round.

Market InsightsMAY 138 min read

Creality's HKEX Hearing Reveals the Cost of Competing With Bambu Lab

Creality 3D's HKEX hearing reveals RMB 3.127B revenue and a RMB 182M loss as R&D doubled and marketing costs rose 9x to compete with Bambu Lab's software moat.

Weekly DigestMAY 101 min read

AM Weekly · Week 19: Medical and dental regulatory clearances and clinical trials

Two distinct strategic patterns emerged this week: regulatory lock-in in medical-dental AM and capital-intensive scaling in consumer desktop.

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.

Market InsightsMAY 77 min read

From Code to Combustion: LEAP 71 and Sindan Close the Loop on AI-Designed Aerospace Engines

LEAP 71 and Sindan partner to industrialize AI-designed aerospace engines, combining Noyron's computational model with 40+ metal AM systems for serial production.

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.

Weekly DigestMAY 31 min read

AM Weekly · Week 18: Defense and Aerospace Agencies Expand Metal AM Production and Qualification Contracts

A clear pattern of **defense procurement gravity** is materializing, with the US Air Force awarding a $95.2M production contract to Sintavia and the UK's MTC.

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.

Asia DigestAPR 301 min read

AMPulse Asia · Fortnight 09: Farsoon Technologies plans 3.91 billion yuan private placement for global capacity

Asian AM’s capital escalation went structural this fortnight. Farsoon Technologies’ 3.91 billion yuan private placement is the largest equipment-side raise.

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