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Is 3D Systems Really On “Life Support”?
We’re reading a piece in TheStreet that describes 3D Systems as a “company on life support”. We’re not in agreement with this notion.
Stratasys’ Stock Price Dips Below Record Low!
In today’s early trading, 3D printing giant Stratasys saw their stock price dip down as low as USD$15.95 per share, a record low.
Is Leasing Appropriate To Acquire 3D Printers For Education?
There are generally two methods of procuring equipment: buying or leasing. Which one is best for schools?
The Volatility of 3D Printing Stocks and What it Means for the Industry
3D printing has already become widely accepted as a technological revolution that very likely will change the way the world looks at manufacturing.
BigRep Scores Huge Investment: Can They Get Even Bigger?
Another big story about a big company named BigRep this week: They’ve just closed a massive investment deal that could change things significantly for the company.
In Spite of Recent Gloom, It Seems 3D Printing May Grow Spectacularly
Dampened stock prices and disillusionment with consumer 3D printing ventures aside, it may still be that 3D printing technology will explosively grow in years to come.
MakerBot’s New Installment Plan
MakerBot announced a new payment plan for purchasing 3D printer equipment.
China Devalues Yuan: Cheaper 3D Printers On The Way?
China shocked the world today by suddenly devaluing their currency. What does this mean for those purchasing 3D printers?
Stratasys Releases Mixed Financial Results for 2015Q2
3D printing industry giant Stratasys posted their second quarter results for the year, and there’s some good news and bad news.
Bitoni Says 3D Printing Is Stagnant?
World-famous 3D designer Francis Bitoni declared in an interview with Dezeen that he believes the current state of 3D printing is stagnant. Is this true?
Voxel8 Raises USD$12M For Their Electrically Conductive 3D Printer Technology
Startup company Voxel8 announced they’ve raised a massive USD$12M in a series A funding round.
We Found Some Very Inexpensive 3D Printers
While browsing 3D printer online retailers, we ran into one that seemed to offer some very low cost machines.
Challenging Financial Results at Stratasys and 3D Systems
Stratasys and 3D Systems released their first quarter 2015 financial results this week and there are some interesting statistics.
A Deeper Look at the Acquisitions of Stratasys and 3D Systems
We previously examined the corporate acquisitions of 3D Systems and Stratasys; now we’ll take a look at what they bought and why they did so.
3DP Unlimited Introduces Leasing Program
Can’t afford a gigantic 3D printer? Well, maybe you can now.
3D Printing Market Worth USD$3.3B
A report from researcher Canalys suggests the 3D printing market hit USD$3.3B in 2014.
Is the Cost of Personal 3D Printers Too High?
After perusing the 3D print inventions in Indiegogo recently we came to a conclusion: many of the campaigns are not actually inventions.
3D Hubs Supports Bitcoin
3D Hubs, the world’s largest 3D printing community network, now supports Bitcoin.
3D Printing Mutual Fund Struggles
A mutual fund focusing on 3D printing technology has struggled over the past year.
MakiBOX is Done
Once promising, the inexpensive MaxiBOX personal 3D printer seems to be no more.
There’s Too Many of These 3D Printing Things
Once in a while someone comes up with a new 3D printing concept. Then a great many others do the same thing.
Investing in Tinkerine?
Canada-based Tinkerine makes the Ditto line of personal 3D printers, but did you know they are also a public company?
Canada’s Burloak Tech Goes Long on Metal AM Investment
Burloak Engineered Solutions Inc. has announced that it is embarking upon a new 5 year strategic plan which will see the company invest $11.5 million into establishing Canada’s first full production additive manufacturing and advanced manufacturing center.
3D Systems’ 1H14 Financial Results
3D printing titan 3D Systems announced their first half of 2014 financial results. Let’s dissect the numbers and see what we can find.
Personal 3D Printing: A Billion Dollar Market?
A new report from SmarTech suggests the personal 3D printing market will soon exceed one billion US dollars.
Are 3D Printing Stocks Recovering?
After a precipitous fall, 3D printing stocks seem to have rebounded slightly this week. What’s up with that?
3D Printing Stocks Continue to Languish
After a massive run up in the past few years, major 3D printing stocks have been struggling of late.
The Stoxx Global 3D Printing Pure Play Index
Increased interest in 3D printing has resulted in several stock index products, but this one is a little different.
SLM Solutions Set for an IPO?
