In May 2022, desktop 3D printing leaders Ultimaker and MakerBot announced that they had agreed a deal that would see the two companies merge. The merger was then completed in September of the same year, and UltiMaker was launched.
The brand has launched a few machines in the year and one month since, with the MakerBot SKETCH Large being the first system under the new name last October, the UltiMaker S7 in January 2023, then the Method XL 3D printer in May. TCT received a sneak preview of the Method XL at RAPID + TCT 2023, where the company also announced that all of its hardware and software products would be rebranded.
The first significant phase of this rebrand was announced in October 2023, with UltiMaker announcing that MakerBot would be relaunched as an education-focused 3D printing brand, the only one in the world according to the company. As part of this rebrand, the…
