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After Bedrock 3D split from BASF, the company was independent but still a little unsure about its future. The former Innofil3D operation, later dubbed Forward AM Technologies Netherlands, was BASF’s main development and production site for 3D printing filament. The company was an early innovator in filament, producing many different grades and colors in Emmen, the Netherlands, at a cavernous former DSM site that looked like something from a post-apocalyptic video game. The company quickly became a leader in filament, piggybacking off of success with Ultimaker, other OEMs, and direct sales to 3D printing retailers. Hoovered up into the mass that was BASF, the firm was less prominent but still grew. Then, when a management buyout separated Forward AM from BASF, Stratasys took over a lot of t