Formlabs is coming off the strongest quarter in its history, and the company says the momentum isn't slowing down. According to a report from VoxelMatters, Formlabs posted record totals across nearly every line of its business in the most recent quarter, and it's now signaling that three new printer platforms are on the way within the next 12 months. The surge traces back to the June 9 launch of the Fuse X1, an industrial selective laser sintering (SLS) system that the company is positioning as a bridge between desktop powder-bed printers and the six-figure industrial machines that have historically been out of reach for smaller manufacturers.

Per VoxelMatters' July 8 report on Formlabs' results, the company hit all-time highs in total sales, hardware sales, non-hardware sales, services sales, and — notably — SLS unit sales specifically. That last category is the headline number: SLS has been a growth priority for Formlabs since it brought the technology to market years ago with the original Fuse 1, and this quarter marks the clearest sign yet that the bet is paying off, with the Fuse X1 cited as the primary driver of the record SLS volume. Dental non-hardware sales also grew for a fourth consecutive quarter, extending a steady climb in one of Formlabs' most reliable recurring-revenue categories — materials, service contracts, and software tied to the company's dental workflow business.

What the Fuse X1 Actually Is

The Fuse X1 is Formlabs' attempt to make industrial-grade SLS accessible to shops that can't justify the cost of a traditional powder-bed-fusion line. Priced starting at $84,999, the machine is pitched by Formlabs as capable of producing production-quality parts same-day — at up to half the per-part cost and triple the throughput of comparable industrial systems, according to the company's own figures.

Formlabs says early customers are already putting the machine to work at volume. The company highlights Tesla's Giga Nevada facility, where the additive manufacturing team now delivers 10,000 to 30,000 parts a week on Fuse X1 — up from the 10,000 to 20,000 non-marring shims a month the team was printing before, according to Formlabs. Autotiv Manufacturing, which runs more than 200 printers around the clock, says it's now delivering 10,000 3D-printed parts a week and getting a return on investment about five times faster than with comparable SLS systems it already owned. And toy maker Radio Flyer says Fuse X1 cut the time to prototype a cargo e-bike frame from two months down to a couple of days, with nine times less labor, by printing an entire frame in a single overnight build. Those are real production numbers, not pilot-program anecdotes — which suggests the Fuse X1 is already being run in something closer to production conditions at multiple companies rather than trialed in a corner of an engineering lab. Names like Tesla and Radio Flyer also give Formlabs a marketing foothold well beyond the usual 3D-printing trade press, which likely helped drive the broader sales halo VoxelMatters describes — hardware and non-hardware revenue climbing together, rather than one propping up the other.

Three More Platforms, No Details Yet

The more consequential news for the long term may be what Formlabs isn't saying yet. VoxelMatters reports that the company plans to ship three additional printer platforms over the next 12 months, without disclosing what technologies they'll use or what they'll cost. Formlabs' existing lineup already spans stereolithography-based resin printers for its desktop and dental/jewelry lines and now industrial SLS with the Fuse X1 — so three new platforms in a single year would represent an unusually aggressive expansion pace even by the standards of a company that has spent the last several years diversifying beyond its original desktop-resin roots.

It's worth being precise about what's confirmed and what isn't. Formlabs has not named a process (FDM, additional SLS variants, metal, or something else), has not indicated price tiers, and hasn't said whether these are desktop, benchtop, or industrial-class machines. What is confirmed is the number — three — and the timeframe — within a year — attributed to the company by VoxelMatters' reporting. Until Formlabs makes its own announcement, everything else is speculation.

What It Means for Makers

For hobbyists running desktop FDM or resin printers, the direct impact of this news is limited in the short term — Formlabs' growth story right now is being written in dental clinics, engineering departments, and manufacturing floors, not garages. The Fuse X1's starting price of $84,999 puts it firmly in service-bureau and enterprise territory, well outside what an individual maker or even most small print farms would spend on a single machine.

The indirect effects are more interesting to watch. A financially healthy Formlabs with record revenue across hardware, services, and materials has more capital to fund R&D, which is presumably what's fueling the three-platform pipeline. If any of those three unnamed platforms land at lower price points or target desktop/prosumer users — something Formlabs has done before with machines like the Form series — that's where the trickle-down to individual makers would show up. It's also a signal about where SLS as a category is headed broadly: as accessible industrial SLS machines like the Fuse X1 prove out in the field, the technology and its material ecosystem (nylon powders, TPU-like elastomers, etc.) tend to mature faster, which historically has preceded price drops at the lower end of the market. None of that is guaranteed, and Formlabs hasn't said any of the three new platforms are aimed at makers — but a company investing this aggressively during a record quarter is a company worth watching over the next year, not just the next product cycle.

Bottom Line

Formlabs had its best quarter on record, and the company itself points to the Fuse X1's launch as the catalyst — record SLS sales pulling hardware, non-hardware, and services revenue up with it, alongside a fourth straight quarter of dental growth. On the strength of that, Formlabs is now committing to three new printer platforms within a year, though it has disclosed nothing yet about what they'll be or what they'll cost. The Fuse X1 itself launched June 9 at $84,999 — squarely an industrial buy, not a maker one, but proof that Formlabs' SLS bet has legs, with real customers like Tesla, Autotiv, and Radio Flyer already running real production volume through it.

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