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Nanjing Chamlion Laser Technology

HardwareEast Orange 02 Building, No. 15 Fengji Avenue, Yuhuatai District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, ChinaFounded 2017· One of 1708 Hardware companies tracked by AMPulse

Develops Selective Laser Melting (SLM) metal 3D printers and one-stop digital solutions for the dental industry, including crowns, bridges, and implants.

CEO / Founder
Fan Hui
Team Size
201-500
Stage
Active
Total Funding
$24M
Latest Round
Series B+
Key Investors
Zhencheng Capital; 三正健康投资; 祥峰投资; 真成投资; 国晨创投; 高特佳投资; 达晨财智

Technology & Products

Key Products

NCL-M2150X; NCL-M2150T; NCL-M2150D; NCL-M3250D; NCL-M3280; NCL-M2120; Intelligent denture design software; Heat treatment furnaces

Technological Advantage

Proprietary SLM process for dental-specific materials (Ti, Co-Cr) combined with a distributed manufacturing network (>260 cloud factories) and >150 patents/copyrights.

Differentiation

Value Proposition

Provides a full-process digital dentistry solution via SLM printers, proprietary software, and a global network of cloud factories to streamline denture production.

How They Differentiate

Focuses on a 'one-stop' vertical integration for dentistry, offering not just hardware but a cloud-based service model and specialized software for denture design.

Market & Competition

Target Customers

Dental labs, dentists, and medical users

Industry Verticals

Dentistry; Medical

Competitors

Shining 3D; HeyGears; HBD (Guangdong Hanbang 3D)

Growth & Milestones

Growth Metrics

100th printer delivered by Dec 2019; >1000 users; >260 global cloud factories; estimated revenue of $17.6M.

Major Milestones

First-generation M200 printer developed (Aug 2017); 100th printer delivered (Dec 2019); Cloud factory mode launched (May 2021); Series A+ funding (Sept 2021); Selected as MIIT typical additive manufacturing scenario (Aug 2022)

Notable Customers

Serves a global network of over 1,500 dental laboratories and denture processing centers; operates 300+ distributed cloud manufacturing factories.

https://www.chamlion.com/en/

Why this company matters

Nanjing Chamlion Laser Technology Co. positions itself as a vertically integrated provider of selective laser melting (SLM) systems and digital workflows specifically for dentistry. Unlike general-purpose metal AM hardware vendors, Chamlion targets the full denture production chain, from design to post-processing, through proprietary printers, intelligent denture design software, and a distributed manufacturing model it calls cloud factories.

The company's core product line includes the NCL-M2000 series and NCL-M3000 series SLM printers, optimized for dental alloys such as titanium and cobalt-chrome. Chamlion also supplies heat treatment furnaces and its own denture design software, creating a closed-loop digital workflow. As of 2023, it reports operating over 260 cloud factories and serving more than 1,500 dental laboratories and processing centers across North America, Europe, and Asia.

Chamlion's strategic moat lies in its integration of hardware, software, and a service network that lowers the barrier for dental labs to adopt metal AM. The company claims over 150 patents and copyrights, though specific patent numbers were not verifiable. Its cloud factory model allows distributed production, which could reduce shipping times for custom dental prosthetics. However, competition from established Chinese dental 3D printing brands such as Shining 3D and HeyGears, as well as global SLM hardware makers, remains intense. The company's reliance on the dental vertical limits diversification but deepens domain expertise.

Founded in 2017 by Fan Hui, a former researcher at the Additive Manufacturing Institute of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Chamlion has raised approximately $24 million from Zhencheng Capital. It was selected as a typical additive manufacturing scenario by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2022, signaling government recognition. The key open question is whether Chamlion can scale its cloud factory model profitably while defending against commoditization of SLM hardware in the dental segment.