# MakerBot and Ultimaker announce merger with $62.4M funding

3D printer manufacturers MakerBot and Ultimaker announced a merger to accelerate additive manufacturing adoption, with $62.4 million in funding from investors NPM Capital and Stratasys. The combined company will retain dual headquarters in the Netherlands and Brooklyn, N.Y., and the deal is expected to close in the next few weeks.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2022-05-12
- Value: $62.4M
- Status: announced
- Products: 3D printers, additive manufacturing software and hardware
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [MakerBot](https://endata.com/companies/62831.md)
- [Ultimaker](https://endata.com/companies/62832.md)
- [NPM Capital](https://endata.com/companies/16926.md) (investor)
- [Stratasys](https://endata.com/companies/23374.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com](https://www.plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com/additive-manufacturing/article/21267482/makerbot-ultimaker-announce-merger-plans), 2022-05-12: "Combining the companies will allow Ultimaker and MakerBot to expand product offerings and better compete in a global market"

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