Stratasys will acquire Markforged from Nano Dimension

Stratasys has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Markforged, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nano Dimension, in an all-cash transaction valued at $42.5 million.

Stratasys, based in Minnetonka, Minn., is a provider of 3D printing solutions for industries including aerospace, automotive, consumer products, and healthcare.

Markforged is a provider of fused filament fabrication (FFF) additive manufacturing solutions. Its integrated platform, The Digital Forge, combines hardware, in-house materials and secure software including simulation, part management and automated print optimization. Its Continuous Carbon Fiber technology enables industries such as aerospace, defense, automotive, and food and beverage to produce parts that are lighter and stronger than traditional FFF alternatives.

Nano Dimension will retain Markforged’s Metal Binder Jetting product line.

“This acquisition further advances our capabilities to meet customers’ growing needs in critical areas such as defense and aerospace at a time when additive manufacturing continues to displace traditional manufacturing for high requirement applications in production,” said Yoav Zeif, CEO of Stratasys, in a news release.

“We believe that our teams can immediately reinvigorate revenue growth by adding Markforged, Inc.’s products and software systems as we leverage our leading partner networks. We are confident this transaction will strengthen Stratasys’ position in many of the largest and most structurally critical industries where performance, supply chain resilience, reliability and scalability are essential,” he said.

The transaction is also expected to enhance Stratasys’ software and materials offerings.

The additive manufacturing space, while it continues to make technological advancements, is still finding its niche and has gone through a series of mergers, near-mergers and legal disputes in recent years. In 2025, Stratasys acquired the assets of both Nexa3D and Forward AM.

In its weekly newsletter, Wohlers Associates, a consulting firm focused on the additive manufacturing space, offered analysis of the deal.

“The Markforged product line is complementary to Stratasys’ own offering, since both companies are rooted in material extrusion technologies derived from the original FDM processes pioneered by Stratasys in the late 1980s.

“Interestingly, Stratasys appears to have declined the opportunity to expand its metal AM activities through the acquisition. ... This likely reflects the continuing uncertainty surrounding metal binder jetting as a large-scale industrial business,” the Wohlers analysis said, noting that Stratasys has historically been a polymer-focused company.

“More broadly, Nano Dimension’s acquisition strategy, fueled by the very large cash reserves it raised during 2020–2021, is now almost completely unwound. The company accumulated stakes and acquisitions across the AM industry, including a roughly 14 percent stake in Stratasys and a failed hostile takeover attempt for the company itself. Following the bankruptcy and divestiture of Desktop Metal, which had previously acquired ExOne, and the closure or disposal of smaller acquisitions such as NanoFabrica, Nano Dimension remains with its original additive electronics business,” according to the newsletter report.