2015 was the next special year for 3D printing industry. We were witnesses to numerous interesting events. It was a year of novelties on the market – on one side new products and companies, on the other side several companies shut their factory or had lower income than in last years. 2015 was like a roller-coaster ride – moments of excitement were mixed with moments of fright. It was really difficult year, but also full of spectacular successes. That is why we decided to prepare the second summing-up of the year in the 3D printing industry and reward the best companies, devices and personages.
We invited representatives from 3D printing business to vote and judge the best companies. In total, there were 90 people who could have judged companies, devices and personages from 3D printing industry in 15 different categories.
The rules were as followed:
Here are the winners…
In the last year Rafał Tomasik – Zortrax’s CEO won the second prize, in this year he was just unrivalled. The title of THE MAN OF POLISH 3D PRINTING INDUSTRY OF 2015 is the next prize for Tomasik, who gained them last year one by one. What is crucial, in case of this prize, he was chosen by people who compete with products offered by his company or use them everyday. That is why this prize was totally adequate.
On the second place winners from last year – Janusz Wójcik and Paweł Rokita – organizers of Days of 3d Printing in Kielce (Dni Druku 3D w Kielcach), the biggest trade of additive manufacturing technology in Central Europe and creators GAI Multitool and FabLab Kielce.
The third prize went to Patryk Kadlec – CEO 3DGence, who was an architect of the most important business event in Polish 3D printing industry in the las year – Michał Sołowow joined the company. Moreover, Patryk guarantees a stable development of 3DGence, which is successively becoming one of the leaders of Polish 3D printing industry.
Zortrax in an absolute leader of Polish 3D printing industry – as far as the brand recognition in Poland and in the world are concerned. We can say confidently that this company has an international character because of its range and well-developed distribution. No wonder that it became the second time in a row THE BEST POLISH COMPANY IN 3D PRINTING INDUSTRY IN 2015.
A Belgian giant of 3D printing – Materialise Polska was a runner-up. The company from Wrocław is currently one of the biggest 3D printing factories in Europe and the list of their customers (which is in a large part classified because of several contracts of non-disclosure agreements) is awe-inspiring.
In third come 3DGence, aspirating to become the second biggest producer of 3D printers in Poland.
Is it possible to ride high in Poland (and also in the world) producing materials for low-budget 3D printers? The example of Spectrum Filaments shows that it is achievable in only 6 months. Exactly 6 months ago Specturm Filaments started with its project of filaments of high quality and large spectrum of interesting solutions, which caused a furore.
The next prizes went to companies which tried as first in Poland to create 3D printers in SLS technology – Sinterit and Sand Made.
The second time in a row The Best Polish 3D Printer became Zortrax M200, which wins several prizes in the world..The second place went to Monkeyfab from Warsaw, which have been developing its own version of Prusa i3 – PRIME. On the third place – a victor of last year’s prize for THE BEST NEW POLISH 3D PRINTER of 2014 – Janusz Wójcik’s and Pawła Rokita’s GAIA Multitool.
The first two prizes went to Polish producers of 3D printers printing in SLS technology. Sinterit Lisa is small, compact and does not resemble typical 3D printer printing in this kind of technology. Its creators went on a real tour through Europe in 2015, presenting their debut device, no wonder, that they won in category THE BEST NEW POLISH 3D PRINTER OF 2015.
Sand Made LS One is a little bit bigger – but it has still attractive budget. What is more, this printer can print from polyamide powders and can prepare 3D models made from sand! In this category Zortrax had to accept superiority of its competitors, nevertheless the 3rd place of Zortrax Inventrure is still a huge achievement.
When Spectrum Filaments won in category THE BEST NEW POLISH COMPANY OF 2015, in category THE BEST POLISH PRODUCER OF FILAMENTS there was only one winner – Spectrum Filaments gained over 100 points more than Wolfix (2nd place). Company Devil Design, which has been successful on the market of filaments since 2013, came third.
