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Manufacturers and Developers of Additive Systems
For information on system
manufacturers and developers, see Wohlers
Report 2011, an annual worldwide progress report
on the additive manufacturing and 3D printing state of the industry.
- Arcam
Machines that use electron beam melting technology to produce metal
parts from powder (Sweden).
- Bits
From Bytes A version of the RepRap "open source" 3D printer
(England).
- Carima
DLP-based additive manufacturing system (South Korea).
- CMET
Stereolithography machines (Japan).
- Concept
Laser Selective laser melting systems (Germany).
- Delta Micro Factory Corp. UP! personal 3D printer (China).
- Dimension
3D printers from Stratasys.
- D-MEC
Stereolithography systems (Japan).
- DSM
Somos Materials for additive systems.
- Envisiontec
Photopolymerization process based on layer-by-layer projection using
Digital Light Processing technology.
- EOS
EOSINT laser sintering machines and materials (Germany).
- Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
Candyfab machine based on the melting of table sugar using a stream of
hot air.
- Fab@Home
Open-source extrusion-based 3D printer developed at Cornell University.
- IREPA
Laser EasyCLAD Systems (France).
- Kira Solid Center paper lamination
systems (Japan).
- MakerBot
Industries Version of the RepRap "open source" 3D printer.

Part produced in
ULTEM 9085, courtesy of Stratasys
- MTT Technologies
Selective laser melting machines (England).
- Mcor
Technologies Mcor Matrix desktop paper lamination system
(Ireland).
- Microfabrica
Developing proprietary EFAB technology for creating micromachines and
other miniature objects.
- MK
Technology GmbH Vacuum casting system for making RTV silicone
rubber molds and prototypes.
- NextFab
Store Kits and assembled Fab@Home systems.
- Objet
Geometries PolyJet 3D printers that jet and solidify
photopolymer (Israel).
- Optomec
Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS) direct metal deposition system.
- Phenix
Systems Solid phase laser sintering of ceramic and metal
parts (France).
- POM
Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) systems.
- ProMetal
an Ex One company that offers powder metal and sand systems based on 3D
inkjet printing technology from MIT.
- ReaLizer
Selective laser melting machines (Germany).
- RepRap
Open-source extrusion-based 3D printer developed at Bath University
(UK).
- RSP
Tooling Commercializing the spray metal Rapid Solidification
Process (RSP) for tooling applications, originally developed at the
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL).
- Sciaky
Electron beam additive manufacturing equipment.
- Shanghai Union Technology
Stereolithography systems (China).
- Sintermask Selective Mask
Sintering using polyamide powder, infrared lamps, and masking
technology (Sweden).
- SLM
Solutions GmbH Selective laser
melting machines (Germany).
- Solidica
Systems and services based on ultrasonic welding and CNC technologies.

Shoe sole models
created on a system from
Z Corp., courtesy of Reebok
- Solidscape
Inkjet printing systems used mainly for producing wax casting patterns.
- Stratasys
Fused deposition modeling (FDM) systems and materials for prototyping,
tooling, and manufacturing applications.
- 3D
Systems Stereolithography (SL), laser sintering, 3D printers,
and materials.
- 3Geometry Laser-based additive manufacturing systems for producing sand molds and cores (India).
- Trumpsystem
Precision Machinery (TPM) Laser sintering and laser welding
equipment (China).
- Unirapid
Stereolithography systems (Japan).
- Viridis3D Materials, machines, software, scanners, and training for metal casting and ceramic applications.
- Voxeljet
Systems using 3DP technology from Z Corp. and MIT (Germany).
- WindForm
Aluminum, glass, and carbon filled powders for laser sintering from CRP
Technology (Italy).
- Z Corp
3D printers based on MIT's inkjet printing technology.
- Dates the additive system
manufacturers were founded and when their technologies were introduced.
For information on system
manufacturers and developers, see Wohlers
Report 2011, an annual worldwide progress report
on the additive manufacturing and 3D printing state of the industry.
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