The Market for Metal Additive Manufacturing Services 2023-2031

The Market for Metal Additive Manufacturing Services 2023-2031


This report is the follow-up on our 2021 report on AM metal services. The 2023 report focuses on how the rush by AM services to provide value-added offerings is working out for them — it has been something of a mixed bag. The report also discusses the ongoing consolidation in the metal services business and the acceleration of the trend towards networks.

Our forecasts in this report have been adjusted to reflect the realities of the post- COVID-19 era. In addition the section covering the strategies of leading players in this sector and the number of service providers in this section has been increased.


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)

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