pro-beam
German electron beam technology leader offering contract EBM and Wire-EB additive manufacturing, precision welding, hardening, and surface coating services to aerospace, automotive, and energy industries.
- CEO / Founder
- Nicolas von Wolff
- Team Size
- 201-500
- Stage
- Active
- Total Funding
- Undisclosed
Technology & Products
Key Products
WEBAM 100 (Wire Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing for large metal parts); EBM 30S (Powder Bed Electron Beam Melting); Electron Beam Welding Machines (K2, K40, K640, K6000 series); Hardening Systems; Perforating Machines; diadur® DLC Surface Coating; Contract Manufacturing Services
Technological Advantage
Full vacuum electron beam processing ensures contamination-free welds and AM builds for reactive metals (titanium, copper, refractory alloys); WEBAM wire process allows multi-material gradient structures in single build; open-parameter EB systems enable customer IP development; diadur® DLC coating is proprietary hardness enhancement technology.
Patent position
Pro-beam filed 4 patent families in 2022-2024, down from 11 in 2019-2021, falling 64% compared with a 15% fall in tracked AM filings in the same patent offices. AMPulse analysis
- Filing momentum
- 4 families filed 2022–2024, 11 in 2019–2021 (-64%); all tracked AM filings in the same offices -15%
- Filed in
- WO 45%EP 35%US 25%CN 20%
- Named competitors, AM patent families
- Arcam AB 128GE Additive 219
20 AM patent families in total. Recent years are still being published, so read a filing change against the same-office figure.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Vertically integrated electron beam technology provider combining 50+ years of EB expertise with AM services (WEBAM wire-process and EBM powder-bed), precision welding, and surface treatments — allowing customers to access contract manufacturing or purchase custom EB machines.
How They Differentiate
Unlike competitors that focus solely on equipment or solely on services, pro-beam offers both AM contract manufacturing and custom EB machine engineering, with 50+ years of process IP in electron beam across welding, coating, and AM.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Aerospace OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers, automotive manufacturers, R&D institutions, nuclear and energy companies, and semiconductor manufacturers requiring electron beam processing.
Industry Verticals
Aerospace/Defense; Automotive; Energy & Nuclear; Semiconductor; Research & Academia; Medical Devices
Competitors
Sciaky (EBAM wire-based AM); Arcam/GE Additive (EBM powder bed); PTR-Precision Technologies (EB welding machines)
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
400+ employees; €72M+ annual revenue; 6 global locations; 40+ countries served; 50+ years of EB technology leadership
Major Milestones
Founded 1974 by Dr. h.c. Dietrich Freiherr von Dobeneck in Munich; 1995 launched diadur® coating business; 1999 founded pro-beam systems GmbH for machine engineering; 2001 became ITER service provider; 2005 opened Suzhou China subsidiary; 2016 opened US subsidiary; 2018 relocated HQ to new Gilching facility; 2020 launched AM division; 2021 released WEBAM 100 and EBM 30S; 2023 demonstrated copper EBM processing; 2024 co-founded Pro-Fusion Association
Notable Customers
ITER (international fusion reactor project); major European aerospace and automotive OEMs (names not publicly disclosed)
AM patents
AM-relevant patents linked to this company.
- Patents
- 25
- Granted
- 4
- Families
- 20
Leading domains: material (25), process (24), equipment (22)
Filings by year: 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4
- METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A MATERIAL LAYER2025031885 · WO
- METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A WORKPIECE2022101246 · WO
- Method and apparatus for manufacturing material layers121969457 · CN
- METHOD AND ELECTRON BEAM SYSTEM FOR THE ADDITIVE PRODUCTION OF A WORKPIECE2019149678 · WO
- Method and System for Processing a Powder Material for Additive Production of a Workpiece20240033820 · US