Like in 2014, in this year in the category THE BEST DISTRIBUTOR OF LOW-BUDGET 3D PRINTERS there was a strong competition. The difference between the 1st and the 4rd place amounted nearly 20 points! Eventually won the company ABC Data, which is an absolute leader in sale of electronics in Poland and Europe
CadXpert (from Kraków), which distributes MakerBot and a few professional 3D printers, was on the 2nd place and on the 3rd place there was get3D from Łódź, which won last year.
New category and an unrivalled winner – 3D Lab – a distributor of professional 3D printers 3D Systems, which is for example famous for installation of the biggest printer SLS 3D System in Europe in Technopark Kielce.
The second prize went to Bibus Menos and the third to Solveere.
Materialise Polska was unrivalled in this category – one of the biggest factories specialised in 3D printing in Europe. The second prize went unexpectedly to the company J. Paliga, although it possesses incomparably smaller machinery resources than other Polish companies, it gained recognition of customers and the other representatives of 3D printing industry. A veteran of the industry – Solveere was on the third place.
Days of 3D Printing in Kielce (Dni Druku 3D in Kielce) is an undisputed leader as far as trade fair is considered, no wonder that it became The Most Important Event in Poland of 2015 The second prize went to3D Show and the third to Michał Sołowow who made his debut in the 3D printing industry.
In this year’s edition of THE BEST FOREIGN COMPANY OF 2015 won Ultimaker from Holland – one of the biggest producers of low-budget 3D printers in the world. The second prize went to Materialise from Belgium and the third to colorFabb from Holland.
The title of The Best Low-Budget Foreign 3D Printer of 2015 went also to Ultimaker. The second prize went to Formlabs – a producer of a 3D printer which prints from light-cured resin – The Form 1+ and the third prize fto MakerBot for Replicator Z18 – one of the mostly bought 3D printers on the Polish market.
The first prize in category The Best Foreign Producer of Filaments of 2015 went the second time in a row to colorFabb. On the second place there was Verbatim and on the third American taulman3D – a company producing specialist materials.
On the second place there was a revelation of 2015 – the technology CLIP worked out by company Carbon 3D. It is a super quick print out from resin, which has also a quality, which is impossible to achieve in another additive manufacturing technologies.
The third place is an international success of Zortrax which becomes one of the most popular low-budget 3D printers in the world.
All things considered, the biggest disappointments in 2015 were two the biggest companies from 3D printing industry in the world– Stratasys i 3D Systems. Poor financial results, leaving of important personages (Avi Reichental resigned to lead 3D Systems and Bre Pettis said goodbye to MakerBot, which belongs to Stratasys), the other huge disappointment was a lack of novelties in offer of MakerBot. We hope that both companies will rebound in the next year and will come back to get back to business.
Key and description of tables:
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| 1 | Rafał Tomasiak (Zortrax) | 228 | 31,84% |
| 2 | Janusz Wójcik i Paweł Rokita (FabLab Kielce) | 204 | 28,49% |
| 3 | Patryk Kadlec (3DGence) | 119 | 16,62% |
| 4 | Eryk Wąsek (Materialise Polska) | 102 | 14,25% |
| 5 | Przemysław Jaworski (ZMorph) | 63 | 8,80% |
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| 1 | Zortrax | 268 | 37,64% |
| 2 | Materialise Polska | 153 | 21,49% |
| 3 | 3DGence | 136 | 19,10% |
| 4 | 3DKreator | 83 | 11,66% |
| 5 | ZMorph | 72 | 10,11% |
