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    1. Additive Manufacturing

    Mergers reflect instability in additive manufacturing market

    Aug. 29, 2024
    Deals are being completed, but at far lower values than last year's flurry of proposals.
    Stratasys via Business Wire
    66d09713999744598138ee98 Stratasys Business Wire

    A year ago, it was merger mania with companies offering nearly $2 billion to buy each other. Now, the remaining players in the additive manufacturing space are finally poised to complete some mergers, for less than $200 million as the industrial 3D printer market struggles to earn any money.

    Stratasys, Nano Dimension, 3D Systems and Desktop Metal were among the companies involved in multiple rounds of buyout offers. Endeavor Business Media editors Robert Schoenberger and Geert de Lombarde assess the current AM business landscape in a report on IndustryWeek.

    Read the story.

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