Regional Competition Pattern: U.S. as the Top Market
As a closely related industry to the 3D printing industry, the regional distribution of the 3D printing materials industry is also dependent on the distribution of the 3D printing industry. Specifically, in 2021, the global 3D printing industry development to the United States first, with 40.4% of the global market; followed by Germany, the market share of 22.5%; China ranked third in the world, with 18.6% of the global market.
From the perspective of patent applications for 3D printing materials, the two regions of the United States and China are the regions with the highest number of patent applications for the technology in question, followed by Germany. The regional distribution of patents is consistent with the distribution of the 3D printing industry.
Note: Statistics are as of March 14, 2023
Combined with the installed base of 3D printing manufacturing equipment, the U.S., China, and Japan rank at the top in terms of market share. The U.S. ranked first with a 33.1% share, while China and Japan had installation shares of 10.6% and 8.9%, respectively. The global top rankings also include Germany, Italy, South Korea, the United Kingdom and France.
Overall, the U.S. and Chinese markets are the global hotbed of 3D printing development. As the installation of 3D printing manufacturing equipment in these two regions increases day by day, it is pulling the development of the 3D printing materials industry and urging related companies to carry out a new round of innovations and adjustments in terms of product performance, price and technology.
Enterprise competition pattern: has not yet formed a strong leader, equipment manufacturers or to achieve curved road overtaking
The main suppliers of 3D printing materials in the world are EOS, Hoganas, Sandvik, Solvay, Carbon, 3DSystems, Inc. and Stratasys, etc., according to the company's R & D capabilities and previous development direction of different, research and development to provide different types of 3D printing materials. Among them, the German EOS company provides polymer powder, various types of metal powder, etc., and the printing materials account for 30% of the overall sales revenue.
Combined with the global competition pattern of 3D printing equipment, equipment market is divided into metal and non-metal based on 3D printing materials. Metal 3D printing equipment is mainly industrial-grade, mainly including the United States of America's 3D Systems, Germany's EOS, China's Platinum Lite and so on. Non-metallic 3D printing equipment includes both industrial grade and consumer grade/desktop grade, usually with low value, lower gross margins on equipment and service sales than metal equipment, but with higher shipments and overall company revenues, represented by the U.S. Stratasys, the U.S. 3D Systems (consumer grade/desktop grade), Belgium's Materialise, China's Creative 3D (consumer grade/desktop grade) and so on. consumer/desktop level), etc.
Overall, the global 3D printing equipment manufacturers are now actively laying out 3D printing materials related products, such as EOS, Platinum Lite, Huashu Hi-Tech and other enterprises, taking into account the development of the overall industry of 3D printing in all major segments. In the future, the competition in the global 3D printing materials industry may become more intense.
For more research and analysis of this industry, please refer to "China 3D Printing Materials Industry Market Outlook and Investment Strategy Planning Analysis Report" by Prospect Industry Research Institute.