1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2. HISTORY 3. KEY ADVANTAGES OF 3D PRINTING 3.1. Installed Base by 3D Printer Manufacturer 3.2. Market Share by Revenue in 2014 3.3. Forecast of new 3D Metal Printers sold each year 3.4. Powder Requirements 3.5. Which companies sell which powders? 3.6. Market Share of Volume by Material in 2014 3.7. Forecast of revenue from metal powders for 3D printing 3.8. Future of 3D Printing Applications 3.9. Challenges and Opportunities 3.10. History 3.11. History of 3D Metal Printing 3.12. Key Advantages of 3D Printing 3.13. Key Advantages of 3D Printing 3.14. Increased Design Freedom 3.15. Minimal material wastage 3.16. Reduced Lead Time 3.17. Quicker Design Iterations 4. 3D METAL PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES 4.1. Selective Laser Melting (SLM) 4.2. Selective Laser Melting Key Players 4.3. Selective Laser Melting SWOT Analysis 4.4. Electron Beam Melting (EBM) 4.5. Electron Beam Melting Key Players 4.6. Electron Beam Melting SWOT Analysis 4.7. Blown Powder 4.8. Blown Powder Key Players 4.9. Blown Powder SWOT Analysis 4.10. Metal + Binder 4.11. Metal + Binder SWOT Analysis 4.12. Welding 4.13. Welding SWOT Analysis 5. PROPERTIES OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE 3D METAL PRINTERS 5.1. Speed vs Volume 5.2. Precision vs Speed 5.3. Precision vs Price 5.4. Speed vs Price 5.5. Volume vs Price 5.6. Precision vs Volume 6. 3D METAL PRINTER MANUFACTURERS 6.1. IDTechEx Portal Profiles of 3D Metal Printer Manufacturers 6.2. Bright Laser Technology (BLT) 6.3. Concept Laser 6.4. Sciaky 7. MARKET SPLIT BY 3D PRINTER MANUFACTURER 7.1. Installed Base by 3D Printer Manufacturer 7.2. Market Share by Installed Base 7.3. 3D Printer Price by Manufacturer 7.4. Revenue from sales of 3D Metal Printers in 2014 7.5. Market Share by Revenue in 2014 7.6. Market split by manufacturer 8. STATE OF THE MARKET FOR 3D METAL PRINTERS SPLIT BY TECHNOLOGY 8.1. Market Share by Total Installed Base (end of 2014) 8.2. Total Installed Base 8.3. Average 3D Metal Printer Prices in 2014 8.4. Market Share by Revenue in 2014 9. FORECASTS FOR 3D METAL PRINTERS 9.1. Forecast of Total Installed Base of 3D Metal Printers 9.2. Forecast of new 3D Metal Printers sold each year 9.3. Forecast for Price of 3D Metal Printers 9.4. Forecast for the Total Market for sales of 3D Metal Printers 10. PATENTS 10.1. Patent Expiration 11. EMERGING OR ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES 11.1. University of Michigan 11.2. Fraunhofer IFAM 11.3. Hybrid CNC 11.4. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 11.5. MatterFab 11.6. Microfabrica's MICA Freeform 11.7. Vader Systems 12. METAL POWDERS FOR 3D PRINTING 12.1. Powder Requirements 12.2. Particle Size Requirements for Different Technologies 12.3. Metal Powders used in 3D Printing 12.4. Aluminium 12.5. Cobalt Chrome 12.6. Inconel 625 12.7. Inconel 718 12.8. Maraging Steel 1.2709 12.9. Nitinol 12.10. 15-5PH Stainless Steel 12.11. Stainless Steel 17-4 PH 12.12. 316L Stainless Steel 12.13. Shapeway's "Stainless Steel" 12.14. Titanium 12.15. Tungsten 12.16. New alloys for 3D printing 13. METAL POWDER SUPPLIERS 13.1. Which companies sell which powders? 13.2. IDTechEx Portal Profiles of Metal Powder Manufacturers 14. STATE OF THE MARKET FOR METAL POWDERS FOR 3D PRINTING 14.1. Prices of metal powders for 3D Printing 14.2. Revenue by Material in 2014 14.3. Market Share of Revenue by Material in 2014 14.4. Volume by Material in 2014 14.5. Market Share of Volume by Material in 2014 15. FORECAST FOR METAL POWDERS FOR 3D PRINTING 15.1. Prices of Metal Powders for 3D printing ($/kg) 15.2. Forecast of revenue from metal powders for 3D printing 15.3. Forecast of volume of metal powder used for 3D printing 16. OTHER MATERIALS FOR 3D PRINTING 16.1. Welding Wire 16.2. Powders for Metal + Binder 16.3. Platinum-based Metallic Glass 16.4. Proto-pasta Metallic PLA Filament 16.5. Gallium-Indium Alloy 17. MARKET ANALYSIS 17.1. Markets for 3D Metal Printing 17.2. Future of 3D Printing Applications 18. APPLICATIONS OF 3D METAL PRINTING 18.1. Aerospace 18.2. Airbus 18.3. Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) 18.4. BAE Systems 18.5. Boeing 18.6. Bombardier 18.7. GE Aviation 18.8. Lockheed Martin 18.9. NASA 18.10. Rolls Royce 18.11. SEDS at UCSD 18.12. SpaceX 18.13. Automotive 18.14. Dental 18.15. Argen Digital 18.16. Jewelry 18.17. Birmingham School of Jewellery 18.18. Oil and Gas 18.19. GE Oil and Gas 18.20. Siemens 18.21. Orthopaedics 18.22. Adler Ortho 18.23. Conformis 18.24. Fraunhofer IWU 18.25. Printed Electronics 18.26. Tooling 18.27. Investment casting moulds 18.28. John Deere 18.29. Lego 18.30. Volvo Construction Equipment 19. COLLABORATIONS 19.1. AMAZE 19.2. America Makes 20. MARKET SPLIT BY APPLICATION 20.1. Applications of Metal Powders 20.2. Installed Base of 3D Metal Printers by Industry 21. OPPORTUNITIES, LIMITATIONS AND RESTRAINTS 21.1. Challenges 21.2. Opportunities by industry 21.3. The evolution of 3D Printing is intrinsically linked with other technologies: 22. COMPANY PROFILES 22.1. 3D Systems Europe 22.2. Advanced Powders and Coatings 22.3. Arcam AB 22.4. Argen Corporation 22.5. BMW 22.6. Boeing 22.7. Canatu 22.8. Concept Laser GMBH 22.9. Cookson Precious Metals 22.10. EFESTO LLC 22.11. EOS GmbH 22.12. EPSRC 22.13. Fabrisonic LLC 22.14. Ford Motor Company 22.15. Fraunhofer Additive Manufacturing Alliance 22.16. Höganäs 22.17. Legor Group 22.18. Lite-On Mobile 22.19. Lockheed Martin 22.20. Lomiko Metals 22.21. LPW Technology Ltd 22.22. MesoScribe Technologies 22.23. The NanoSteel Company 22.24. Norsk Titanium 22.25. Optomec 22.26. Realizer GmbH 22.27. Sandvik 22.28. Sciaky Inc 22.29. The ExOne Company 22.30. Volvo Construction Equipment 22.31. Voxel8 22.32. Voxeljet Technology GmbH