The Market for Metal Additive Manufacturing Services: 2021-2029

Table of Contents—Market for Metal AM Services 2021-2029

Executive Summary         

E.1 Service Bureaus and Metals AM

E.1.1 Why Metal Service Bureaus Remain Safe from Customers Going to In-House Printing

E.1.2 Other Factors Driving the Rise of Metals Service Bureaus

E.1.3 Service Providers and the Industrialization of “3D Printing”

E.2 Emerging Strategies for Metal Service Provider Evolution

E.2.1 3D Metals Printing:  What’s Next at Contract Manufacturers and Metals Shops?

E.2.2 Participation in the Service Provider Market by Metal Powder Suppliers

E.2.3 Quality as Competitive Advantage in the 3D Metals Service Bureau

E.3 Value-added Services Offered by Metals Service Bureaus Continue to Grow

E.3.1 A Note on Networking

E.3.2 Service Bureaus Give End Users the Opportunity to Try Out Printers Before Buying

E.4 Summary of Ten-year Forecasts of Metal Service Providers

E.4.1 Forecasts of Service Revenue by Type of End User

E.4.2 Forecast of Metal Service Bureau Revenue by Non-AM Services

E.4.3 Forecast of Material and Printer Use by Metal Service Bureaus

 

Chapter One: Business Models and Drivers for Metal Service Bureaus

1.1 Background to this Report

1.1.1 Methodology of this Report

1.1.2 Plan of this Report

1.2 Market Drivers, Profitability and Marketing

1.3 Metal Additive Manufacturing Outlook in the Time of COVID-19:  An Update

1.3.1 A New Opportunity for Additive Manufacturing to Continue on the Path to Growth

1.3.2 Shift to AM Materials, Services, Jump Started by AM Value Proposition During COVID-19 Supply Disruptions in 2020

1.4 Five Types of Metal-Oriented Service Provider

1.4.1 General-purpose AM Service Bureaus

1.4.2 Integrated Service Bureaus: Additive Manufacturing Equipment Firms

1.4.3 Integrated Service Bureaus: Metal Powder Firms

1.4.4 Contract Manufacturers and Metals Shops

1.4.5 Specialist Bureaus

1.5 Summary of Key Points from This Chapter

 

Chapter Two: Emerging Services for Metal Service Providers    

2.1 Services Offered by the New Breed of Metal Service Providers

2.1.1 Core Services at Metal Service Providers

2.1.2 Hybrid Metals Manufacturing: Additive Manufacturing plus Traditional Methods

2.2 Design and Engineering Service Plays for Metal Service Bureaus

2.3 Cloud- and Hub-based Services:  Service Bureaus as an IT play

2.3.1 Marketing of Service Provider Networks

2.3.2 Role of Desktop Metal Printing at Service Bureaus

2.4 Summary of Key Points in this Chapter

 

Chapter Three:  Demand Patterns and Ten-year Market Forecasts       

3.1 Metal AM Service Providers: Demand Structure

3.1.1 More on Forecasting Methodology

3.2 Demand for Metal Service Bureaus from the Aerospace Sector

3.2.1 Structure of the Aerospace Service Bureau Sector

3.2.2 Service Bureaus as Risk Avoidance in the Aerospace Industry

3.2.3 Success Factors for AM Metal Services in the Aerospace Industry

3.2.4 Parts Manufactured and Companies Served

3.2.5 Ten-year Forecast of Metal Service Bureau Revenues and

Expenditures

3.3 Demand for Metal Service Providers from the Automotive Sector

3.3.1 Metal Service Bureaus for the Automotive Industry

3.3.2 Metal AM Materials and Machines Used in Automotive

3.3.3 Ten-year Forecast of Metal Service Bureau Revenues and

Expenditures

3.4 Medical and Healthcare

3.4.1 Implants

3.4.2 Metal Hearing Aids

3.4.3 Service Providers in the Medical AM Market

3.4.4 Ten-year Forecast of Metal Service Bureau Revenues and

Expenditures

3.5 Dental Industry

3.5.1 Additive vs. Subtractive in Digital Dentistry

3.5.2 International Differences

3.5.3 Metal Printing Technology Development Considerations

3.5.4 Printing Companies Active in 3D Printing for Milling Centers

3.5.5 Dental Metal Powder: International Distribution

3.5.6 Ten-year Forecast of Metals Service Bureau Revenues and Expenditures

3.6 Jewelry

3.7 Consumer Goods

3.8 Energy: Oil and Gas

3.8.1 Value of AM in the Oil and Gas Industry: Parts Printed

3.8.2 Components for Gas Processing and Refinery Operations

3.8.3 Impact of Non-Specialist Service Bureaus

3.8.4 Specialist Oil and Gas Service Bureaus

3.8.5 Special Considerations for AM Materials in the Oil and Gas Industry

3.8.6 Ten-year Forecast of Metals Service Bureau Revenues and Expenditures

3.9 AM Metal Service Bureaus in Other Industrial Markets

3.10 Summary of Key Points from this Chapter

 

