Global Micro 3D Printer Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global Micro 3D Printer Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Micro 3D printer is the use of additive manufacturing techniques to produce structures that have features as small as a few microns, this 3D printing method can produce tiny parts and components in shapes not possible with traditional manufacturing. The demand for miniaturized equipment is rising in more and more industries, so the application of micro 3D printers covers a wide range of industries and research fields, such as electronics, optics, medical and so on.

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global Micro 3D Printer market finds that the global Micro 3D Printer market reached a value of USD 117.85 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 693.89 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 34.38% during the forecast period.

The trend of miniaturization, customization and complexity promotes the development of micro 3D printers.

The surge in demand for miniaturized equipment in the electronics, biotechnology, automotive and aerospace sectors has brought attention to micro-additive manufacturing techniques. This method of 3D printing can produce tiny parts and components in shapes not possible with traditional manufacturing, faster and at a lower cost. Parts used in the field of precision manufacturing may encounter factors such as inability to produce molds, insufficient manual manufacturing precision, and overly complex internal structures during the production process. Micro 3D printers can break through related restrictions, the future development direction is mainly customization and Production of complex structural parts. Customized products are usually produced in small batches and cannot be scaled up through traditional processes. In terms of tiny and complex structural parts, it is often difficult to produce them by traditional methods, such as microchip components, mixed metal parts, drug delivery microneedles, vascular stents, etc., which are mostly used in biomedicine, electronic, automobiles, and other industry.

1 Drivers

1.1 The electronics industry promotes the development of the micro 3D printer industry.

The electronics manufacturing industry is growing rapidly leveraging the latest technology advancements in fabrication processes and components designing. The major electronics manufacturing trends include the use of advanced materials, organic electronics, and miniaturization. Besides, disruptive technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) enables smart manufacturing practices and also are the growth drivers for the industry. Hence, startups and scaleups increasingly develop innovations around designing and manufacturing electronic components for high efficiency and compatibility. With such trends, 3D printing is enabling the electronics fabrication industry to become more dynamic and cost-effective. Electronics manufacturing trends improve the efficiency, durability, and sustainability of industrial and consumer electronics. As technology advances and electronic devices become smaller, micro 3D printers address the challenges of component size reduction in the electronics industry by enabling new levels of customization of micro- and nano-scale components through additive manufacturing techniques.

1.2 The development of the medical industry brings growth space for micro 3D printers.

2 Market Challenges

Industrialization risks in emerging industries.

High risk of technology upgrade iteration and product development.

Region Overview:

Europe was the largest revenue market with a market share of 57.45% in 2017 and 56.57% in 2022, a decrease of 0.89%. In 2022, North America market share was 31.07%, ranking second. With the development of economy, increase downstream demand, progress in the downstream industry will promote the Micro 3D Printer market.

Company Overview:

Boston Micro Fabrication
Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) manufactures high precision micro 3D printers for diverse use cases that require the unique combination of excellence in three key areas: resolution, accuracy, and precision. Using polymer and composite additive manufacturing, BMF is able to produce high-precision/high-tolerance industrial parts (2μm printing resolution and +/- 10µm tolerance). Today, BMF is the only industrial 3D printing company to match the quality of high-resolution injection molding and CNC processing.

Nanoscribe

With over 100 highly qualified employees, they develop products and services on the basis of Nanoscribe’s Two-Photon Polymerization technology. Providing hardware, software, materials and processes as a complete solution is the key to customers’ success today. More than 3,000 active operators of their systems located in over 30 countries benefit from the continuous advancement of technology. With their market leadership they remain profitable, so they constantly invest more than 25% of their annual sales in the future of microfabrication. Thus they deliver smart solutions that inspire customers and enable them to materialize ground-breaking ideas.

Micro 3D Printer companies are mainly from United States and Europe; the industry concentrate rate is relativity high. The market share of the top three companies in 2021 was 48.06%. The top three companies are Boston Micro Fabrication, Nanoscribe and 3D MicroPrint, with the revenue market share of 21.48%, 19.70% and 6.87% in 2021.

Segmentation Overview:

Among different product types, Two-Photon Polymerization (2PP or TPP) Printer segment is anticipated to contribute the largest market share in 2027.

Application Overview:

By application, the Medical segment occupied the biggest share from 2017 to 2022.

Key Companies in the global Micro 3D Printer market covered in Chapter 3:

SHENZHENGUANGYUNDA
UpNano
Nanoscribe
Incus
Exaddon
Microlight3D
Nano Dimension
Boston Micro Fabrication
3D MicroPrint

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the Micro 3D Printer market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

Microstereolithography (µSLA) Printer
Projection Microstereolithography (PµSL) Printer
Two-Photon Polymerization (2PP or TPP) Printer
Electrochemical Deposition Printer
Others

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the Micro 3D Printer market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

Electronics
Optics
Medical
Aerospace
Automotive
Semiconductor
Others

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2018-2029) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 8 to Chapter 14:

North America (United States, Canada)
Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden)
Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia)
Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina)
Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, South Africa)