Acquisitions, Mergers & Partnerships
In this section, we track all the latest mergers, acquisitions, SPAC deals, IPO’s and high-profile partnerships among additive manufacturing industry leaders. We report on the latest news on consolidation in the world of additive manufacturing and present an overview of relevant opportunities and key trends to look out for.
The world of additive manufacturing keeps expanding and maturing. As some of the industry’s leader complete mergers and implement some consolidation at the top, new companies are entering the market at the bottom of the pyramid, contributing to massive and exponential overall industry growth. The unique characteristic of the additive manufacturing market is that it is both consolidating and becoming increasingly fragmented at the same time.
Australian technology distributor AXT signed a Heads of Agreement with the Additive Division of Stärke Advanced Manufacturing Group (Stärke-AMG), setting up a strategic partnership to build sovereign Australian manufacturing capability…
The Applied Science and Technology Research Organization of America (ASTRO America) has executed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Northrop Grumman, Florida State University InSPIRE, and the Air…
PharmaTher Holdings Ltd. has outlined plans to place up to 50 CraftMake pharmaceutical 3D printers across North America over the next 12 months, with initial orders expected in the fourth…
Mimir, a global investment firm headquartered in Sweden, has completed its acquisition of Osprey from Sandvik, creating an independent advanced materials company with production sites in Neath, Wales, and Sandviken,…
Edith Cowan University (ECU) has joined the Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC) as its newest research partner, the organization has confirmed. In doing so, ECU enters a network of…
PharmaTher has become the exclusive North American distributor of the CraftMake pharmaceutical 3D printing platform under an agreement with Singapore-based Craft Health Pte. Ltd. The deal covers CraftMake printers, CraftControl…
Nearly Natural, a popular US-based brand of artificial plants, is expanding its product offering with the recent acquisition of Modernized Pottery, a company that specializes in 3D printed planters and…
Fusion for Energy (F4E) has signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding with AMAZEMET, a Polish SME specializing in advanced materials and metal additive manufacturing. The agreement stems from F4E’s Call…
AM-Platform, a European community for additive manufacturing, has joined Addliance, the European AM Hubs Alliance, as a Core Member. Addliance also announced at the same that Paula Queipo RodrÃguez, Deputy…
SHINING 3D has renewed its Global Industry Partnership with WorldSkills International through 2028, extending a collaboration that began in 2019. SHINING 3D’s involvement with WorldSkills started with support for the…
