3D printing materials are an indispensable part of the 3D printing industry, and the level of 3D printing materials technology directly affects the development of the 3D printing industry. Recently, Foresight Research Institute released a research report on 3D printing materials, which summarizes the domestic development and predicts the future development trend. This issue of 3D Science Valley will share the report.

Global 3D Printing Regional Competitive Landscape

As an industry closely related to the 3D printing industry, the regional distribution of the 3D printing materials industry also depends on the distribution of the 3D printing industry. Specifically, in 2021, the development of the global 3D printing industry will be led by the United States, with 40.4% of the global market; followed by Germany, with a market share of 22.5%; China ranks third in the world, with 18.6% of the global market.

Global 3D Printing TOP 25 Companies

In October 2021, Xignite, the world's leading data provider, released the ranking of global 3D printing Top25 companies, with Thailand's Cal-Comp Electronics, Japan's Mitsubishi Paper Mills and the U.S. 3D Systems in the top three; among them, five companies entered the ranking in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, namely Xi'an Platinum Powertech, Yongsheng New Materials, Real Power International, Wuhan Gold Run Laser and Lixin International. Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan enterprises in the ranking there are five, respectively, Xi'an Platinum Lite, Yongsheng New Materials, Real Power International, Wuhan Jinyun Laser and Lixin International.

Overview of domestic developments
       3D printing materials industry market size increased by more than 30 percent

3D printing materials industry is an important foundation of the 3D printing industry, according to CCID data, since 2017, 3D printing materials market size accounted for the total proportion of the total size of the 3D printing industry between 20% and 30%. 2017-2021, the market size of China's 3D printing materials industry has been increasing year by year, and the year-on-year increase in 2021 reached 31.37%, which is the highest in years. increase, realizing a significant leap.

Part of the material technology level can be comparable to international leaders

According to the prospectus of Platinum Lite, the relevant technical indexes of its titanium alloy powder are basically comparable to those of German TLS titanium alloy powder. It reflects that the domestic 3D printing material metal materials have reached the export standard and are competitive both domestically and internationally.

According to the prospectus of Huashu Hi-Tech (draft declaration), the polymer powder produced by it is similar to the key performance indexes such as heat distortion temperature, tensile strength, tensile modulus, bending strength and bending modulus in comparison with similar products of comparable listed companies in the same industry and is at the international advanced level, and the elongation at break is better than that of similar products and has reached the international leading level.

Overall, China's rapid development of 3D printing materials, domestic and foreign products in specific areas such as titanium alloy powder and polymer powder, etc., to reach a consistent level, and even domestic enterprises have a leading edge.

growing trend

Future market size of 3D printing materials industry breaks 30 billion yuan

With the continued growth of the 3D printing materials industry, it is expected that in the next few years the industry's growth momentum will shift from being dominated by 3D printing equipment to a dual-driven shift from equipment and materials, and the demand for 3D printing materials will grow faster.In 2028, the size of China's 3D printing materials industry may exceed 30 billion yuan.