[INTERVIEW] Creality CEO pitches long-term growth story as it prepares for IPO

• Desktop 3D printing has grown quickly, but its place in everyday life remains uncertain. As Creality moves towards a public listing, its founder is asking investors to look past product cycles and short-term results to a harder question: whether the market itself can still expand. Creality’s preparations for a public listing come amid sustained growth […]

Desktop 3D printing has grown quickly, but its place in everyday life remains uncertain. As Creality moves towards a public listing, its founder is asking investors to look past product cycles and short-term results to a harder question: whether the market itself can still expand. Creality’s preparations for a public listing come amid sustained growth in desktop 3D printing and intensifying competition at the consumer end of the market. I sat down with Jack Chen, the company’s founder and chief executive, who told me discussions with prospective investors have focused less on quarterly execution and more on whether the addressable market can continue to expand. “For many investors, what they care about the most is the future market size of the 3D printing industry,” Chen said. He pointed