The Market for Metal Additive Manufacturing Services 2023-2031

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

• E.1. Service Bureaus and Metals AM
  • E.1.1. Segmenting the Metal Services Market
  • E.1.2. Other Factors Driving the Rise of Metals Service Bureaus
• E.2. 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
• 1.2. Five Types of Metal-Oriented Service Providers
  • 1.2.1. General-purpose AM Service Bureaus
  • 1.2.2. Integrated Service Bureaus: Additive Manufacturing Equipment Firms
  • 1.2.3. Integrated Service Bureaus: Metal Powder Firms
  • 1.2.4. Contract Manufacturers and Metals Shops
  • 1.2.5. Specialist Bureaus
• 1.3. Methodology of this Report
• 1.4. Plan of this Report
• 1.5. Market Drivers, Profitability and Marketing
• 1.6. 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. Metal Service Bureaus in the Aerospace Sector
  • 3.2.1. Use of Metal Additive Manufacturing in the Aerospace Industry
  • 3.2.2. Role of Additive Metals in the Aerospace Industry
  • 3.2.3. Structure of the Aerospace Service Bureau Sector
  • 3.2.4. Factors Influencing the Role of Metal AM Service Bureaus in the Aerospace Industry
  • 3.2.5. Success Factors for AM Metal Services in the Aerospace Industry
  • 3.2.6. Ten-year Forecast of Metals Service Bureau Revenues and Expenditures
• 3.3. Demand for Metal Service Providers in the Automotive Sector
  • 3.3.1. Use of Metal Additive Manufacturing in the Automotive Industry
  • 3.3.2. Metal AM Materials and Machines Used in Automotive
  • 3.3.3. Structure of the Automotive Service Bureau Sector
  • 3.3.4. Ten-year Forecast of Metals Service Bureau Revenues and Expenditures in the Automotive Sector
• 3.4. Medical Devices
  • 3.4.1. AM in the Medical Device Sector
  • 3.4.2. The Role of AM Service Bureaus in the Medical Device Sector
  • 3.4.3. AM and Implants
  • 3.4.4. Metal Hearing Aids
  • 3.4.5. Service Providers in the Medical AM Market
  • 3.4.6. Ten-year Forecast of Metals Service Bureau Revenues and Expenditures
• 3.5. AM Service Bureaus in the Dental Industry
  • 3.5.1. State of the Dental Industry and the Role of AM
  • 3.5.2. Additive vs. Subtractive in Digital Dentistry
  • 3.5.3. AM and Dentures
  • 3.5.4. AM and Dental Implants
  • 3.5.5. International Differences
  • 3.5.6. Dental Metal Printing Technology Considerations
  • 3.5.7. Ten-year Forecast of Metals Service Bureau Revenues and Expenditures
• 3.6. AM Metal Service Bureaus in the Jewelry Industry
  • 3.6.1. Service Bureaus in the Jewelry Industry
  • 3.6.2. AM Technologies Used
  • 3.6.3. Forecasts of AM Metal Service Bureaus in the Jewelry Industry
• 3.7. AM Metal Services in the Consumer Goods Industry
  • 3.7.1. Structure of Consumer Goods
  • 3.7.2. AM Metal Services for Consumer Goods: Forecasts
• 3.8. Metal AM Services in Energy: Oil and Gas
  • 3.8.1. Current State of the Oil and Gas Industry
  • 3.8.2. Use of AM in the Oil and Gas Industry
  • 3.8.3. Use of AM Service Bureaus in the Oil and Gas Industry
  • 3.8.4. Structure of AM Metal Service Bureau Activity in Oil and Gas
  • 3.8.5. 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. 3DEO (United States)
• 4.2. Addman (United States)
• 4.3. AMEXCI (Sweden)
• 4.4. BLT (China)
• 4.5. Burloak Technologies (Canada)
  • 4.5.1. Services Offered by Burloak
  • 4.5.2. Important Burloak's Alliances and Customers
• 4.6. Carpenter Additive (United States)
• 4.7. Digital Metal/Markforged (Sweden)
• 4.8. ExOne/Desktop Metal (United States)
  • 4.8.1. Sand Printing/Casting
  • 4.8.2. ExOne Adoption Centers: Metal Printing on Demand
  • 4.8.3. Markets Served
• 4.9. FIT (Germany)
  • 4.9.1. Spare Parts on Demand Service
  • 4.9.2. Manufacturing Sites
• 4.10. GE Additive (United States)
  • 4.10.1. AddWorks
  • 4.10.2. Supply of Machines to Service Providers
• 4.11. GKN Forecast 3D (United States)
• 4.12. Hitch3DPrint (Singapore)
• 4.13. HP (United States)
• 4.14. Materialise (Belgium)
• 4.15. MTI (Metal Technology Incorporated) (United States)
• 4.16. Oerlikon/citim (Switzerland)
  • 4.16.1. Oerlikon End-user Focus
  • 4.16.2. citim
• 4.17. Protiq (Germany)
• 4.18. Protolabs (United States)
• 4.19. Quickparts (United States)
  • 4.19.1. Sale of 3D Systems On-demand Services: The Origins of Quickparts
  • 4.19.2. Quickparts Today
• 4.20. Sandvik/BeamIT (Sweden)
• 4.21. Sculpteo (France)
• 4.22. Shapeways (France)
• 4.23. A Note on Shining3D (China)
• 4.24. Seurat (United States)
• 4.25. Siemens/Materials Solutions (Germany/U.K.)
  • 4.25.1. Siemens Additive Manufacturing Network
  • 4.25.1. A Note on Materials Solutions
• 4.26. Sintavia (United States)
  • 4.26.1. Alliances and Customers
• 4.27. Stratasys Direct Manufacturing (United States/Israel)
• 4.28. Thyssenkrupp (Germany)
  • 4.28.1. Submarines and Marine Applications
  • 4.28.2. Robotics
• 4.29. Toolcraft (Germany)
• 4.30. voestalpine (Austria)
• 4.31. Wipro 3D (India)
  • 4.31.1. 3D Printing Activities
• 4.32. Xometry (United States)

