Unlike the well-known unicorns, invisible unicorns are a new concept. According to the evaluation criteria released by the list, the selection criteria for invisible unicorn companies in 2024 include: a company valuation between 200 million yuan and 7 billion yuan, possessing original or disruptive technology and having a economic model difficult to copy. was created about 5 years ago, is consistent with current political guidelines and does not experience major negative public opinion.
According to the review of the resource library, it was found that a total of 6 companies in the field of 3D printing, including Mofang Precision, Yuding Additive, Tridie, Hanbang Technology, Chenglian Technology and Zhengya Dental, have been successfully preselected for “2024”. China Invisible Independent “Top 500 Horned Beasts List”. The latest total valuation of these six 3D printing companies reached 24 billion yuan, opening up a new imagination space for the future development of China’s 3D printing industry.
Mofang Precision – latest valuation: 4.5 billion yuan
BMF Precision Tech Inc. was established in 2016 and is headquartered in Chongqing. It is the world’s leading provider of precision additive manufacturing solutions, focusing on micro-nano scale 3D printing technology and precision processing. With its original surface projection micro-stereolithography (PμSL) technology, the company has achieved breakthroughs in high-precision detailed printing of 2 microns and 10 microns.
Mofang Precision’s technology is widely used in precision medical devices, electronic devices, microfluidic equipment, micromachines and scientific research fields, especially in the micromachining of three-dimensional complex structures. Since its establishment, the company has quickly become a global leader through independent research and development and technological innovation. Its overseas market share has reached more than 50%, serving the world’s largest companies and scientific research institutions. Recently, Mofang Precision obtained the first medical device registration certificate for domestic additive dental veneer paste, bringing this product to the market.
Headquartered in Chongqing, Mofang Precision has opened offices in Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai and elsewhere, as well as overseas branches in Japan, the United States and elsewhere. It has grown into a global team of 200 people. In September 2022, Mofang Precision officially received the “Japan Precision Engineering Society Manufacturing Award” from the Japan Society of Precision Engineering, becoming the third non-Japanese company in the world to win this award and the first Chinese company.
Yuding Additive – latest valuation: 4 to 3 billion yuan
Beijing Yuding Additive Manufacturing Research Institute Co., Ltd. was established in 2014. It is an innovative high-tech enterprise focusing on major equipment fields. The Company focuses on the independent research, development and industrialization of high-performance metal materials and advanced manufacturing core technologies, especially in additive manufacturing (3D printing) technology of large-scale key metal components. Yuding Additive cooperated with Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics University to establish the “National Engineering Laboratory for Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Large Metal Components for Major Equipment”.
Yuding’s core technologies include using metal powders and wires to directly manufacture large-scale complex metal components through digital and intelligent layer-by-layer fusion and rapid solidification deposition technologies. This technology can not only efficiently manufacture key components of difficult-to-machine metal materials such as titanium alloys and high-strength alloy steels, but can also improve manufacturing precision while reducing costs and shortening cycles.
The company already has a high-level innovative R&D team, including academicians from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Yangtze River researchers, PhD graduates and many other industry experts. Yuding Additive’s technical team has made many breakthroughs in cutting-edge fundamental research and key technologies in the field of additive manufacturing, and won many honors such as the National Technology Invention Award.
Triassic – latest assessment: 4 to 3 billion yuan
Nanjing Triastek Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. (Triastek), established in 2016, is a leading 3D printing pharmaceutical technology company focused on developing innovative digital formulations and smart pharmaceutical products. The company is committed to improving the safety and effectiveness of pharmaceutical products through MED™ 3D printing technology and has world-leading technical advantages in personalized pharmaceutical products and complex formulation design.
Triassic’s 3D printing formulation technology platform covers the entire chain from product design to production, and has cooperated with a number of multinational pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs with challenging formulation technologies. The principle is to directly mix and melt powder raw materials and excipients into a fluid semi-solid, then extrude them with high precision, then print and shape them layer by layer to prepare pharmaceutical preparation with pre-designed three-dimensional structure. The MED process is generally applicable to solid preparations, including multiple routes of administration such as oral and topical, and can meet various drug delivery needs. It can be applied to chemical drugs, biological drugs, peptides, etc.
