20 3D Printing Companies That Matter20 3D Printing Companies That Matter

Let’s take a look at the 20 3D printing companies that matter. This is the past and the future.

Rob Spiegel

October 18, 2021

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In looking at leading 3D printing companies, we took a wide view, including companies working in a variety of materials, in a variety of industries, with a variety of software. Some of these companies are involved in generative design, which is not exclusively used for 3D printing. Yet generative design has had an incalculable impact on 3D printing.

While 3D printing has been around for 30-odd years, in the last 10 years it has exploded with new applications in medical, aerospace, automotive, and way more. Just three or four years ago, an expert insisted 3D printing would never become a production form of manufacturing. Those are famous last words.

Additive manufacturing more than proved its value during the pandemic when 3D printing came to the rescue in producing medical supplies. Design News did a ton of stories following this herculean effort. It was quite a head-turner.

Many of the developments in 3D printing in recent years have come about in the shops and studios of 3D printing companies. Here’s a collection of the 3D printing companies that have helped to further this technology.

About the Author

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel serves as a senior editor for Design News. He started with Design News in 2002 as a freelancer covering sustainability issues, including the transistion in electronic components to RoHS compliance. Rob was hired by Design News as senior editor in 2011 to cover automation, manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, AI, and more.

Prior to his work with Design News, Rob worked as a senior editor for Electronic News and Ecommerce Business. He served as contributing editolr to Automation World for eight years, and he has contributed to Supply Chain Management Review, Logistics Management, Ecommerce Times, and many other trade publications. He is the author of six books on small business and internet commerce, inclluding Net Strategy: Charting the Digital Course for Your Company's Growth.

He has been published in magazines that range from Rolling Stone to True Confessions.

Rob has won a number of awards for his technolloghy coverage, including a Maggy Award for a Design News article on the Jeep Cherokee hacking, and a Launch Team award for Ecommerce Business. Rob has also won awards for his leadership postions in the American Marketing Association and SouthWest Writers.

Before covering technology, Rob spent 10 years as publisher and owner of Chile Pepper Magazine, a national consumer food publication. He has published hundreds of poems and scores of short stories in national publications.

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