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.
Saudi Arabia’s National Innovation Industrial Company (NAMI) and Qatar-based MBK Global have signed a strategic framework agreement to develop advanced industrial solutions across the Gulf region, with additive manufacturing and…
Boston Micro Fabrication has just announced a leadership change. John Kawola, who has led the company for the past six years, is transitioning to the role of strategic advisor. Bryan…
Legor and Tritone Technologies formed a strategic partnership to expand precious-metal additive manufacturing across fine jewelry, watchmaking, and the luxury sector. Under the agreement, the Bressanvido, Italy-based precious metals group…
TDK Corporation, the Tokyo-based electronics components group, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Fabric8Labs, Inc., the San Diego company that developed Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing (ECAM) — a process…
Spectrum Group, owner of the Spectrum Filaments and The Filament brands and Europe’s largest manufacturer of 3D printing filaments, has secured a strategic investor. Blue Gravity Capital has acquired a…
DSH Technologies, a toll debinding and sintering service provider for the metal injection molding and metal additive manufacturing industries, relocated its operations to Pineville, North Carolina, where it joined sister…
Materialise has taken a minority stake in Replasia, a Belgian medtech start-up developing 3D printed implants and anatomical analysis software for hip preservation surgery. Medtech entrepreneur Andy Christensen was also…
XJet has appointed 3D-Werk Black Forest GmbH as a Value-Added Reseller (VAR) for its Carmel system family in Germany. The agreement gives manufacturers in the country a new route to…
Metal AM company Norsk Titanium has entered into a new agreement with European aerospace leader Airbus to industrialize and quality the former’s Rapid Plasma Deposition (RPD) technology for the production…
Four Nordic countries have formed the Nordic Additive Manufacturing Alliance (NAMA), a cross-border initiative backed by Nordic Innovation that brings together leading AM organizations from Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.…
