History of 3D Printing

11-21-2011: 3D Systems announced the acquisition of Z Corporation and Vidar Systems for $137 million in cash

This was one of the largest acquisitions in 3D Systems' history

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11-20-2012: 3D Systems sued Formlabs for patent infringement, and Kickstarter for Formlabs promotion

The patent war lasted for two years

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11-19-2019: GE Additive (now Colibrium Additive) unveiled the Arcam EBM Spectra L

It was the largest EBM 3D printer on the market at the time

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11-18-2019: BASF acquired French 3D printing service provider Sculpteo

Now Sculpteo is part of Forward AM

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11-17-2015: EOS launched its smallest, compact 3D metal printer – the M 100

Unfortunately, the 3D printer has already been expired

Nov 17 •

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11-16-2016: Stratasys introduced a new generation of FDM 3D printers – the Fortus 900mc

It also launched Nylon 6, and unveiled the GrabCAD Print platform

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11-16-2015: Additive Industries unveiled its first modular metal AM system - the MetalFAB1

It allowed users to customize the system configuration to specific needs

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11-15-2011: voxeljet presented VX1000

Large-format binder jetting 3D printer, with environmental friendly vibe

Nov 15 •

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11-14-2019: Spectrum Filaments introduced the world's first ceramic filament designed for 3D printing on desktop 3D printers

Ceramic filaments were based on some of the most widely used ceramic materials

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11-13-2018: Shining 3D introduced the EinScan Pro 2X and EinScan Pro 2X Plus

Two multi-functional handheld 3D scanners

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11-12-2019: BCN3D launched the Epsilon

The dual-extruder 3D printer with an IDEX system and a large, enclosed build area

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11-11-2021: Sinterit introduced the Lisa X

It was large-format version of the Lisa desktop SLS 3D printer

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