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| 1 | Spectrum Filaments | 212 | 30,24% |
| 2 | Sinterit | 198 | 28,25% |
| 3 | Sand Made | 130 | 18,54% |
| 4 | iGo3D Polska | 109 | 15,55% |
| 5 | Kombi 3D | 52 | 7,42% |
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| 1 | Zortrax M200 | 273 | 38,08% |
| 2 | Monkeyfab PRIME | 148 | 20,64% |
| 3 | GAIA Multitool | 143 | 19,94% |
| 4 | 3DGence One | 110 | 15,34% |
| 5 | ZMorph 2.0 S | 43 | 6,00% |
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| 1 | Sinterit Lisa | 186 | 27,03% |
| 2 | Sand Made LS One | 168 | 24,42% |
| 3 | Zortrax Inventure | 166 | 24,13% |
| 4 | Kreator Motion | 79 | 11,48% |
| 5 | GATE 2.0 | 62 | 9,01% |
| 6 | Factory 2.0 | 27 | 3,92% |
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| 1 | Spectrum Filaments | 254 | 37,80% |
| 2 | Wolfix | 144 | 21,43% |
| 3 | Devil Design | 118 | 17,56% |
| 4 | 3D Color | 96 | 14,29% |
| 5 | 3D Universal | 60 | 8,93% |
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| 1 | ABC Data | 164 | 22,91% |
| 2 | CadXpert | 154 | 21,51% |
| 3 | get3D | 149 | 20,81% |
| 4 | 3D Phoenix | 145 | 20,25% |
| 5 | Sygnis | 60 | 8,38% |
| 6 | 3D Wydruki / 3D Filamenty | 44 | 6,15% |
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| 1 | 3D Lab | 199 | 29,05% |
| 2 | Bibus Menos | 152 | 22,19% |
| 3 | Solveere | 148 | 21,61% |
| 4 | Prosolutions | 105 | 15,33% |
| 5 | MTT Polska | 81 | 11,82% |
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| 1 | Materialise Polska | 238 | 34,44% |
| 2 | I.J. Paliga | 130 | 18,81% |
| 3 | Solveere | 125 | 18,09% |
| 4 | Datacomp | 121 | 17,51% |
| 5 | Rapid Crafting | 70 | 11,14% |
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| 1 | Days of 3D Printing in Kielce (March 2015) | 188 | 26,29% |
| 2 | 3D Show w Warszawa (October 2015) | 164 | 22,94% |
| 3 | Michał Sołowow comes into 3D printing industry investing in 3DGence | 152 | 21,26% |
| 4 | ABC Data starts distribution of 3D printers | 132 | 18,46% |
| 5 | Replica of the Wit Stowsz’s sculpture „The prayer in the Garden” printed „from wood”on 3D printers by Monkeyfab | 79 | 11,05% |
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| 1 | Ultimaker | 220 | 30,94% |
| 2 | Materialise | 196 | 27,57% |
| 3 | colorFabb | 142 | 19,97% |
| 4 | Formlabs | 103 | 14,49% |
| 5 | XYZPrinting | 50 | 7,03% |
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| 1 | Ultimaker 2 | 245 | 34,17% |
| 2 | The Form 1+ | 161 | 22,45% |
| 3 | MakerBot Replicator Z18 | 158 | 22,04% |
| 4 | Up! BOX | 115 | 16,04% |
| 5 | da Vinci 2.0 | 38 | 5,30% |
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| 1 | colorFabb | 262 | 38,36% |
| 2 | Verbatim | 144 | 21,08% |
| 3 | taulman3D | 125 | 18,30% |
| 4 | Formfutura | 90 | 13,18% |
| 5 | DR3D Filament | 62 | 9,08% |
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| 1 | Big concerns are announcing a startup in 3D printing industry: Microsoft, Autodesk, HP, Lenovo, Canon, Ricoh, Toshiba, DuPont, BASF and the others | 217 | 30,22% |
| 2 | CLIP | 171 | 23,82% |
| 3 | Zortrax becomes one of the most popular low-budget 3D printers in the world. | 167 | 23,26% |
| 4 | Materialise prints out final elements for Airbus | 111 | 15,46% |
| 5 | Formnext Trade in Frankfurt | 52 | 7,24% |
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| 1 | Poor financial results of Stratasys and 3D Systems | 196 | 27,76% |
| 2 | Lack of novelties in offer of MakerBota and the next dismissials of workers | 155 | 21,95% |
| 3 | Bre Pettis (MakerBot / Stratasys) and Avi Reichental (3D Systems) say goodbye to 3D printing industry | 138 | 19,55% |
| 4 | The end of Pirx | 135 | 19,12% |
| 5 | The end of Pirate3D / Buccaneer | 82 | 11,61% |
