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Digital Engineering April 2026
In the latest issue of Digital Engineering, we take a look at the latest innovations in design for additive manufacturing, including the use of natural language inputs, social media cosplayers, and AI integration. The issue also includes a feature…
January Special Focus Issue: Design for Additive
In this Special Focus Issue of Digital Engineering, learn about the latest advancements in design for additive manufacturing, including new software tools, additive in automotive, custom medical devices, and more.
Additive Manufacturing Research (AM Research) has published its “Q1 2025 3DP/AM Market Data and Forecast” for the metal AM and polymer AM markets, along with its Q1 2025 Market Insights report, which distills and analyzes the data. AM Research’s quarterly 3D printing/AM market data product tracks markets by vendor, print technology, geography, and application (industry).
The data for Q1 2025 shows year-over-year total market (consisting of metal, polymer and ceramic 3D printers, materials, and services) growth of 9.0%. Sequential total market size grew from $3.47B in Q4 2024 to $3.58B in Q1 2025. Although growth was viewed as modest in most segments, there is market momentum coming out of a stronger end to 2024 compared to prior quarters in an industry faced with challenges.
The metal AM market totaled $1.52B in Q1 2025, versus $1.37B a year ago in Q1 2024. The polymer AM market totaled $2.06B in Q1 2025, versus $1.90B a year ago in Q1 2024. The combined AM services market totaled $2.0B in Q1 2025, versus $1.77B a year ago in Q1 2024.
“Q1 2025 saw continuing and rapid consolidation of financially struggling assets," says AM Research Executive Vice President Scott Dunham. "We see emerging a new path to industry expansion, one not fueled by fundraising and selling a technology, but rather by new products developed internally and as the result of specific needs and opportunities, summed up as ‘solution first organic growth.'”
Companies included in AMR’s Core Metals and Core Polymerstracking data and 3DP/AM Market Insights report include but are not limited to: 3D Systems, Stratasys, Nano Dimension (Markforged and Desktop Metal), Velo3D, Nikon SLM Solutions, EOS, Colibrium (GE Additive), Trumpf, Farsoon, BLT, HBD, Eplus, Optomec, BeAM, HP, Formlabs, Prodways, Renishaw, Carbon, Sodick, Prima Additive, IRPD, Additive Plus, Unionfab, UnionTech, Stratasys Direct, Cummings Aerospace, Cobra/PUMA Golf, Floyd Rose, and Firestorm Labs.
AM Research’s “3DP/AM Market Insights: Q1 2025”, a written analysis combined with charting and graphs, provides context to AM Research’s traditional Core Metal and Core Polymer market data products. The 3DP/AM Market Insights report is also available for purchase as a subscription or as a standalone product.
For more information, visit: https://additivemanufacturingresearch.com/reports/
Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
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