Ultimaker recently announced that it has restructured its brand following the merger of Ultimaker and MakerBot last year.
The new brand identity reflects the company’s strategic vision to drive adoption of desktop 3D printing solutions and introduces a new product architecture.
Under the Ultimaker brand, the S and Method series of 3D printers will support manufacturing, product development and other specialized applications. The S Series will continue to offer the broadest range of materials on the market, giving it flexibility for multiple uses, while the Method Series will focus on more specific manufacturing applications that can benefit from heated chambers, specialty high thermoplastic materials and high levels of The use of dimensional accuracy.
At the same time, the MakerBot brand will continue to operate as a sub-brand in the education sector, with the MakerBot Sketch series targeting K-12 learning. Sketch launched last year
Large strengthens MakerBot’s offerings for educators and students and provides a comprehensive educational ecosystem that they can leverage. The new brand architecture is designed to ensure customers can easily find the products and applications that best suit their needs.
Ultimaker CEO Nadav Goshen said: “Our new brand reflects the combined strengths of the two companies that have brought us to this extent.
By bringing together the best of both worlds, we are even more poised to realize our vision to continue leading the 3D printing industry and enabling more innovators to bring their ideas to life.
Over the past few months, we have given a lot of serious thought to this exciting opportunity to determine the future direction of our brand.
Our customers remain at the heart of our decisions and we are delighted to announce the results of our Ultimaker brand journey. ”
All Ultimaker hardware and software products are scheduled to be renamed within the next 12-18 months.