Chapter Four: Strategic Analysis of Leading 3D Printing Services        

4.1 3D Systems (United States)

4.1.1 Italian Facility

4.1.2 On-Demand Services – Financial and Legal Issues

4.1.3 On-Demand Metal Printing Services

4.1.4 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on 3D Systems in the Metal Services Business

4.2 BeamIT and ZARE (Italy)

4.2.1 Metal Machine Base

4.2.2 Product/Market Focus

4.2.3 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on BeamIT in the Metal Services Business

4.3 Burloak Technologies (Canada)

4.3.1 Services Offered by Burloak

4.3.2 Role of Burloak’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence

4.3.3 Important Burloak’s Alliances and Customers

4.3.4 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on Burloak in the Metal Services Business

4.4 Carpenter/CalRAM (United States)

4.4.1 Carpenter Additive

4.4.2 Acquisition of CalRAM and LPW

4.4.3 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on Carpenter in the Metal Services Business

4.5 DM3D (United States)

4.5.1 DM3D Technology

4.5.2 DM3D Customers and Parts

4.5.3 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on DM3D in the Metal Services Business

4.6 ExOne (United States)

4.6.1 Services and Centers

4.6.2 Services Offered

4.6.3 Markets Served

4.6.4 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on ExOne in the Metal Services Business

4.7 Notes on Falcontech (China)

4.8 FIT (Germany)

4.8.1 Manufacturing Sites

4.8.2 Spare Parts on Demand Service

4.8.3 Medical Services

4.8.4 Aerospace Components

4.8.5 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on FIT in the Metal Services Business

4.9 GE Additive (United States)

4.9.1 AddWorks

4.9.2 GE Manufacturing Partner Network

4.9.3 Supply of Machines to Service Providers

4.9.4 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on GE Additive in the Metal Services Business

4.10 GKN Additive

4.10.1 Relationship with HP

4.10.2 Other Recent Developments

4.11 Höganäs (Sweden)

4.11.1 Digital Metal

4.11.2 AMEXCI

4.11.3 SmarTech Analysis’ Take on Höganäs in the Metal Services Business

4.12 HP (United States)

4.12.1 HP Enters the Metal Service Bureau Business

4.12.2 HP and AM as a Service

4.12.3 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on HP in the Metal Services Business

4.13 i3D MFG (United States)

4.14 Jabil (United States)

4.15 Materialise (Belgium)

4.15.1 Bremen Facility

4.15.2 Other Developments

4.15.3 Automotive Services

4.15.4 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on Materialise in the Metal Services Business

4.16 MTI (Metal Technology Incorporated) (United States)

4.16.1 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on MTI in the Metal Services Business

4.17 Oerlikon/citim (Switzerland)

4.17.1 Oerlikon End-user Focus

4.17.2 citim

4.17.3 Alliance with XJet

4.17.4 Post-Processing Alliance with Hirtenberger

4.17.5 Oerlikon Print Facilities

4.17.6 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on Oerlikon in the Metal Services Business

4.18 Protolabs (United States)

4.18.1 New Equipment in 2020

4.18.2 3D Printing Business

4.18.3 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on Protolabs in the Metals Services Business

4.19 Renishaw (United Kingdom)

4.19.1 Renishaw Solutions Centres

4.19.2 Alliance with Infosys

4.19.3 Relationship with Rapid Advanced Manufacturing

4.19.4 Renishaw Customers

4.19.5 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on Renishaw in the Metals Services Business

4.20 Notes on Rosswag (Germany)

4.21 Sculpteo (France)

4.21.1 Acquisition by BASF

4.21.2 Processes and Processing Stats for Sculpteo

4.21.3 Software Strategies

4.21.4 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on Sculpteo in the Metal Services Business

4.22 A Note on Shining3D (China)

4.23 Sintavia (United States)

4.23.1 Machines Owned: Installed Base

4.23.2 New Manufacturing Facility

4.23.3 Alliances with Other Companies

4.23.4 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on Sintavia in the Metal Services Business

4.24 Siemens/Materials Solutions (Germany/U.K.)

4.24.1 New Facilities: U.K. and Florida

4.24.2 Metals, Customers and Products

4.24.3 ASME Training Collaboration

4.24.4 Siemens Additive Manufacturing Network

4.24.5 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on Materials Solutions in the Metal Services Business

4.25 Stratasys Direct Manufacturing (United States/Israel)

4.25.1 Use of VELO3D Assure

4.25.2 SDM Patent

4.25.3 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on SDM in the Metal Services Business