Germany’s SLM Solutions has hired Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse to prepare a potential initial public stock offering.
A 3D Printing Mutual Fund?
Don’t want to miss out on the massive growth of 3D printing companies? Not sure where to invest your cash? There could be an answer for you.
MakeXYZ and CGTrader Receive Big Cash
The public perception of 3D printing has changed. How do we know this? Just take at look at the cash invested in two growing 3D print companies.
Credit Suisse Revises Their 3D Printing Projections
In light of new analysis, banking giant Credit Suisse has recalculated its 3D printing projection, stating that the manufacturing tech’s market will increase to $800M by 2016. Led by market researcher Jonathan Shaffer, the revised projection is a startling 357% increase from Credit Suisse’s $175M market estimate late last year. Driving that claim is… Continue reading Credit Suisse Revises Their 3D Printing Projections
Public or Private? How Ownership Affects 3D Printing Companies
There are two kinds of 3D printer companies these days: privately held or publicly traded. We believe the company type affects how they interact with the rest of the industry. Most small firms are privately held by the founders or a small group of investors. The largest companies, most notably Stratasys and 3D Systems,… Continue reading Public or Private? How Ownership Affects 3D Printing Companies
The Growth of 3D Printing Stocks
This blog has a number of years under its belt. We first published on October 27th, 2007, a period when 3D printing was not well known outside of a small set of industrial users. Much has happened since then. At that time there were two major 3D printing companies, 3D Systems and Stratasys, who… Continue reading The Growth of 3D Printing Stocks
3D Printing Be Could Be Worth $8.41B by 2020
According to a recent study, the market for 3D printers could be worth nearly $8.5 billion by 2020. The study, conducted by Indian research firm MarketsandMarkets, forecasts a compound annual growth rate of 23% for 3D printing technology over the next seven years. According to MarketsandMarkets, one of the motivations for this growth is… Continue reading 3D Printing Be Could Be Worth $8.41B by 2020
ExOne Under Fire After Scathing Report
In a recent article at Street Sweeper, Sonya Colberg has accused 3D Printer company ExOne of “diluting investors’ shares to raise millions just six months after its public offering”. In the article, Colberg accuses CEO Kent Rockwell of mismanaging the firm and using it as his own “piggy-bank”. According to the report, within the… Continue reading ExOne Under Fire After Scathing Report
3D Printing Stocks Get a Boost from CitiGroup
In early trading this week 3D Systems (DDD) and Stratasys (SSYS) stocks took a dramatic jump as analysts from Citigroup gave the two companies a “buy” ratings. By midsession on Monday 3D Systems’ stock was up 8% garnering a $52.41 price per share. Nearly mirroring DDD’s performance, Stratasys’ stock rose 5% to a whopping $111.07.… Continue reading 3D Printing Stocks Get a Boost from CitiGroup
Stratasys Expects More Revenue
This is interesting: 3D printing giant Stratasys raised their revenue expectations for the year 2013 following the merger with MakerBot. The change moved expected full-year revenue from “only” USD$430-455M to a larger USD$445-480M, a rise of USD$15-25M. We suspect a chunk of this new revenue is from MakerBot’s sales of personal 3D printers, as… Continue reading Stratasys Expects More Revenue
3D Printing Hits USD$2.2B in 2012
According to the annual Wohler’s Report, the 3D printing industry broke the USD$2B annual mark for the first time in history during 2012. Apparently the industry grew by a staggering 28.6% over 2011, far more than the overall economic growth rate. (Is it actually growing at all? We’re not sure.) This demonstrates a… Continue reading 3D Printing Hits USD$2.2B in 2012
ExOne Stock Tumbles
The stock price of ExOne, makers of high-end commercial 3D printers specializing in sand and metal printing, took a 15% tumble yesterday – in sharp contrast to the few other 3D printing company stocks who continued to sail higher. Why the tumble? Evidently ExOne missed analysts predictions for quarterly sales and per-share losses announced… Continue reading ExOne Stock Tumbles
More 3D Printing Investment Possibilities
When you’re interested in investing in 3D printing, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of options at first glance. The publicly traded 3D printer manufacturers are few: Stratasys, 3D Systems and most recently, ExOne. Is that all the choice you have? No! There’s more ways to catch the 3D printing boom. Aside… Continue reading More 3D Printing Investment Possibilities
Shapeways Snaps Up $30M
Considering that Shapeways is located in New York City, it seems a little strange that they did not exhibit at the Inside 3D Printing expo last week. But they had a rather good excuse: they’ve raised another round of funding from their existing investors to the tune of USD$30M. Shapeways Director of Marketing Carine… Continue reading Shapeways Snaps Up $30M
Investors Seek 3D Printing Investments
At this point in time 3D printing has a significant amount of buzz. With that buzz comes investment, as entrepreneurs attempt to build new businesses in the new space. But there’s another kind of investment: raw capital. Wall Street types, attracted by the buzz, want to plow money into 3D printing startups, hopeful that… Continue reading Investors Seek 3D Printing Investments
ExOne Reports Results
3D printer manufacturer ExOne, one of the very few publicly traded 3D printer companies, announced the results of their fourth quarter 2012 operations. The results look promising – but it’s not all good news. During the fourth quarter of 2012 the company received revenues of USD$12.7M, up 27% over the previous year. Some… Continue reading ExOne Reports Results
3D Printing Stocks Leveling Off?
