3D Printing Materials Status, Opportunities, Marke

Dublin, April 12, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "3D Printing Materials 2017-2027: Status, Opportunities, Market Forecasts" report to their offering. This report covers the current status and future opportunities of materials for 3D printing. It contains many illustrative and analytical figures and tables plus profiles of 29 companies, from across the globe, who supply a wide variety of materials for 3D printing. Gone are the days of 3D Printing being synonymous with Rapid Prototyping; the days of Additive Manufacturing are here. 3D Printing was first commercialised in 1986, and adopted nearly exclusively for prototyping. In 2009, Stratasys' key patent expired, the market place became flooded with cheap thermoplastic extruders, interest exploded, and the market for thermoplastic filament rocketed. XYZPrinting have become a market leader by selling very large numbers of cheap printers. They operate on a vendor lock-in model, so their revenue from materials will be large and the price will hold steady. The market for thermoplastic filament is expected to reach over $6.6 billion by 2026. This new interest inspired developments in many technologies to 3D print a wider variety of materials. A brief overview of each of these technologies is outlined in this report. This report outlines the advantages and disadvantages of printing in different materials, the applications of each, and technical data on the properties of 3D printed materials, which often differ from their traditionally manufactured analogue. These new materials mean there has been space for many new companies, and also many acquisitions by 3D printer manufacturers. Information on start-ups, closures, mergers and acquisitions is included. No longer is 3D Printing used only for one-off pieces and prototypes, but for final part production of items with reduced and simplified assembly, quicker design iterations, greater design freedom, mass customisation and minimal material wastage. For these reasons, 3D Printing is already common in aerospace, orthopaedic, jewellery and dental sectors. Adoption is fast-growing in education, oil and gas, military, architecture, and medical research sectors. This massive growth in the use and applications of 3D Printers is encouraging a massive growth in the market for 3D Printing Materials. Detailed forecasts, using information from interviews with 90 key players in the industry and disclosed financial information, estimate key materials are expected to have a total market of over $24 billion by 2027. This report includes detailed state of the market, in terms of market value and volume, for: - Photopolymers - Thermoplastic filaments - Thermoplastic powders - Metal powders The report also includes discussions on developments for emerging materials including: - Welding Wire - Binders for metals, sand or plaster - Metallic thermoplastic filaments - Platinum-based Metallic Glass - Gallium-Indium Alloy - Ceramics - Biomaterials - Conductive thermoplastic filaments - Conductive inks - Conductive pastes - Conductive photopolymers - Graphene - Carbon Fibre - Silicone - Regolith - Wood - Glass This report gives financial data and forecasts to 2027 including: - Materials market forecast by value - Thermoplastics market forecast by value - Photopolymers market forecast by value - Materials market forecast by mass - Thermoplastics market forecast by mass - Photopolymers market forecast by mass Key Topics Covered: 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1. Executive Summary 1.2. Advantages of 3D Printing 1.3. Printing processes and material compatibility 1.4. Future of 3D printing by application 1.5. Value chains: vendor lock-in 1.6. Value chains: free market materials 1.7. Revenue from 3D Printing Materials in 2016 1.8. Forecast by Revenue 1.9. Forecast by mass 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1. 