Layerwise
Subsidiary of 3D Systems
An industrial-grade metal additive manufacturing (AM) service provider specializing in 'on-demand manufacturing' of critical components for aerospace, maritime, and energy sectors using high-precision 3D printing technologies.
- CEO / Founder
- Jeongsik Lee
- Team Size
- 1-10
- Stage
- Active
- Total Funding
- $1.5M
- Latest Round
- Pre-Series A
- Key Investors
- Gyeongnam Venture Investment, TIPS (South Korean Government)
Technology & Products
Key Products
Layerwise provides industrial-grade metal additive manufacturing (AM) services, specializing in on-demand production of critical components for aerospace, maritime, and energy sectors. They utilize proprietary direct metal 3D printers and a 'Secure Remote Production' system for IP-protected, point-of-need manufacturing, offering maritime-grade (DNV-GL) certification.
Technical position · AMPulse analysis
Combines deep domain expertise in heavy industry / oil-gas-shipbuilding supply chains (CEO background at Samsung Heavy Industries and Technip) with PASYC-based Secure Remote Production for IP-protected, point-of-need metal AM.
Patent position
Layerwise has filed 54 patent families overall, more than InssTek’s 30 and fewer than 3D Systems’ 300. AMPulse analysis
- Filing momentum
- 12 families filed 2022–2024, 28 in 2019–2021
- Process mix, 2019–2021 → 2022–2024
- Powder bed fusion 100% → 100%
- Focus, 2019–2021 → 2022–2024
- Materials 100% → 92%Equipment 93% → 92%
- Filed in
- EP 54%US 37%WO 20%JP 4%
- Named competitors, AM patent families
- InssTek 303D Systems 300
54 AM patent families in total. Recent years are still being published, so read a filing change against the same-office figure.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Drastically reduces supply chain lead times (up to 95%) and logistics costs by enabling secure, certified, on-site or remote production of complex metal parts without traditional tooling.
How They Differentiate
Proprietary 'Secure Remote Production' system that protects intellectual property while enabling point-of-need manufacturing, combined with specialized maritime-grade (DNV-GL) certification and 95% lead time reduction.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Shipbuilding and offshore companies (e.g., PASYC), aerospace startups (e.g., UnaStella), energy giants (e.g., Doosan Enerbility), and high-precision industrial equipment manufacturers.
Industry Verticals
Aerospace & Defense, Marine & Offshore Engineering, Energy & Power Generation, Oil & Gas, Medical Implants
Competitors
InssTek, Materialise, 3D Systems (metal AM services)
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
95% reduction in procurement lead times for maritime parts; selected as the first Asian company for DNV-GL JIP Phase III certification.
Major Milestones
Founded in August 2020 by Jeongsik Lee, Selected for the TIPS (Tech Incubator Program for Startup) in 2022, Won the Grand Prize in R&D Innovation at the 8th Korea Company Awards (2022), First Asian participant in DNV-GL JIP Phase III for 3D printing certification, Established secure remote production system for maritime parts with PASYC (2024), Successfully produced critical rocket combustors and pumps for UnaStella (2025)
Notable Customers
PASYC (for maritime industry solutions)
Recent coverage of Layerwise
- Layerwise has launched a 3D printing procurement system for the maritime industry in partnership with PASYC, slashing le...amenews.kr
- Layerwise has partnered with Norway's PASYC to launch a remote metal 3D printing procurement system that slashes maritim...amenews.kr
- Layerwise and PASYC launched a secure IP-streaming system for maritime parts, cutting lead times by 95% from 12 weeks to...amenews.kr
AM patents
AM-relevant patents linked to this company.
- Patents
- 62
- Granted
- 12
- Families
- 54
Leading domains: process (62), material (60), equipment (53)
Filings by year: 2023: 3 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 4
- THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED SURFACE PROPERTIES03756858 · EP
- THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED SURFACE PROPERTIES03756860 · EP
- ALTERNATING DUAL LAYER CONTOURING AND HATCHING FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MANUFACTURING3907026 · EP
- レーザシステムを校正プレートに位置合わせするシステム32186468|2020186468 · JP
- THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OPTIMIZING SEAMS BETWEEN ZONES FOR MULTIPLE ENERGY BEAMS03722076 · EP
Funding rounds
- Pre-Series A$1.0M2023-10Lead: Gyeongnam Venture Investment · Source: The VC
- Seed$500K2022-05Source: Web