Stratasys launches iAM Marketplace: Open platform for polymer AM and procurement

Stratasys is introducing the iAM Marketplace, an independent platform intended to consolidate sourcing and qualification for polymer additive manufacturing. The offering is aimed at companies that use AM across the entire product lifecycle and want to manage materials, services, and hardware sources in a consolidated way. The focus is on open, vendor-agnostic access to certified polymers, engineering services and related products, as well as the simplification of purchasing and approval processes.

At the core of the marketplace is the pooling of material and process expertise from multiple providers. In addition to Stratasys, participants include iSQUARED, Forward AM (BASF), and Nexa3D. Users gain access to qualified plastics for common polymer AM processes as well as support for design for AM, part approval, and quality assurance. The goal is to consolidate material selection, lot-size planning, and compliance documentation in one place, thereby making supply chains more robust. According to Stratasys, the platform is designed to be hardware-agnostic and complements the proprietary Stratasys materials portfolio, which remains specifically tuned to the company’s own systems.

For procurement and development departments, the iAM Marketplace could shorten several steps in the qualification process: material and process data sheets, audit documents, and certificates are provided centrally, while service partners support part validation, process window determination, and ramp-up to series production. In doing so, Stratasys addresses typical hurdles in transferring pilot projects into production, such as the comparability of material batches, the traceability of process parameters, and the interoperability between different printing systems.

“The introduction of the iAM Marketplace is a bold step forward in our materials strategy. It expands our total addressable market and creates operational efficiencies by enabling us to serve the entire additive manufacturing industry,” said Yoav Zeif, CEO of Stratasys. “The marketplace offers all manufacturers a broad portfolio of quality-certified materials, machines, and expertise, so they can easily and reliably obtain exactly what they need from a trusted partner—regardless of whether their focus is on cost, performance, or application-specific solutions.”

With the iAM Marketplace, Stratasys is pursuing a dual strategy: maintaining proprietary material lines for its own systems while also enabling open access to the broader AM ecosystem. For users, this creates an additional option to manage material and supplier risks and to set up AM-supported production on a more scalable basis.