The highly competitive filament market

From a global perspective, the 3D printing consumables market is developing rapidly and there are numerous manufacturers. According to some industry reports and related data, there are many well-known manufacturers involved in the production of 3D printer consumables worldwide, such as BASF, Asahi – Kasei, NatureWorks, Xtellar, ColorFabb, etc. On a certain search platform, it shows that there are 82 3D printer consumables suppliers.

In China, there are also many manufacturers of 3D printer consumables. After the 2024 Asian TCT exhibition, Antarctic Bear has newly included a large number of 3D printing manufacturers, including several FDM 3D printing filament manufacturers. On JobSeeker Group, 53 pieces of information about Chinese 3D printing consumables companies can be found. And on Alibaba’s Yellow Pages, there are 2,000 pieces of information related to 3D printer consumables manufacturers. In addition, according to the “Additive Manufacturing Industry Development Action Plan” of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, by 2025, 35 domestic consumables enterprises with international competitiveness will be cultivated. This also reflects the scale and number of Chinese 3D printer consumables manufacturers.