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First Commercial 3D Printer
The first commercial 3D printer was invented by Charles Hull. Charles invented it in the night and his wife was the first person that he showed it to. -
3D systems was founded
The company 3D systems was founded by Charles Hull in Valencia, California. 3D systems creates consumer and industrial 3D printers. -
Fused Deposition Modeling
Scott Crump invented Fused Deposition Modeling. FDM works by heating and extruding thermoplastic filament and then depositing layers of semi-liquid beads along an STL-defined extrusion path. -
Commercially successful 3D printer
The first commercially successful 3D printer was invented by 3D systems. The SLA 250 cost around $187,000. -
Stratasys was founded
Stratasys was founded by Scott Crump and his wife Lisa Crump in Edina, Minnesota. Stratasys ranges from small desktop printers to large, advanced 3D production systems. -
FDM 3D printer
The first FDM 3D printer was invented by Stratasys. It cost $130,000 or $178,000 with a Silicon Graphics Personal Iris workstation and software. -
3D Systems bought SLA
3D Systems bought SLA business from EOS. They paid $3.25 million and agreed to drop lawsuits made by them in 1993 and 1994. -
first 3d printed organ
Scientists at Wake Forest Institute for Regeneratie Medicine printed the first ever 3d printed organ, a bladder, which was transplanted into a human. Created with the patient's own cells. there is little chance of the organ being rejected by the body. -
3D Systems bought DTM, Optoform and Swiss
3D Systems bought DTM for $40.3 million dollars. They also bought French company Optoform and Swiss firm RPC. Optoform, was co-founded by André-Luc Allanic and Philippe Schaeffer in 1997. -
RedEye RPM
Stratasys launched RedEye RPM service. You can order in to a 24/7 service and get your 3D printed object(s) in 3-5 days. -
Self Replication
The RepRap 1.0 “self-replicating” 3D printer was released. It could make 50% of its own parts. -
Thingiverse
Thingiverse was created by MakerBot. Thingiverse is an open-source website with 3D printer designs. -
Makerbot Industries
Makerbot Industries was founded. Its first product had source files to build on Thingiverse and was called Cupcake CNC. -
3D Printed Car
The Urbee: A 3D-printed car was created. The bodywork is all 3D printed and the exterior components were made in ABS using Dimension 3D printers and Fortus 3D production systems. -
3D printed blood vessels
The first 3D printed blood vessels were created. A regenerative medicine company did it using NovoGen technology. -
3D Printed Chocolate
First 3D printed chocolate. A project team headed by the University of Exeter, along with Brunel University and software developer Declam created it with ink-jet-style 3D printing. -
3D printed aircraft
The first 3D printed aircraft was created by the University of Southampton. No tools were required and everything was printed on an EOS EOSINT P 730. -
3D systems buys Z Corp
3D systems buys Z Corporation and medicine/dental imaging specialist Vidar Systems. The deal cost $135.5 million in cash. -
3D printed jaw
The first 3D printed jaw was created by a Belgian firm called Layerwise. It was used to replace a senior patient’s osteomyelitis-affected mandible. -
3D printed gun
The first 3D printed gun was printed. It is is fully functional, called the Liberator and was created by Cody Wilson. -
Stratasys buys Makerbot
Stratasys made a move into the consumer desktop 3D printing space by buying Makerbot and Thingiverse. The total amount of the deal was $403 million.