Not long ago, Triassic announced that the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) had approved the New Drug Clinical Trial Application (IND) for the company’s D23 3D printed drug product. D23 becomes the third 3D printed drug approved for clinical use in the country. Currently, Triassic has five 3D printed pharmaceutical products, T19, T20, T21, T22 and D23, approved for clinical trials. The number of products ranks among the best in the global 3D printed medicine field.
Hanbang Technology – latest valuation: 4 to 3 billion yuan
Guangdong Hanbang Laser Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2015 and is headquartered in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province. It focuses on the research and development, production, sales and service of 3D printing equipment by selective laser metal powder melting (SLM), laser. additive and subtractive material LACM equipment, etc. The company has an R&D team with more than 10 years of experience and is committed to providing high-performance metal 3D printing solutions for aerospace, automobile manufacturing, jewelry, medical, molds and other industries.
The company’s main products are metal 3D printing equipment, covering a wide range of industrial needs, such as dentistry, orthopedics, aerospace and automobile parts manufacturing. Maintain cooperation with many universities and scientific research institutes to promote the innovation and application of metal 3D printing technology.
The company has accumulated a large amount of technology and application data. She has filed more than 400 technical and software patents related to metal additive manufacturing technology and has participated in the formulation of a number of national and industry standards for additive manufacturing. In addition, Hanbang Laser was awarded the title of nationally specialized new enterprise “Little Giant”. The company is building a metal 3D printing equipment research and development base to further expand its production capacity and meet growing market demand.
Chenglian Technology – latest valuation: 4 to 3 billion yuan
Nanjing Chenglian Laser Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2017. It is a domestic high-tech enterprise incubated by the Institute of Additive Manufacturing of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. It focuses on digitalizing the entire dental process and providing one-stop service. stop dental 3D printing digital solutions to lead the digital transformation and upgrading of the industry.
The company has successively developed intelligent prosthesis design and composition software, dental-specific 3D printers and post-processing equipment with independent intellectual property rights, thereby realizing the digitalization of the entire chain of the dental industry. Based on “Internet” + 3D printing, the company has built large-scale distributed cloud factories for denture manufacturing worldwide and established more than 300 cloud factories to serve more than 15 million users in the world.
So far, Chenglian Technology has established digital centralized manufacturing bases in more than 30 countries and regions, including the United States, Canada, France, Germany and South Korea. The installed base of metal 3D printers exceeds 1,000 units, producing more than 10,000 mobile supports and 100,000 fixed crowns every day to meet global market demand for high-quality dental products.
Zhengya Dental – latest valuation: 4 to 3 billion yuan
Zhengya Dental Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., founded in 2004 and headquartered in Shanghai, is one of the important enterprises in domestic invisible orthodontic industry, focusing on the research, development and production of digital orthodontic technology and invisible dental appliances. Zhengya Company has successfully provided more than 3.2 million pairs of invisible aligners to users around the world and is committed to solving clinical problems in orthodontics through innovative technical solutions.
Zhengya introduced advanced 3D printing technology to provide personalized invisible aligners and made significant progress in intelligent manufacturing and automated production, becoming one of the few domestic brands with a fully intelligent production line . The company established an R&D center in Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech, a production base in Jiaxing science and technology city and an intelligent production base in Ziyang, Sichuan to further expand its global market.
In addition, Zhengya Dental has obtained a number of patents and technological innovations in the fields of 3D printing technology, 3D computer design technology, etc., and has filed more than 650 domestic and foreign patents, thus becoming a well-known high-tech company with both innovation and growth in the dental field. The company also cooperates with Chinese orthodontic experts to develop new invisible orthodontic technology, expand its application scope, and provide doctors with cutting-edge invisible orthodontic technology.
Judging from the six 3D printing-related companies shortlisted for the 2024 Invisible Unicorn List, this shows that China’s 3D printing technology has made significant progress on the application side. Companies that make inroads into segmented application pipelines are undoubtedly successful. In the future, we are expected to see more similar companies emerge, working together to contribute to a wonderful chapter in the history of China’s 3D printing industry in the new era.