After massive jumps in price over the past year or so, the stock values of the major 3D printing companies seem to be leveling off, at least for the moment. Both 3D Systems and Stratasys hit peaks earlier this year and now are flattening a bit, at least it appears so from the Google Finance… Continue reading 3D Printing Stocks Leveling Off?
Stratasys-Objet Announces First Quarterly Results
We’ve long followed Stratasys’ publicly reported financial results, as it and 3D Systems tend to mirror public investor feelings about 3D printing. This quarter’s financial results are a little different because this is the first quarter where the “new” Stratasys includes recent acquisition, Objet. So what happened? Plenty! Revenue is up 23% and income… Continue reading Stratasys-Objet Announces First Quarterly Results
3D printing: Interest Long Overdue, Enthusiasm Not Sustainable
On Thursday, we reported on a Seeking Alpha article and discussed the market volatility in 3D printing and the possibility of an over-exuberant market. Seeking Alpha’s analysis appears to have created a self-fulfilling prophecy: On January 28, 2013, 3D Systems and Stratasys stocks fell 14% and 10% respectively. One day later they rebounded by… Continue reading 3D printing: Interest Long Overdue, Enthusiasm Not Sustainable
ExOne’s IPO Is Hugely Successful
We mentioned the other day that ExOne, makers of 3D printers capable of printing in metal, sand and glass, went public by launching an IPO (initial public offering). Their shares went on sale to the public on February 7th at an opening price of USD$24.23. By the middle of the next day, the price had… Continue reading ExOne’s IPO Is Hugely Successful
China 3D Printing Stocks Rising
According to a report on China Daily, the stock price of a number of Chinese 3D printing companies suddenly surged after a Chinese government official spoke of boosting the sector. The unnamed official evidently said, “China is likely to draw a long-term route map for 3D printing technology to boost development for the emerging… Continue reading China 3D Printing Stocks Rising
Running Out of 3D Printing Companies to Invest In?
The big two stock-based 3D printing companies are of course, 3D Systems and Stratasys/Objet, now known as merely Stratasys. We’ve covered their massive stock price increases over the past few years and investors have been buying because of that rise. It seems that investors now want even more. An article on Seeking Alpha investigates… Continue reading Running Out of 3D Printing Companies to Invest In?
3D Systems Gets Raided!
No, it’s not what you’re thinking; this raid was a “Bear Raid”. A “Bear Raid” is a stock trading scenario in which pundits attempt to artificially lower the price of a stock for their own profit. It started last week when a couple of provocative articles appeared on Seeking Alpha, suggesting that 3D Systems’… Continue reading 3D Systems Gets Raided!
