I had the chance to meet with Shon Anderson, CEO of B9Creations, the rapidly growing DLP manufacturer based in Rapid City, South Dakota. We met in London, at the iMakr Desktop 3D Printing Show on the …
Shining 3D: The Leading DigiCal Company with a Vision and Big US Ambitions
Shining 3D: The Only Listed Chinese DigiCal Company Started in 2004, Shining 3D is a well-established and innovative manufacturer of industrial 3D scanners. The company, based in Hangzhou, China, has…
Exclusive Interview with Eugene Suyu, Founder and CEO, Tinkerine (TTD.V)
I had the chance to talk to Eugene Suyu, the young CEO and founder of Tinkerine, one of the leading Canadian 3D printing manufacturers. During the long chat I had with him, I had the opportunity to di…
Stratasys Ends 2015 with a Positive Note
Today, Stratasys (SSYS) released its financial results for the last quarter of 2015 and for the year 2015. After a string of difficult quarters in 2014 and 2015, the company looks like it managed to s…
Openness with Quality Design: the 3D Designers on the Road to Freedom
The Advent of Open Design Open design has gained significant traction in the last five years, following in the footsteps of open source software, open science and open technology. Jos de Mul defined o…
How to Get Your 3D Printing Startup Funded in 2016
The Digical Revolution Needs 3D Printing & 3D Scanning Vertical Funds 3D printing and 3D scanning have the potential to transform the way we think about objects – the way we conceive them, p…
ExOne CEO is Optimistic for 2016
ExOne (NASDAQ: XONE), a manufacturer of industrial sand and metal 3D printers, raised over $150M in 2013, benefiting from the significant interest from investors in 3D printing technology. Since then,…
voxeljet Made Significant Progress in 2015
Among the listed 3D printing companies, voxeljet (NYSE: VJET) is a very different animal from 3D Systems (DDD) and Stratasys (SSYS). First, it’s a much smaller player with a tight range of industrial …
3D Systems: the Worst is Over
3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) had its share price drop to one-tenth of its reported value over two years. After an attempt to become a major player in consumer 3D printing and a spree of acquisitions, 6 mont…
Stratasys: from Predator to Prey – Ripe to be Acquired
Stratasys’ (SSYS) share price is now worth one-tenth what it was 18 months ago, bringing its market capitalisation to just over $800M. Times have changed for the world’s leading 3D printing company, w…