3D Printing Becomes Standard in Commercial Rocket Manufacturing for Mass Production of Core Engine Components
According to Securities Times reports, leading commercial rocket companies such as LandSpace, Galactic Energy, Space Transportation, and Deep Blue Aerospace have widely adopted 3D printing technology to produce core engine components like thrust chambers and nozzles on a large scale. Listed companies including Farsoon Technologies and Bright Laser Technologies are taking the lead in the aerospace 3D printing sector, while multiple publicly traded firms are expanding into related businesses through mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures. In workshops of 3D printing service providers like FalconTech, large-scale laser printers are producing components nearly one meter in diameter for well-known domestic commercial aerospace companies. Despite rapid industry growth, challenges remain, including high costs of premium consumables and equipment depreciation, as well as a lack of unified industry standards. According to the "2026 China Commercial Aerospace 3D Printing Technology Development Blue Book," the domestic commercial aerospace 3D printing market is projected to exceed 15 billion yuan by 2027 and surpass 30 billion yuan by 2030.
2026-07-10
Guangzhou Xinyan Jin's 3D Printed Tire Mold Steel Sheets Surpass 10 Million Units Delivered, Leading Group Standard Development
Guangzhou Xinyan Jin Additive Technology has delivered over 10 million tire mold 3D printed steel sheets, with exports to Japan, South Korea, India, Turkey, Malaysia, and other countries. The company’s parent factory operates in-house atomization powder production lines covering mainstream materials such as 17-4PH, 316L, 304L, 410, and 18Ni300, ensuring quality from the source. By independently optimizing LPBF process parameters, it achieves support-free and minimal post-processing efficient printing. A flexible production line of 16 industrial-grade printers handles batch orders of tens of thousands while enabling fast prototyping. As a vice-chairman unit of the Additive Manufacturing Branch of Guangdong Mechanical Engineering Society, the company led the formulation of the group standard 'Additive Manufacturing Tire Mold Steel Sheets.' Traditional stamping and milling methods can no longer meet the multi-angle, multi-thickness, multi-curvature production demands of 3D patterned groove steel sheets, making metal additive manufacturing the only viable solution.
2026-07-10
Q2 2026 Asia-Pacific Additive Manufacturing Market Sees $2.02 Billion in Committed Funds, Heavily Focused on Capacity and Thermal Management Infrastructure
According to AMPulse data, actual funds received and IPO proceeds in the Asia-Pacific additive manufacturing market for Q2 2026 were approximately $556 million, but total committed funds—including planned private placements, M&A considerations, capital expenditures, and project funding—reached roughly $2.02 billion. Capital is flowing into industrial infrastructure such as capacity, factory construction, thermal management, copper processing, and raw material supply, with capacity and infrastructure alone accounting for 52.3% of total commitments. Fund concentration is high, with the top three commitments (Farsoon High-Tech private placement, Golden Ortho 3D capital expenditure, and TDK’s acquisition of Fabric8Labs) together accounting for 70.7% of the total. China-related projects represented 193 of the 354 key pieces of information for the quarter and approximately 78.4% of total committed funds. By committed funds, the largest sub-segments are industrial metal and polymer systems ($543 million), distributed printing production infrastructure ($486 million), and electrochemical metal additive manufacturing thermal management ($400 million).
2026-07-10