3D Printing is... 2.2. Advantages of 3D Printing 2.3. The cost of complexity 2.4. Drivers 2.5. A brief history of 3D printing 3. OVERVIEW OF 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES 3.1. Printing processes and material compatibility 3.2. Alternative Naming of Technologies 3.3. Summary of Plastic Printing 3.4. Summary of Metal Printing 4. PHOTOPOLYMERS 4.1. Photopolymers 4.2. Acrylates vs Epoxies 4.3. Applications of 3D Printed Photopolymers 4.4. Photopolymers - Key Players 4.5. Properties of Commercially Available Photopolymers 4.6. Forecast for Photopolymers 5. THERMOPLASTIC FILAMENT 5.1. Thermoplastic Filament 5.2. Available Polymers 5.3. Why isn't PP commonly 3D printed? 5.4. New fillers for thermoplastic filaments 5.5. Elastomeric Filaments 5.6. Support material 5.7. Applications of 3D Printed Thermoplastic Filament 5.8. Thermoplastic Filament - Key Players 5.9. Thermoplastic Filament - Chemical Suppliers 5.10. Properties of Objects 3D Printed from Thermoplastic Filament 5.11. Forecast Thermoplastic Filament Sales 6. THERMOPLASTIC POWDER 6.1. Thermoplastic Powders 6.2. Applications of 3D Printed Thermoplastic Powders 6.3. Thermoplastic Powders - Key Players 6.4. Polymers Offered by Thermoplastic Powders Suppliers 6.5. Comparison of two most commonly 3D Printed Thermoplastic Powders 6.6. SLS of TPU 6.7. Forecast Thermoplastic Powder Sales 7. METAL POWDERS 7.1. Metal Powders 7.2. 3D Printable Metals 7.3. Powder Requirements 7.4. Metal Powders - Key Players 7.5. Alloys Available from Metal Powder Suppliers 7.6. Applications of 3D Printed Metal Powders 7.7. Powders for Metal + Binder 7.8. Forecast Metal Powder Sales 8. OTHER WAYS TO 3D PRINT METALS 8.1. Welding Wire 8.2. Sand + Binder 8.3. Proto-pasta Metallic PLA Filament 8.4. Platinum-based Metallic Glass 8.5. Gallium-Indium Alloy 9. CERAMICS 9.1. Ceramics 9.2. SLA 9.3. Paste extrusion 9.4. Filled Thermoplastic Filaments 9.5. Binder Jetting 9.6. SLM 9.7. Blown Powder 10. BIOMATERIALS 10.1. Market 10.2. Syringe-based bioprinting 10.3. Extrusion-based bioprinting 10.4. ROKIT - Edison Invivo 3D bioprinter 10.5. Organovo 11. CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS 11.1. Electrically Conducting Materials 11.2. Functional materials 11.3. Metals 11.4. Conductive thermoplastic filaments 11.5. Conductive inks 11.6. Conductive pastes 11.7. Conductive photopolymers 11.8. Graphene 12. EMERGING MATERIALS 12.1. Carbon Fibre 12.2. Silicone 12.3. Regolith 12.4. Wood 12.5. Glass 13. DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES 13.1. Thermoplastic Recycling 13.2. Selective Deposition Lamination 13.3. Faster vat photopolymerisation 13.4. LCD stereolithography 3D Printing 14. MARKETS 14.1. Markets for 3D Printing 14.2. Future of 3D printing by application 15. VALUE CHAINS 15.1. Value chains: vendor lock-in 15.2. Value chains: free market materials 15.3. The evolution of value chains 16. STATE OF THE MARKET 16.1. Methods and Assumptions 16.2. Three Behaviours of Thermoplastic Filament Consumption 16.3. Falling prices for free-market materials 16.4. Revenue from 3D Printing Materials in 2017 16.5. Overall market breakdown in 2017 ($M) 16.6. Thermoplastics market in 2017 16.7. Photopolymers market in 2017 16.8. Metals market in 2017 16.9. 3D Printing Industry Split by Application in 2017 17. FORECASTS 17.1. Materials market forecast by value 17.2. Thermoplastics market forecast by value 17.3. Photopolymers market forecast by value 17.4. Materials market forecast by mass 17.5. Thermoplastics market forecast by mass 17.6. Photopolymers market forecast by mass 18. CONCLUSIONS 18.1. General trends 18.2. Limitations 18.3. The evolution of 3D Printing is intrinsically linked with: 18.4. Opportunities 19. COMPANY PROFILES 19.1. Advanc3d Materials 19.2. Advanced Powders and Coatings 19.3. Arcam 19.4. Arevo Labs 19.5. Cookson Precious Metals 19.6. CRP Group 19.7. DSM Somos 19.8. Evonik 19.9. Exceltec 19.10. Formlabs 19.11. Graphene 3D Lab 19.12. Heraeus New Businesses 19.13. Impossible Objects 19.14. Legor Group 19.15. Lomiko Metals 19.16. LPW Technology Ltd 19.17. Maker Juice 19.18. The NanoSteel Company 19.19. Nascent Objects, Inc 19.20. NinjaFlex (Fenner Drives) 19.21. Norsk Titanium 19.22. Oxford Performance Materials19.23. Photocentric 19.24. Rahn AG 19.25. Sandvik 19.26. Stratasys 19.27. Taulman3D 19.28. TLC Korea 19.29. Toner Plastics Inc. For more information about this report visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/kh...d_printing

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