Outlook of Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments, and Patents in the 3D Printing Market (2010–2016)

GROWING ADVENT OF THE 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES GENERATED INTERESTS AMONG MANY PLAYERS WORLDWIDE

The 3D printing market has witnessed tremendous growth in M&A activities in terms of the number of deals announced between 2010 and 2016. The large tech companies have shown interest in the 3D printing technology through various acquisitions. The driving factors behind the increase in M&A activities include the need to increase scale, substantial growth of startup companies, intense competition, and the need for companies to improve their technology, product, and services portfolio. Significant opportunities exist for the 3D printing market in the Asia-Pacific region. The market has been experiencing advancements in printers and printing technologies, improvements in materials used, and developments in skilled workforce.

3D PRINTING MARKET TO GROW AT A HIGH CAGR BETWEEN 2016 AND 2022

The 3D printing market is expected to reach USD 30.19 billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 28.5% between 2016 and 2022. 3D printing is used to develop prototypes and end products in industries such as automotive, medical, aerospace, defense, dental, biomedical, jewelry, art, architecture, fashion designing, and interior designing among others. Along with these, electronics, robotics, spacecraft, construction, organ transplantations, food, and other industries have also started adopting the 3D printing technology. The market is growing rapidly, and it is now focusing on the production of end parts with the development of technologies and metal powdered materials.

The break-up of profile of primary participants is given below:
‧ By Company Type: Tier 1 – 25%, Tier 2 – 45% and Tier 3 –30%
‧ By Designation: C-Level – 35%, Director Level – 40%, Others – 25%
‧ By Region: North America – 45%, Europe – 35%, APAC – 15%, RoW – 5%
The major players in the 3D printing market include 3D Systems Corporation (U.S.), Stratasys Ltd. (U.S. & Israel), the ExOne Company(U.S.), Voxeljet AG (Germany), Arcam Group (Sweden), SLM Solutions Group AG (Germany), EOS GmbH (Germany), EnvisionTEC GmbH (Germany), Materialise NV (Belgium), Sciaky Inc. (U.S.), Concept Laser GmbH (Germany), Autodesk, Inc. (U.S.), Hoganas AB (Sweden), Renishaw PLC (U.K.).


The report will help leaders/new entrants in this market in the following ways:

1. This report categorizes M&A during 2010–2016 by deal volume, segment, cross-border and domestic, and geography with a review of the big deals giving buyers an insight into the latest M&A trends in the 3D printing market.
2. The report provides an overview of the 3D printing market, analyzing key component segments and end-user segments. Furthermore, stakeholders can get an understanding of the pulse of M&A, patents, and investments.
3. The report reviews key M&A strategies, private equity investors, and patents adopted by top 3D printing companies and analyzes the top five assignees of the published patents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION 13
1.1 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 13
1.2 STUDY SCOPE 13
1.3 CURRENCY 13
1.4 STAKEHOLDERS 14
2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 15
3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 16
4 M&A ANALYSIS OF 3D PRINTING INDUSTRY 19
4.1 INTRODUCTION 19
4.2 3D PRINTING M&A ANALYSIS, BY REGION (2010–2016) 23
4.2.1 NORTH AMERICA 24
4.2.2 EUROPE 25
5 INVESTMENT ANALYSIS OF 3D PRINTING INDUSTRY 27
5.1 INTRODUCTION 27
5.2 3D PRINTING: INVESTMENT ANALYSIS 27
5.3 3D PRINTING INVESTMENT ANALYSIS, BY REGION (2010–2016) 31
5.4 LIST OF INVESTMENTS IN THE 3D PRINTING INDUSTRY (2010—2016) 34
6 PATENT ANALYSIS OF 3D PRINTING INDUSTRY 41
6.1 INTRODUCTION 41
6.2 TOP FIVE ASSIGNEES OF PUBLISHED PATENTS OF 3D PRINTING 44
7 COMPANY PROFILES 47
(Overview, Products and Services, Financials, Strategy & Development)*
7.1 INTRODUCTION 47
7.2 STRATASYS LTD. 48
7.3 3D SYSTEMS CORPORATION 52
7.4 MATERIALISE NV 57
7.5 EOS GMBH 61
7.6 THE EXONE COMPANY 64
7.7 VOXELJET AG 68
7.8 ARCAM GROUP 72
7.9 SLM SOLUTIONS GROUP AG. 76
7.10 ENVISIONTEC GMBH 80
7.11 SCIAKY INC 83
7.12 PROTO LABS 86
7.13 MCOR TECHNOLOGIES LTD 89
7.14 MICROTEC GESELLSCHAFT FUR MIKROTECHNOLOGIE MBH 91
7.15 OPTOMEC INC. 93
7.16 ORGANOVO HOLDINGS INC. 96
7.17 REPRAP 98
7.18 ULTIMAKER BV 100
7.19 OXFORD PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC. 102
7.20 3D CERAM 104
7.21 3DPONICS INC. 106
7.22 RENISHAW PLC. 108
7.23 XYZPRINTING 111
7.24 ARC GROUP WORLDWIDE, INC. 113
7.25 AUTODESK, INC. 117
7.26 KONINKLIJKE DSM N.V. 120
7.27 CONCEPT LASER GMBH 123
7.28 LUXEXCEL GROUP BV 125
7.29 PRINTRBOT INC 127
7.30 LEAPFROG 3D PRINTERS 129
7.31 AFINIA 3D 131
7.32 SOLIDOODLE LLC 133
7.33 AREVO LABS 134
7.34 TLC KOREA CO., LTD. 136
7.35 EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG 137
7.36 BEIJING TIERTIME TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 139
7.37 TAULMAN3D, LLC 141
7.38 THE ARGEN CORPORATION 143
7.39 ARKEMA S.A. 144
7.40 SHAPEWAYS, INC. 146
7.41 HOGANAS AB 148
7.42 FORMLABS INC. 150
7.43 SCUPLTEO 152
7.44 NATURAL MACHINES 153
7.45 WIIVV WEARABLES INC. 154
7.46 DASSAULT SYSTEMES SA 155
7.47 GROUPE GORGE 157
7.48 ZHEJIANG FLASHFORGE 3D TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 160
7.49 NEOTECH AMT GMBH 161
7.50 NANO DIMENSION 162
7.51 GRAPHENE 3D LAB INC. 164
7.52 SOLS SYSTEMS 165
7.53 ALCOA INC. 166
7.54 COOKSON PRECIOUS METALS LTD. 168
7.55 CANON INC. 169
7.56 HP INC 170
7.57 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 172
7.58 SHENZHEN HUEWAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 174
7.59 AMAZON.COM, INC. 175
7.60 SHINING 3D 177