The PA11 and PA12 market in 3D printing is an emerging market with a significant number of global and regional players. This market is dominated by a few players in North America and Europe region. PA12 has a large number of developed grades for 3D printing in comparison to PA11, which is an evolving market.
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EOS GmbH (Germany), Arkema SA (France), 3D Systems (U.S.), Stratasys (U.S.), and Evonik AG (Germany) are the major manufacturers of PA11 and PA12 grades. Arkema SA and Evonik AG have their own supply base whereas the other companies mentioned above modify the basic grades of PA 11 and PA 12. These players have been focusing on organic as well as inorganic growth with special focus on the Asia-Pacific market. Agreements, collaborations, expansions, investments, and new product launches are some of the key strategies adopted by market players to achieve growth in the 3D printing market. The expiry of major laser sintering patents in 2014 has helped many players to enter into 3D printing market.
Substantial investments have been made in past few years by key companies such as EOS GmbH (Germany), 3D systems (U.S.), Stratasys (U.S.), Arkema SA (France) and others in form of new facilities, joint ventures, collaborations, and others. Arkema SA (France) has been instrumental in promoting PA11 for which it is major supplier as unfilled powder for 3D printing as well as to the intermediaries which modify the grades according to the end user requirements. EOS GmbH (Germany) has developed large number of grades of PA11 and PA 12 to support its laser sintering systems business. Recently, the company launched PA1102, PA2241FR, PA1101, Primepart plus, and others to increase its product portfolio.
3D systems (U.S.) recently launched ProX GF/AF/ EX and others. The company acquired CRDM Ltd., a U.K.-based firm in August 2013, which has materials, such as polyamide, polyurethane resins, stainless steel, cobalt chrome, and ABS. The acquisition helped 3D Systems to add the stated materials to its portfolio along with market share of the company in Europe.
Arkema SA (France) and Evonik AG (Germany) have been the key suppliers of PA11 and PA12 bio-based and specialty polyamides. Arkema SA has made some key strategic partnerships with castor oil suppliers, such as Jayant Agro and others in the Asia-Pacific region. Evonik AG has been instrumental in supply of PA12 directly as 3D printing unfilled powder or to the intermediaries, which is primarily used in 3D printing technology by laser sintering. Apart from these, many players from China have emerged in the scene to supply primarily unfilled grades of PA12.
Apart from new product launches and expansions, companies operational in this market have also been focusing on mergers & acquisitions which together accounted for around 30% of the total new developments in the polyamide market between 2012 and 2015.
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