Just over a quarter of 2018, NewMatter and TypeAMachines, two US desktop-level 3D printers, have stopped running, and we have all reported it. Through this incident, we will talk about the 3D printing companies that have experienced the crisis and take a look at the current situation of the 3D printing market.
As early as the 1980s, additive manufacturing methods appeared in the United States, which is different from the manufacturing method of turning and milling grinders. It has been more than 30 years old. In 2012 and 2013, the American magazine "Time" and "The Economist" magazine highly praised the additive manufacturing technology, called "3D printing", and this technology began to enter the public eye. The Economist sees 3D printing technology as the driving force of the third industrial revolution.
The 2012 Economist magazine feature that 3D printing will bring about the third industrial revolution
At first, additive manufacturing technology was limited to scientific research and new business model development. In 2009, Adrian Bowyer, a professor at the University of Bath in the UK, developed the RepRap series of desktop 3D printers and evolved "open source hardware, every family in the world." The concept of "can make parts" has fostered soil for the popularity of 3D printing in the public.
University of Bath professor Adrian Bowyer and RepRap desktop 3D printer
Conditional maturity, media hype, mystery and technology, from 2012 to 2013 3D printing technology became the all-star of technology, the aura of the head. In the domestic wave, the wave lags behind for two years. From 2014 to 2015, 3D printing technology is booming, and 3D printing startups are springing up. Once the laser, materials and manufacturing listed companies have also taken a ride, they will take 3D printing. The concept is so fun.
Snowball online discussion about 3D printing concept stocks 2014, 2015 is very active
At the same time, starting from 2014, 3D printing fever began to cool down in the international arena, and 3D printing companies experienced the first winter, “Winterhascomeâ€. US stocks in the 3D printing sector plummeted, and the stock price generally fell in a year, even falling 70%. At that time, Stratasys and 3DSystems, two leading companies in the 3D printing industry in the United States, experienced a crisis and experienced a severe moment.
2014 Stratasys share price turning point
3DSystems' stock price turn down is also early 2014
Large companies can still spin off their business, mergers and acquisitions, and maintain a high-margin market to retreat. More small businesses failed to survive the spring and were on the death list.
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