The 3D printing market is growing, but it’s not the kind of growth we used to see...
The Atomic Layers: S2E27 (00053)
Atomic Layer of the Day:
Do you remember the days when industry reports pointed to market value increases or 3D printer sales growth in the range of 20-30% year-over-year? The actual numbers were laughable (instead of 50, someone sold 65 3D printers), but at conferences and sales presentations, it made a big impression on everyone.
Well, it seems those days are behind us. AM Research, the analytics company owned by 3DR Holdings (which also owns the 3DPrint.com portal), published a report stating that the global 3D printing market reached $3.45 billion in the second quarter of 2024. That’s an increase of +8.4% compared to the same period in 2023. I’d go as far as to say that it’s good, but rather ordinary growth.
In general, we’re not facing any collapse, but after years of explosive growth, the curve is slowly starting to flatten, reaching levels more typical of the industrial manufacturing sector.
The only problem is that the actual market value is still small...
Atomic Layer from the Past:
09-27-2017: Zmorph released the Zmorph VX – new generation of its multitool desktop 3D printers.
Atomic News & Gossips:
The acquisition of Markforged by Nano Dimension continues to make waves. I highly recommend this analysis by Tomasz Wykowski (Stratasys, ex-Robo, ex-Zmorph), where it’s clearly demonstrated just how big of a challenge it is to piece this entire business back together...
French company Epro 3D printed 22 million mascara brushes for CHANEL. I don't know if it's a record, but the result is certainly colossal.
Slovenian company Zevnik Lab, has created an innovative "digital concrete" for 3DCP technology, which allows 3D printing structures with overhangs that were previously not possible.