Oerlikon AM
Provides end-to-end metal additive manufacturing services from powder production to post-processing, specializing in aerospace, defense, and automotive components to reduce lead times and costs.
- CEO / Founder
- Michael Suess
- Team Size
- 10000+
- Stage
- Public
- Total Funding
- Publicly Traded
- Key Investors
- Individual and private companies are key owners (as per Yahoo Finance), but as a public company, its shares are traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Technology & Products
Key Products
Oerlikon offers a broad portfolio of materials for surface technology, advanced materials, and additive manufacturing services, including specialized solutions for aerospace, defense, and automotive components.
Technological Advantage
Proprietary expertise in material engineering and process qualification, validated through partnerships (e.g., with 3D Systems) for certified production processes in critical applications.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Reduces technical risk and total cost of ownership through integrated AM services, cutting lead times from months to weeks and enabling on-demand production of lightweight, high-performance components.
How They Differentiate
Offers integrated surface solutions and coatings alongside AM services, unlike pure-play AM service providers, providing 40% faster turnaround for aerospace brackets through optimized post-processing.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
High-tech industries requiring certified, complex metal parts
Industry Verticals
Aerospace/Defense; Automotive; Semiconductor; Power Generation; Tooling
Competitors
In additive manufacturing, key competitors include Stratasys and 3D Systems. In polymer processing and textile machinery, Trützschler is a major rival.
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
Revenue approximately $2.9B annually; employee growth of 7% last year.
Major Milestones
Partnership with 3D Systems in 2023 to scale metal AM; Production of 25,000 metal suppressors for defense sector; Relocation of AM business to US in 2024; Aiming for CHF 3.5B sales by 2026
Notable Customers
Named customers include Northrop Grumman (large-scale aerospace/defense AM components); broader base of manufacturers and industrial companies across automotive, aerospace, defense, semiconductor, and energy sectors requiring high-performance materials and AM services.
Official records
Filings, certifications, and programme counts AMPulse can show for this company.
- [C] AS9100 · claimed
- [C] ISO_9001 · claimed
- [C] ITAR · claimed
Equipment deals on record
Publicly disclosed purchases or installs only.
- DMP Factory 500Buyer: Oerlikon AM · Supplier: 3D Systems
- Carmel AM system (Carmel 1400 / Carmel 700)Buyer: Oerlikon citim / Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI) · Supplier: XJet