4.26 thyssenkrupp (Germany)

4.26.1 TechCenters

4.26.2 Alliance with Wilhelmsen

4.26.3 Submarine Products

4.26.4 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on thyssenkrupp in the Metal Services Business

4.27 voestalpine (Austria)

4.27.1 Global AM Center Expansion at voestalpine

4.27.2 SmarTech Analysis’ Perspective on voestalpine in the Metal Services Business

4.28 A Note on Wipro 3D (India)

4.28.1 3D Printing Activities

4.29 Metal Service Provider Networks

4.29.1 3D Hubs (The Netherlands)

4.29.2 Hitch3DPrint (Singapore)

4.29.3 Xometry (United States)

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List of Exhibits

Exhibit E-1: Drivers for Metals Service Bureaus

Exhibit E-2: Seven Services that Service Bureau Businesses Can Offer: 2021

Exhibit E-3: Networking Services that Service Bureau Businesses Can Offer: 2021

Exhibit E-4: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts:  By Print Technology ($ Millions)

Exhibit E-5: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts:  By End-user Market ($ Millions)

Exhibit E-6: Service Bureau Revenues from non-AM Activities: By Process Type

Exhibit E-7: Shipments of Printers for Metal Service Bureaus

Exhibit E-8: Shipments of Materials for Metal Service Bureaus  ($ Millions)

Exhibit 1-1: Metal AM Market Revenues by Quarter, 2017-2019

Exhibit 1-2: Metal Service Providers by Type and Motivation

Exhibit 2-1: Seven Services that Service Bureau Businesses Can Offer: 2020

Exhibit 2-2: Hub-based Service Bureau Network Feature/Requirements

Exhibit 3-1: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Aerospace Industry:  By Print Technology ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-2: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Aerospace Industry:  By Type of Metal ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-3: Service Revenues from 3D Printing of Aerospace Parts by Geography ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-4: Metal Parts Printed by Service Bureaus for the Aerospace Industry ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-5: Value-added Services Sold by Service Bureaus for the Aerospace Industry ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-6: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Automotive Industry:  By Print Technology ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-7: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Automotive Industry:  By Metal Type ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-8: Service Revenues from 3D Printing of Automotive Parts by Geography ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-9: Metal Parts Printed by Service Bureaus for the Automotive Industry ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-10: Value-added Services Sold by Service Bureaus for the Automotive Industry ($Millions)

Exhibit 3-11: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Medical Sector:  By Print Technology ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-12: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Medical Sector:  By Metal Type ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-13: Service Revenues from 3D Printing of Medical Parts by Geography ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-14: Metal Parts Printed by Service Bureaus for the Medical Sector ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-15: Value-added Services Sold by Service Bureaus for the Medical Industry ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-16: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Dental Sector:  By Print Technology ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-17: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Dental Sector:  By Metal Type ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-18: Service Revenues from 3D Printing of Dental Parts by Geography ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-19: Metal Parts Printed by Service Bureaus for the Dental Sector ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-20: Value-added Services Sold by Service Bureaus for the Dental Industry ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-21: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Jewelry Sector: By Print Technology ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-22: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Jewelry Sector:  By Metal Type ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-23: Service Revenues from 3D Printing of Jewelry Parts by Geography ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-24: Metal Parts Printed by Service Bureaus for the Jewelry Sector ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-25: Value-added Services Sold by Service Bureaus for the Jewelry Industry ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-26: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for Consumer Goods Market:  By Print Technology ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-27: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Consumer Goods Sector:  By Metal Type ($ Millions)   96

Exhibit 3-28: Service Revenues from 3D Printing of Consumer Goods Sector by Geography ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-29: Metal Parts Printed by Service Bureaus for the Consumer Goods Sector ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-30: Value-added Services Sold by Service Bureaus for the Consumer Goods Industry ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-31: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for Energy Market: By Print Technology ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-32: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Energy Market: By Metal Type ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-33: Service Revenues from 3D Printing for the Energy Market by Geography ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-34: Metal Parts Printed by Service Bureaus for the Energy Market Sector ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-35: Value-added Services Sold by Service Bureaus for the Energy Market Sector ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-36: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for Markets/Other Industries Not Elsewhere Specified:  By Print Technology  ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-37: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for Markets/Other Industries Not Elsewhere Specified:  By Metal Type  ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-38: Service Revenues from 3D Printing for Markets/Other Industries Not Elsewhere Specified by Geography ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-39: Metal Parts Printed by Service Bureaus for Markets/Other Industries Not Elsewhere Specified ($ Millions)

Exhibit 3-40: Value-added Services Sold by Service Bureaus for Markets/Other Industries Not Elsewhere Specified ($ Millions)