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Digital Engineering April 2026
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Anzu Partners, a U.S.-based industrial technology investment firm, reports that ExOne Global Holdings has combined ExOne and voxeljet, two companies vested in industrial additive manufacturing, under a unified holding structure. From now on, the two businesses will integrate operations. ExOne Global Holdings will maintain the operating subsidiaries in Germany, the United States, Japan, China, and India that comprise the combined organization. These subsidiaries will continue localized, regional support in all business operations.
Within the new alignment, Eric Bader, currently managing director of ExOne GmbH, will assume the role of chief executive officer of ExOne Global Holdings. Rudolf Franz, currently CEO of voxeljet AG, will join the board of directors of the holding company when he wraps up his role as CEO at year end. Whitney Haring Smith, managing partner at Anzu Partners, will serve as chair of the board of the holding company.
Managing directors at each of the country organizations will remain the same.
“Our customers and partners will experience ongoing stability and consistency as we move forward,” says Eric Bader. “In bringing together ExOne’s leadership in digital sand casting and voxeljet’s capabilities in large-format industrial printing supporting sand and investment casting, our focus is to leverage our joined strengths, preserve reliability, and deliver new growth.”
“We are thrilled to bring together two of the most respected names in industrial binder-jet and large-format additive manufacturing,” says Whitney Haring-Smith. “ExOne and voxeljet each bring unique strengths and customer relationships. Under a single ownership and with unified leadership, we intend to accelerate innovation and deepen customer commitment.”
“I am honored to join the board of the new holding company,” says Rudolf Franz. “Both ExOne and voxeljet have set new standards for decades now by transforming casting applications through additive manufacturing. Reuniting the founders and pioneers of 3D sand printing is an exciting new step.”
Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
ExOne, a publicly traded manufacturing technology company, provides 3D printing machines, 3D printed products and related services to industrial customers in multiple segments, including pumps, automotive, aerospace, heavy equipment and energy.
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