Stratasys Reports 3Q12 Results
As one of the two publicly-traded major 3D printing companies, Stratasys’ financial results are always interesting to examine. They’ve been on a tear in recent years, consistently setting new records for various financial statistics. This quarter seems no different: their revenue increased a massive 40% in 3Q12 from 3Q11, while units increased 52% to… Continue reading Stratasys Reports 3Q12 Results
3D Systems Announces Quarterly Results
As one of the two mega-3D publicly-held printing companies in existence today, 3D Systems is obligated to formally report on their finances periodically. We like view them as a kind of bellwether on the state of the 3D printing industry. So how did they do this quarter? Apparently very well. Their revenue increased a… Continue reading 3D Systems Announces Quarterly Results
The Craziness of 3D Printing Stocks
As we’re now in the “Peak of Inflated Expectations” of 3D printing, according to Gartner, the stock market is taking a very close look at publicly available stocks for 3D printing companies. Needless to say, the prices of the two publicly traded 3D printing companies, 3D Systems and Stratasys, have been exhibiting some unusual… Continue reading The Craziness of 3D Printing Stocks
3D Systems Announces 2Q2012 Results
3D printing giant 3D Systems has announced their financial results for the second quarter of 2012, and it appears they’re doing just fine. Compared to this quarter last year, their revenues are up a huge 52%, growing to USD$83.6 million. Evidently all their businesses report growth in this quarter, indicating a very strong operation.… Continue reading 3D Systems Announces 2Q2012 Results
3D Printing Price Check
You’ve got a terrific model you want printed at high resolution in a great material. What do you do? You spend some of your valuable time checking out the prices at each of the 3D print services by tediously entering the specifications of your model into their price calculators. Or, you use 3D printing… Continue reading 3D Printing Price Check
Global 3D Printing Market to Reach $2.99 Billion by 2018
According to a new report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. (GIA), the global market for 3D printing is projected to reach US$2.99 billion by the year 2018, driven by the advent of newer technologies, approaches and applications. Expanding use of the technology in manufacturing final products, declining cost of printers and increasing use of 3D… Continue reading Global 3D Printing Market to Reach $2.99 Billion by 2018
More Investment Interest in 3D Printing
We’ve just read an article in The Atlantic written by Hugh Evans, a Vice President at T. Rowe Price Associates. If you don’t know, T. Rowe Price Associates is a USD%15B company focused on investments. In the article Evans introduces the concept of 3D printing to the readers of The Atlantic and more particularly, their… Continue reading More Investment Interest in 3D Printing
What’s With Organovo?
You may recall Organovo? They’re a bioprinting startup that is attempting to 3D print a variety of biological tissues, including Actual Human Organs! They say: Organovo’s powerful NovoGen Bioprinting platform creates human tissues starting with any cell source. From disease models to tissue creation, bioprinting solves urged needs in biological research. Their goal… Continue reading What’s With Organovo?
Printrbot Hits The Jackpot
Projects appearing on the Kickstarter public venture funding service sometimes surprise everyone with their success, but Printrbot’s results seem to make all others look bad. Their concept for a personal 3D printer was presented on Kickstarter in hopes of raising enough cash to produce a number of units and launch their business. But get this… Continue reading Printrbot Hits The Jackpot
Stratasys 3D Printers For Less?
There’s those low-cost personal 3D printers we often write about and there’s those really expensive commercial 3D printers that you’d never be able to afford. Or at least that’s how it used to be. Stratasys announced something they call a “3D Print Pack”, composed of their small uPrint 3D printer, a cleaning system and startup… Continue reading Stratasys 3D Printers For Less?
Investing in 3D Printing?
You’ve been reading many articles about 3D printing, or perhaps you’ve seen one. You think (like us) that 3D printing is going to be a Big Thing one day. You want a piece of the action. But how do you do that? Normally you’d select one or more likely companies and simply buy their… Continue reading Investing in 3D Printing?
BioPrinting: Organovo Strikes Agreements
Organovo, the bioprinting startup that hopes to eventually print whole replacement human organs, has struck agreements with two pharma companies to assist in drug testing. Organovo will print tiny scaffolds on which human tissue can grow into lifelike shapes. These shapes tend to be better grounds for drug testing, as cells in a simple petri… Continue reading BioPrinting: Organovo Strikes Agreements
More Money For 3D Printing?
Last Friday US President Obama announced a new initiative to increase US competitiveness in manufacturing: the Advanced Manufacturing Process Partnership, or AMP. The goal is to create lots of high value manufacturing jobs. A good idea, but what does it involve? It’s a bit of a money shuffle between various existing programs, but in… Continue reading More Money For 3D Printing?
3D Printing Companies Will Continue To Do Well
One might think that it’s not a good time to invest in 3D printing companies after their latest run up. However, according to a report by analysts at Piper Jaffray: Based on conversations with industry sources and Q1 channel checks, we believe demand in the 3D printing market has improved and we believe… Continue reading 3D Printing Companies Will Continue To Do Well
3D Printers Will Destroy Wages?
