“The additive manufacturing market is extremely challenging for many companies at the moment”, said Carl Fruth, CEO of FIT AG. “But we believe that a new industry is emerging, in which the combination of AI and 3D printing will deliver the additive manufacturing promise: High specification products with short lead-times and competitive cost. Sinterit’s range of small SLS machines delivers exactly that. We will continue to invest in additive manufacturing, and Sinterit will be a player in our industry.”
FIT has also provided Sinterit with a working capital loan. The terms of the transactions between FT and Sinterit were not disclosed.
Included in the order are two of Sinterit’s new “Jilly” 3D printers, announced by the company in August. Unlike all other small size selective laser sintering machines, Jilly features a CO2 laser instead of a fiber coupled laser. This allows the usage of white powders, where fiber coupled lasers have to use powders with darkening additives. Shipment of the Jilly printers is scheduled to start in December 2025, and another order has been secured for the Jilly model in the United States, where
Sinterit’s cooperation with its new exclusive distributor Burton Precision in Grand Rapids, MI, has generated significant business.
Sinterit also announced the launch of new powder for its Lisa X and Suzy models. “Sinterit PA11.5” allows the manufacturing of complex nylon parts with high dimensional accuracy, high strength and high flexibility at the same time. Sinterit PA11.5 is priced far below any other PA11 powder in the industry.
Lukasz Adach, Sinterit CFO, said: “There is only one success factor in today’s selective sintering market: You have to offer the lowest cost for a specific manufacturing application. The time, where you could sell a machine and the customer would figure out what to do with it are over. As are the times, where success meant that you managed to make something, no matter what the cost. Cost of parts is the overriding criteria for people to move to additive manufacturing.”
Adach continued: “In most cases now customers choose filament based printers for all the right reasons, but where intricate shapes with high surface specifications are required, SLS cannot be beaten. Sinterit will continue to offer customer the best cost and quality in the industry. This cannot be achieved just with printer technology, AI and specific powders will play an increasing role in the future. Sinterit is prepared for this.”
