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Oerlikon AM

ServicePfäffikon, Switzerland· One of 2188 Service companies tracked by AMPulse

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.

Patent position

Oerlikon AM has filed 35 patent families across all years, versus 300 for 3D Systems. AMPulse analysis

Filing momentum
8 families filed 2022–2024, 16 in 2019–2021
Focus, 2019–2021 → 2022–2024
Materials 94% → 100%
Filed in
WO 40%EP 26%CN 23%US 20%
Named competitors, AM patent families
3D Systems 300

35 AM patent families in total. Recent years are still being published, so read a filing change against the same-office figure.

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.

https://www.oerlikon.com/am/en/

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Official records

Filings, certifications, and programme counts AMPulse can show for this company.

  • [C] AS9100 · claimed
  • [C] ISO_9001 · claimed
  • [C] ITAR · claimed
  • [C] NADCAP · claimed

AM patents

AM-relevant patents linked to this company.

Patents
38
Granted
3
Families
35

Leading domains: process (35), material (28), equipment (11)

Filings by year: 2023: 6 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 5

  1. HIGH PURITY NI -CR-W-MO-LA ALLOY FOR POWDER BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING04426508 · EP
  2. PRINTABLE GAMMA PRIME SUPERALLOYS04705533 · EP
  3. POROUS AGGLOMERATES AND ENCAPSULATED AGGLOMERATES FOR ABRADABLE SEALANT MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME2023091283 · WO
  4. DEVICE FOR MICROPELLETIZING PLASTIC PARTICLES2019185460 · WO
  5. POWDER INSERT AND THERMAL SPRAY OR LASER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR HIGH POWDER FEED RATES4801712 · EP

Equipment deals on record

Publicly disclosed purchases or installs only.

All equipment activity