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MakerBot and Ultimaker Announce Plans to Merge

posted by janrinok on Sunday May 15 2022, @06:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the open-up-our-merging-hearts dept.

upstart writes:

MakerBot and Ultimaker announce plans to merge – TechCrunch:

Desktop 3D printing firms MakerBot and Ultimaker this morning announced plans to merge. The new single company will be backed by NPM Capital and MakerBot-owner Stratasys and co-led by existing CEOs Nadav Goshen and Jürgen von Hollen. Existing offices will also be maintained in both Brooklyn and The Netherlands.

Both firms rode an initial wave of excitement around additive manufacturing 10 to 15 years ago, becoming two of the most prominent players in the desktop 3D printing space. MakerBot was founded in 2008 as an offshoot of the open source RepRap project. In 2013, the company was acquired by industrial 3D printing giant Stratasys. Founded in Utrecht, Netherlands in 2011, Ultimaker's team was similarly formed around attempts to productize the RepRap project.

[...] The newly formed company will spin out from Stratasys, though the parent company will maintain a minority (45.6%) stake. NPM Capital will control the other 54.4%.

[...] Pending regulator approvals, the deal is expected to close in Q2 or Q3.

Are any of our community 3D printer users? What are you experiences? Has it lived up to your expectations? And the question that I'm sure everyone has asked - what have you made?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 15 2022, @08:53PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 15 2022, @08:53PM (#1245182)

    i don't have one. i am curious tho: how much internet connection to these require to work correctly?
    what device i am interested in at the moment is one that can drill perfect 90 deg holes (perpendicular) into stuff like wood, alu, pvc pipe and maybe rebar ...err...bars and stuff. the deeper the better ... concrete is also a wonderful "additative" material?

  • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Sunday May 15 2022, @10:23PM (1 child)

    by mhajicek (51) on Sunday May 15 2022, @10:23PM (#1245191)

    Most 3D printers do not require an internet connection, unless you want to update the software. 3D printers do not drill holes in any material; you're looking for a router or mill.

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    The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 16 2022, @06:09PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 16 2022, @06:09PM (#1245378)

      Drilling deep holes in "maybe rebar ...err...bars and stuff. the deeper the better" sounds like he wants to make gun barrels.

      To the GP, have a look at https://ghostgunner.net/ [ghostgunner.net]