List of Exhibits

• Exhibit E-1: Drivers for Metal Service Bureaus
• Exhibit E-2: Ten Services that Service Bureau Business Can Offer: 2023
• Exhibit E-3: Types of Networks that Service Bureau Business Can Offer
• 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 Service Providers by Type and Motivation
• Exhibit 2-1: Seven Services that Service Bureau Business Can Offer: 2023 Exhibit 2-2: Hub-based Service Bureau Network Feature/Requirements
• Exhibit 3-1: Selected Examples of Aerospace Firms Developing Parts Through AM Service Provider Channels
• Exhibit 3-2: Selected Examples of Space Firms Developing Parts Through AM Service Provider Channels
• Exhibit 3-3: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Aerospace Industry: By Print Technology ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-4: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Aerospace Industry: By Type of Metal ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-5: Service Revenues from 3D Printing of Aerospace Parts by Geography ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-6: Metal Parts Printed by Service Bureaus for the Aerospace Industry ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-7: Value-added Services Sold by Service Bureaus for the Aerospace Industry ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-8: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Automotive Industry: By Print Technology ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-9: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Automotive Industry: By Metal Type ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-10: Service Revenues from 3D Printing of Automotive Parts by Geography ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-11: Metal Parts Printed by Service Bureaus for the Automotive Industry ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-12: Value-added Services Sold by Service Bureaus for the Automotive Industry ($Millions)
• Exhibit 3-13: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Medical Sector: By Print Technology ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-14: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Medical Sector: By Metal Type ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-15: Service Revenues from 3D Printing of Medical Parts by Geography ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-16: Metal Parts Printed by Service Bureaus for the Medical Sector ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-17: Value-added Services Sold by Service Bureaus for the Medical Industry ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-18: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Dental Sector: By Print Technology ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-19: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Dental Sector: By Metal Type ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-20: Service Revenues from 3D Printing of Dental Parts by Geography ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-21: Metal Parts Printed by Service Bureaus for the Dental Sector ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-22: Value-added Services Sold by Service Bureaus for the Dental Industry ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-23: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Jewelry Sector: By Print Technology ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-24: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Jewelry Sector: By Metal Type ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-25: Service Revenues from 3D Printing of Jewelry Parts by Geography ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-26: Metal Parts Printed by Service Bureaus for the Jewelry Sector ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-27: Value-added Services Sold by Service Bureaus for the Jewelry Industry ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-28: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for Consumer Goods Market: By Print Technology ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-29: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Consumer Goods Sector: By Metal Type ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-30: Service Revenues from 3D Printing of Consumer Goods Sector by Geography ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-31: Metal Parts Printed by Service Bureaus for the Consumer Goods Sector ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-32: Value-added Services Sold by Service Bureaus for the Consumer Goods Industry ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-33: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for Energy Market: By Print Technology ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-34: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for the Energy Market: By Metal Type ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-35: Service Revenues from 3D Printing for the Energy Market by Geography ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-36: Metal Parts Printed by Service Bureaus for the Energy Market Sector ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-37: Value-added Services Sold by Service Bureaus for the Energy Market Sector ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-38: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for Markets/Other Industries Not Elsewhere Specified: By Print Technology ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-39: Service Revenues from Printing Metal Parts for Markets/Other Industries Not Elsewhere Specified: By Metal Type ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-40: Service Revenues from 3D Printing for Markets/Other Industries Not Elsewhere Specified by Geography ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-41: Metal Parts Printed by Service Bureaus for Markets/Other Industries Not Elsewhere Specified ($ Millions)
• Exhibit 3-42: Value-added Services Sold by Service Bureaus for Markets/Other Industries Not Elsewhere Specified ($ Millions)