Nano Dimension absorbs Desktop Metal and Markforged

2025-04-25 · Publisher : Nano Dimension · Domain : Industry 4.0 & 5.0

In April 2025, Nano Dimension completes, under court order, its purchase of Desktop Metal, then Markforged on 25 April ($116M). The consolidation of industrial additive manufacturing soon turns into a break-up.

What changes

  • A Delaware court forces Nano Dimension to complete the Desktop Metal deal, closed in early April 2025.
  • On 25 April 2025, Nano Dimension completes the Markforged acquisition for $116M ($5 per share).
  • Markforged brings an installed base of more than 15,000 systems.
  • As early as 21 April, Desktop Metal launches a strategic review over its debt.

### What changes In April 2025, Israel's **Nano Dimension** brings two American industrial 3D printing names under its control. In early April, it completes the acquisition of **Desktop Metal**, which a Delaware court forced it to close. On 25 April, it completes the acquisition of **Markforged**. ### Key facts - Desktop Metal: the Delaware Chancery Court rules that Nano Dimension "materially breached" the merger agreement by failing to use reasonable best efforts to obtain regulatory approval, and orders closing. - On 21 April 2025, Desktop Metal starts a strategic review to handle heavy debt: at the end of Q3 2024, $30M in cash against $113M in long-term debt. - Markforged: **$116M** transaction, or $5 per share; installed base of more than **15,000 systems** (metal and composites). - Markforged's CFO becomes Nano Dimension's CFO. ### Why it matters After the 2020-2021 listing euphoria, additive manufacturing enters a phase of forced consolidation. For industrial users, the question becomes the continuity of support, materials and software for installed machines when their makers change hands or disappear. ### Takeaway A short-lived consolidation: Desktop Metal files for Chapter 11 in July 2025 and Markforged is sold to Stratasys in May 2026.

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Tags : Fabrication additive, Acquisition, États-Unis