1986, Charles Charles Whall founded the world's first company to produce 3D printing equipment, 3D Systems. He developed the current stl file format.
1988, 3D Systems introduced SLA equipment.
1989, Scott Crump invented FDM technology and established Stratasys company.
1989, C.R.Dechard of Austin, Texas, USA invented SLS technology. Ceramics, wax, nylon, metal
199 1 year, Helisys invented LOM technology.
1992, DTM introduced SLS equipment.
1993, Emanual Sachs of MIT invented 3DP technology.
Company Z has introduced a 3DP printer.
1996, the above companies have a unified name: 3D printing.
1998, Optomec invented lens technology.
In 2003, EOS invented DMLS technology.
In 2008, RepRap released the first open source desktop 3D printer. RepRap is a project developed in 2005 by Adrian Bao Ye, a senior lecturer at the University of Barn, UK.
In 2008, Objet Geometries introduced the Connex500 rapid prototyping system, which is the first 3D printer in history that can use several different printing materials at the same time.
In 2009, Bray Pettis founded MakerBot.
20 10, Organovo company disclosed bio-printing technology.
On 20 1 1 year, British researchers developed the first 3D chocolate printer.
20 12, Stratasys merged with Israel Objet.
Time company ranking
3D system, Stratasys, RepRap, Objet, MakerBot.
Ranking from Time Technology
SLA，FDM，SLS，LOM，3DP