On August 19, 2026, ProMateria (Essen), a startup under German steel group GMH, officially commenced industrial-scale additive manufacturing (AM) production of metal parts, with the first batch of spare parts designated for in-house equipment maintenance. Production launched after approximately 12 months of planning, equipment deployment, and process validation. The facility employs the MoldJet shaping-plus-sintering process, featuring six rotary build platforms (each with a build volume of 375 × 210 × 110 mm), and can process high-nitrogen steel, stainless steel, tool steel, nickel-based and titanium alloys, and copper alloys. In parallel, ProMateria produces its own high-nitrogen steel metal powder (batch sizes from 25 kg to 10,000 kg, ISO 9001 certified) and has developed P2000, a medical-grade high-nitrogen alloy powder, as a sustainable alternative to cobalt-based and nickel-based alloys. Future supply will target the machinery, energy, aerospace, and medical industries. Key takeaways for powder buyers: ① This entrant from a steel-group background adds new supply of in-house high-nitrogen steel powder for nitride-hardened and non-magnetic steel applications (e.g., molds, medical implants replacing cobalt-chrome); monitor the pace of external powder sales. ② The MoldJet-plus-sintering route imposes unique powder requirements (fine particle size, high sintering activity), creating opportunities for MIM/sintering-grade powder suppliers to partner. ③ The group's in-house spare-part production model validates the ROI of AM replacing traditional spare-part inventories, expanding powder demand scenarios across European heavy industry.