A board to discuss 3-D Printing Sector Ideas -
Ark Invest - 3D Printing ETF (PRNT) (Exp - 0.66%, Assets - 240 mil, Yield - 0)
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| Name | Symbol | % Assets |
| 3D Systems Corp | DDD | 8.82% |
| SLM Solutions Group AG | AM3D.DE | 5.66% |
| Straumann Holding AG | STMN | 5.48% |
| The ExOne Co | XONE | 5.39% |
| Altair Engineering Inc Class A | ALTR | 4.90% |
| Dassault Systemes SE | DSY.PA | 4.63% |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 4.57% |
| Trimble Inc | TRMB | 4.36% |
| Autodesk Inc | ADSK | 4.27% |
| MGI Digital Graphic Technology SA | ALMDG.PA | 4.25% |
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3-D PRINTING / ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING -
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3D Systems (DDD) - 3-D printers (5.9 Bil)
Autodesk (ADSK) - Software (36 Bil)
EnvisionTec - (Germany)
ExOne (XONE) - 3-D printing (521 mil)
Faro Technologies (FARO) - 3-D scanning (925 mil)
HP Inc (HPQ) - 36 Bil
K2M Group Holdings (KTWO) - 3D medical devices (850 mil)
MGI Digital Graphic Technology ( ALMDG) - Digital printers (350 mil) (France)
Renishaw UK (London exchange) - Selective laser melting technology (UK)
Stratasys (SSYS) - 3-D additive manufacturing (5.2 Bil)
Trimble (TRMB) - Technology solutions (10 Bil)
VoxelJet (VJET) - Large format 3-D printers (275 mil) ----------------------- (Germany)
PRIVATELY HELD -
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EOS - Direct metal laser sintering technology ---------------------------------- (Germany)
LayerWise ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Belgium)
Optomec - Laser engineered net shaping technology
ACQUIRED -
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Arcam (AMAVF) - 3-D additive manufacturing solutions (620 mil) (Sweden) (by GE in 2016)
Concept Laser - Lasercusing, a laser sintering technology (Germany) (by GE in 2016)
Morris Technologies - Metals based 3-D printing technology (by General Electric in 2012)
Phenix Systems - Metals based 3-D printing technology (by 3D Systems in 2013)
SLM Solutions - Metals based 3-D printing, selective laser melting (Germany) (by GE in 2016)
HEATHCARE RELATED -
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Ekso Bionics (EKSO) - Exoskeleton bionic suits / wearable robots (265 mil)
Organovo (ONVO) - 3-D printing to create human tissues (650 mil)
FOOD RELATED - ********************** Steakholder Foods (STKH) - Bioprinted meat, formerly MeaTech (95 mil) (Israel) LARGE USERS OF 3-D PRINTING -
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General Electric - World's largest user
Stryker
Johnson & Johnson
EADS
Airbus
BMW
Medtronic __________________________________________________________
3-D PRINTING BY MATERIALS -
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Plastics - ABS, PLA, Nylon. other
Metal - Steel, Titanium, Gold, other
Ceramics - Silica, Glass, other
3-D PRINTING BY TECHNOLOGY -
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SLA, SLS, EBM, FDM, LOM, 3DP
METALS -
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Laser Sintering (most commonly used) ------------------------- 3D Systems (USA)
Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) ------------------- EOS (Germany) (privately held)
Selective Laser Melting (SLM) -------------Renishaw UK, and SLM Solutions (Germany) (privately held)
Electron Beam Melting (EBM) --------------------------------Arcam (Sweden)
LaserCUSING (a laser sintering technology) -------------Concept Laser (Germany) (privately held)
Digital Part Materialization (DPM) (binder jetting) --------ExOne (USA)
Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS) ---------------------Optomec (USA) (privately held)
3-D SCANNING -
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Faro Technologies Konica Minolta Creaform Surphaser Autodesk 3-D Systems 3-D Digital Corp 3-D ANIMATION -
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Adobe
AMD
Autodesk
Intel
Lenova
Corel
Nvidia
Side Effects Software ___________________________________________________________
