Roboze has acquired DiManEx. Wait, who are they?
Fabbaloo readers have certainly heard of Roboze, the Italian manufacturer of high-temperature industrial FFF 3D printers. They’ve been growing rapidly in recent years by specifically focusing on solving real customer problems.
Now they’ve made what I believe is their first acquisition: DiManEx. But who are they?
DiManEx is a Netherlands-based company that specializes in digital inventory. This is a method of handling spare parts by storing only a digital copy of each part, and 3D printing them when required. This is vastly less expensive than maintaining a large physical warehouse of parts.
The concept is quite compelling, and multiple 3D printer manufacturers have developed various programs to market that capability to customers. Some are more successful than others.
DiManEx runs as a digital supply chain using this concept for a range of vertical industries. The idea is that companies requiring a part can just hit a button and get a part printed and delivered. This is done through matching the request to a network of participating industrial 3D printer operations.
This sounds great, but there’s one issue: DiManEx went bankrupt in February.
Since then, the company has been under the control of an administrator, and it seems that Roboze has scooped up some or all of the assets of the late DiManEx company.
Roboze now will integrate this digital inventory capability into their own environment. CEO Alessio Lorusso explains:
“We are moving beyond standalone machines into intelligent, connected manufacturing systems. This acquisition brings physical AI into production environments, where machines learn, adapt, and operate as part of a global network. The result is a more resilient and efficient manufacturing system with reduced dependence on centralized hubs to deliver critical components with speed and at scale.”
They intend on combining DiManEx tools with their own Pandora and SlizeR software to create what they call a “unified platform”. In other words, digital inventory and manufacturing capability are in the same box.
Roboze listed the features they will offer:
- Intelligent machines powered by advanced algorithms that optimize production parameters and performance in real time;
- Interconnected factories that share data across locations, creating a distributed manufacturing network capable of responding dynamically to demand;
- Cloud-based orchestration, enabling seamless coordination between digital workflows and physical production assets;
- Digitalization of global warehouses, transforming physical spare parts inventories into digital libraries ready for on-demand production.
This is a very interesting move by Roboze, because it immediately provides them with a new type of application they can market to new and existing clients. It will certainly generate new sales to both.
And it’s a smart move in another way: by picking up the assets of a distressed company, they significantly reduce the cost of these capabilities. If they were to merge with a fully operating DiManEx, it would absolutely cost a lot more. In other words, they scored a big discount.
But, as every merger goes, the proof will be in how well Roboze puts all the pieces together. Having done some mergers myself, I know that it always sounds easier than it is. There’s a lot of work ahead for Roboze.
Via Roboze
