3D Systems CEO Jeffrey Graves to step down; successor search underway for 2026

3D Systems will replace President and CEO Jeffrey Graves after he resigns from those roles and from the board. Graves, who took the helm in May 2020, will remain until a successor is appointed; the company expects to name a replacement still in 2026 and has retained an executive search firm. After the handover, he will advise for another six months. The announcement was issued with second-quarter 2026 earnings; no candidates have been named.

Graves's tenure centered on pushing 3D Systems toward industrial and healthcare demand, cutting costs, and narrowing strategic target markets. The firm is concentrating on aerospace and defense, medical technology, dental applications, and data center infrastructure-segments where additive manufacturing must deliver repeatable material properties and controlled process chains, not only complex geometry. That production bar makes qualification, process monitoring, and post-processing the practical factors the next CEO inherits. Board Chair Chip McClure credited Graves with strengthening the operating base and aligning the business toward long-term profitability and growth.

The succession choice will show how 3D Systems weighs industrial AM against regulated medical and dental work as it tries to turn a multi-process portfolio into margin-disciplined production businesses.