In August 2022, Markforged completed its acquisition of Swedish metal additive manufacturing (AM) company, Digital Metal. As 3DPrint.com editor-in-chief, Michael Molitch-Hou, wrote at the time, “The move is significant for a number of reasons, the most important of which is the leverage it provides Markforged in the binder jetting market.”
The Markforged team at RAPID + TCT 2023 in Chicago (May 2-4) certainly had the energy of an organization ready to leverage a prized asset. Namely, the PX100: the company’s recently released metal binder jetting platform, powered by Digital Metal. The appearance of the PX100 at this year’s show — the machine’s public debut in North America — was particularly symbolic, as was explained by Digital Metal’s CEO, Christian Lönne, during one of Markforged’s on-site press briefings.
Digital Metal CEO, Christian Lönne
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