A board to discuss 3-D Printing Sector Ideas -
Ark Invest - 3D Printing ETF (PRNT)
3-D PRINTING / ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING -
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3D Systems (DDD) - 3-D printers (5.9 Bil)
EnvisionTec - (Germany)
ExOne (XONE) - 3-D printing (521 mil)
Faro Technologies (FARO) - 3-D scanning (925 mil)
Renishaw UK (London exchange) - Selective laser melting technology (UK)
Stratasys (SSYS) - 3-D additive manufacturing (5.2 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)
LARGE USERS OF 3-D PRINTING -
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General Electric - World's largest user
Stryker
Johnson & Johnson
EADS
Airbus
BMW
Medtronic
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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
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