Lithoz Revenue Up 40% as Customers Scale Ceramic 3D Printing

Lithoz says that its materials revenue has risen 40% year on year. This is a good sign pointing towards higher utilization and production volumes by its customers. Service bureaus and medical firms boosted Q2 revenue growth. The company also says that 20% of its customers run 50% of all the CeraFab systems worldwide. On the one hand, this is a supplier concentration, but on the other hand, it also points to efficient production partners who are growing into specialized 3D printing ceramics manufacturing firms. The three most significant growth areas for the firm are in aluminum nitride, silica-based ceramics, and calcium phosphates. With calcium phosphates used in medical applications, silica in casting, and nitride in electronics applications, this shows a clear split between three very d