An interesting discussion on the Open Manufacturing group asks the question: in the future when personal manufacturing equipment is widespread, what happens to the traditional consumer-manufacturer-wage earner cycle? In other words, if everyone can easily build things, what happens? Will good salaries disappear because there will be fewer buyers for traditionally manufactured items? Patrick Anderson… Continue reading 3D Printers Will Destroy Wages?
More Interest In 3D Printing Companies
Maybe it was the Economist article, or perhaps the recent run-up in 3D printing company stocks, but there seems to be growing interest in the industry from the general public. We read an article recently that seems to be directing investors towards the industry. Seeking Alpha performs a great breakdown on the two publicly… Continue reading More Interest In 3D Printing Companies
Early Retirement With A 3D Printing Investment?
Winning in the stock market is conceptually easy: buy low, sell high. But the secret is all in the timing. When do you buy? The answer is straightforward: when the stock is when you think it hits bottom. During the stock market crash of 2008 many stocks were in extremely distressed states, and were… Continue reading Early Retirement With A 3D Printing Investment?
MCOR Expands in Europe
MCOR, makers of the world’s only paper-based 3D printer, has just spread their wings across Europe by announcing relationships with two key equipment resellers. Germany-based mStore will sell MCOR’s product in Germany (obviously) as well as Austria and Switzerland. Meanwhile, Netherlands-based 3D Worknet will service Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy. Luxembourg, Norway, Russia… Continue reading MCOR Expands in Europe
3D Printing Stock Companies Doing Well. Really Well
After looking through the recent financial statements from the two publicly traded 3D printing companies, 3D Systems and Stratasys, we’re very impressed. Both companies are flying high. 3D Systems, for example, had revenue rise from a mere USD$112M in 2009 to a massive USD$160M in 2010, with profit rising from USD$1M to USD$20M. Stratasys was… Continue reading 3D Printing Stock Companies Doing Well. Really Well
Breaking: Solido Folds
Very disappointing news today: desktop 3D printer manufacturer Solido appears to have ceased operating. Reports indicate they’ve laid off their entire workforce (some thirty people) and are being liquidated by receivers. Solido had a very unique approach that we’ve written about several times: ultra-thin plastic sheets were glued and cut to patterns, gradually developing… Continue reading Breaking: Solido Folds
Get Your 3D Printer At The Store Today
No, you can’t buy them at Best Buy yet, but we’re hoping you will within a few years. Meanwhile, you actually CAN buy a 3D printer at a corner store right off the shelf, if you happen to live in a particular Brooklyn, NY neighborhood. That’s right, MakerBot Industries has opened a Retail… Continue reading Get Your 3D Printer At The Store Today
Shapeways Finances Exposed
Some detective work by Joris Peels of i.Materialise has revealed interesting facts regarding 3D print service Shapeways. Recognized as one of the industry leaders in print service, we (and others) have wondered about the success of their expanding business. Peels reports that in an interview with Netherlands website Sprout, Shapeways CEO Peter Weijmarshausen reveals some… Continue reading Shapeways Finances Exposed
Stratasys 3Q2010 Results
We like to take a peek at Stratasys’ financial results, because as one of the very few dedicated 3D printing companies that is publicly traded, we get a glimpse into the state of the industry, at least from their standpoint. So what happened during the third quarter of 2010 for Stratasys? Their revenue hit… Continue reading Stratasys 3Q2010 Results
Commercial 3D Printer Price Drops?
Apparently Objet has reduced the price of their low-end Alaris 30 3D printer to less than USD$25,000. We say “low-end” but this is only a relative term: The Alaris 30 is a much more refined printer than the hobbyist kits we also blog about. Nevertheless, this is a significant development, as it shows how the… Continue reading Commercial 3D Printer Price Drops?
Stockbrokers Looking Into 3D Printing
With all the kerfuffle last week (Shapeways gets major investment, New MakerBot 3D printer shown at NYC MakerFaire, Massive New York Times article) it seems that at least a few stockbrokers are taking notice of the 3D print industry. The broker we spoke with actually “got it” and could not stop talking about how this… Continue reading Stockbrokers Looking Into 3D Printing
Stratasys Results for 2009
We like to follow Stratasys’s financial press releases, because they tell us a little bit about the current state of the commercial 3D printer market. In the past we’ve seen a slight downturn in activity at Stratasys, mainly due to the rather significant economic collapse in the US and elsewhere. In spite of those bad… Continue reading Stratasys Results for 2009