Funding - M&A

Amaero obtains a $23.5 million loan to expand AM powder production in the US

Amaero, a U.S. domestic producer of C103, refractory alloy, and titanium powders for additive and advanced manufacturing, secures a $23.5 million loan from Export-Import Bank of the US. The U.S. federal government export credit...

Aspect Biosystems secures US$115 million in Series B funding

Aspect Biosystems, a biotechnology company has recently closed a US$115 million Series B financing round. This financing builds on Aspect’s recent momentum, including a CA$200 million partnership with the governments of Canada and British Columbia...

Axial3D secures USD 18.2 million to continue scaling medical 3D printing and patient-specific care

Ireland-based medical technology firm Axial3D has secured $18.2 million in an investment round. It’s been a decade exactly that the company is on a mission to transform patient-specific care based on advanced technologies such as 3D...

Shapeways acquires Thangs, a collaborative platform for 3D file sharing and discovery

Shapeways, that recently returned to business, has acquired Thangs, the collaborative 3D file sharing and discovery community. The acquisition marks the second step of the plan created by the new management team that came together...

Hexagon acquires 3D Systems’ Geomagic software solution

Technology company Hexagon acquires 3D Systems’ Geomagic suite of interoperable software packages, which are used to create high-quality 3D models from multiple sources, including laser scanning. The Geomagic suite, which includes products such as Design...

Kymera International acquires thermal spray specialist Coating Center Castrop

For an undisclosed amount,  specialty materials and surface technologies company Kymera International acquires Coating Center Castrop GmbH (“CCC”). The announcement follows the recent acquisition of Royal Metal Powders and Metallisation. CCC provides industrial markets with...

Project DIAMOnD continues to receive funding, this time to scale up Automation Alley’s network of 3D printers

Four years ago, Automation Alley, a nonprofit technology business association and Digital Transformation Insight Center, launched Project DIAMOnD, with the goal of advancing industry 4.0 and 3D printing in North America. As a reminder,...

Zeda to put $20 million worth of assets up for auction

While Zeda was seen as a completely healthy company at the beginning of the year, the split between its healthcare and medical activities and its aerospace activities was a sign that there were troubles...

Anzu Partners to acquire industrial 3D printing company voxeljet AG

Industrial 3D printing company voxeljet AG is a company that we have never imagined being acquired yet, it has now entered into an agreement to sell its entire business to Anzu Partners LLC. Anzu Partners...
Forward AM, Formnext 2024, Insolvency Process, BASF, Investment, Insolvency Administrator

Forward AM explains its insolvency process is necessary to bounce back stronger

We had our concerns a few months ago when BASF Forward AM announced a strategic buyout decision. These concerns have been followed by rumors of an insolvency process undertaken by the newly created company...