dp polar
Develops industrial-scale 3D printing systems with a continuously rotating build platform for high-speed mass production of customized components across automotive, aerospace, and healthcare applications.
- CEO / Founder
- Hans Mathea
- Team Size
- 11-50
- Stage
- Acquired
- Total Funding
- Undisclosed
- Latest Round
- Acquired
- Key Investors
- ALTANA AG (since 2017)
Technology & Products
Key Products
AMpolar i1 3D printer; High-speed rotary 3D printing systems
Technological Advantage
Proprietary rotating build platform technology that eliminates traditional start/stop cycles, allowing continuous printing at industrial scale with multi-material jetting capabilities
Patent position
DP Polar filed 0 patent families in 2022-2024 versus 10 in 2019-2021, a 100% drop against a 20% fall in tracked AM filings across the same patent offices, far steeper than the broader trend, and its 18-family total trails Stratasys and Formlabs. AMPulse analysis
- Filing momentum
- 0 families filed 2022–2024, 10 in 2019–2021 (-100%); all tracked AM filings in the same offices -20%
- Filed in
- US 44%EP 28%WO 22%CN 17%JP 6%
- Named competitors, AM patent families
- Stratasys 494Formlabs 114Sinterit 4
18 AM patent families in total. Recent years are still being published, so read a filing change against the same-office figure.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Enables continuous, high-speed 3D printing with a patented rotating platform that eliminates start/stop operations, achieving up to 10 liters/hour output and 240-liter build volumes for mass production applications.
How They Differentiate
Unique rotating platform enables continuous printing vs. batch processing of competitors; 3x faster production speeds than conventional systems with 240-liter build capacity
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Industrial manufacturers requiring high-volume, customized component production
Industry Verticals
Automotive; Aerospace; Mechanical Engineering; Consumer Goods; Healthcare; Industrial Manufacturing
Competitors
Stratasys; Formlabs; Sinterit
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
Acquired by 3D Systems in August 2022; ALTANA AG acquired a stake in 2017 and worked closely with the company; described as a dynamic, fast-growing company based in Germany.
Major Milestones
Founded in 2014; ALTANA AG acquired stake in 2017; Acquired by 3D Systems in August 2022; Launched AMpolar i1 printer at Formnext
AM patents
AM-relevant patents linked to this company.
- Patents
- 23
- Granted
- 11
- Families
- 18
Leading domains: process (23), equipment (22), material (5)
Filings by year: 2020: 3 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 4 · 2015: 5
- DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING FLOWABLE MATERIAL TO A SUBSTRATUM THAT CAN BE ROTATED ABOUT AN AXIS OF ROTATION03294529 · EP
- Method for producing at least one solid-body layer on a support that can rotate about an axis of rotation11958252 · US
- Method for producing a three-dimensional shaped object by means of layer-by-layer material application11938682 · US
- APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOULDED ARTICLE04058271 · EP
- Method and device for producing a three-dimensional shaped object by means of layer-by-layer material application11745411 · US
Funding rounds
- SeedUndisclosed2017Lead: ALTANA AG · Source