Minus U.S. government engineers and under the dark cloud of new tariffs, the 2025 Rapid + TCT — North America’s most important and largest 3D printing and additive manufacturing event — was noticeably quieter than in years past. Yet, as always, this year, in Detroit, attendees, exhibitors, and speakers were optimistic.
Continuing from last year’s sluggish economy that has slowed investment in additive manufacturing, there were, predictably, fewer new machines making their debut than last year.
3D Systems and Stratasys both launched upgraded versions of their popular resin 3D printers, both Elegoo and PioCreat debuted new resin machines to appeal to business customers, and both Raise3D and Additec broadened their technology portfolios adding SLS and LPBF, respectively. Creality and Flashforge both added to their FDM lines with “Pro” versions.
Some of the top consumer brands (Elegoo, Creality, Bambu Lab) had some of the largest booths this year, reflecting not only a budget-conscious customer but the evolving capabilities of these brands’ offerings.
Along with printer launches (or debuts in the American market), there we several intriguing material developments, including Axtra3D’s new silicone. But first, our annual look at the most promising and notable printer debuts at Rapid + TCT 2025.
Keep in mind that a few of these machines are currently unavailable. They’ll be rolled out with more detail in the next three to eight months, and we’ll add them to our new printer guide like the one below for all the new printers in 2025.
The new Creality K2 and K2 Pro on display at Rapid + TCT 2025 (Source: All3DP)
Two familiar names in FDM 3D printing chose to launch their industrial or professional offerings at this year’s event: Creality and Flashforge. Of course, other FDM’s launched in the ramp-up to Rapid, like the UltiMaker S8 and the Bambu Lab H2D, which we’ve already covered. The prices were not disclosed, due most likely to the current tariff situation on Chinese products.
Brand
Printer
Build Volume (mm)
Nozzle/Chamber Temp.
Price
Creality
K2 Pro
300 x 300 x 300
300ºC / 60ºC
not disclosed
Flashforge
Guider 4 Pro
300 x 300 x 300
320ºC / 65ºC
not disclosed
Creality’s Pro K2 Aims to Satisfy Business Customers
Creality launched the largest of the K2s first, the K2 Plus, leaving the K2 and K2 Pro versions for this week.
The K2 Pro is very similar to the K2 Plus except for being a bit smaller (300 x 300 x 300 mm build volume). Like the K2 Plus, it has an actively heated chamber (to 60ºC), an Ethernet port in addition to Wi-Fi, and what the company calls an “advanced cooling system.” There’s a hardened steel nozzle and new “Pro Level Filaments.”
The K2 Pro Combo comes with the Creality CFS material changer.
The K2 is the same as the Pro and Plus, but with the smallest build volume of the group at 260 x 260 x 260 mm. It does not have Ethernet connectivity or an actively heated chamber. The nozzle does not get up to the 300ºC of the Pro and Plus editions.
With a sign stuck to its new Guider 4 Pro that read “Industrial Grade Made Affordable,” Flashforge aimed to lure Rapid + TCT attendees with a hot nozzle (320ºC), carbon-fiber-nylon material, and other features you might find on more costly machines.
The Pro version of the company’s new Guider 4, has 300 x 300 x 300 build volume and a max 600 mm/s print speed. There’s lidar print monitoring, Ethernet and Wi-Fi, plus what the company calls “all-season” temperature control in the chamber. The passively heated chamber seems to be the differentiating feature of the Pro version versus the standard new Guider 4. (Stay tuned for more in our exclusive interview with Flashforge from the show.)
The new resin 3D printers from Stratasys, 3D Systems, Elegoo, and PioCreat
If your polymer needs are more in the resin variety, there was a mix of new machines and updates launched at Rapid + TCT 2025 by Stratasys, 3D Systems, Elegoo, and PioCreat.
Brand
Printer
Technology
Build Volume (mm)
Stratasys
Neo800+
SLA
800 × 800 × 600
3D Systems
Figure 4 135
DLP
136 x 76 x 165
Elegoo
Jupiter
LCD
302 x 162 x 300
PioCreat
Halot – X1
LCD
212 x 118 x 200
Stratasys Updates the Neo800 to Neo800+
Stratasys debuted the Neo800+, which is the company’s latest addition to its Neo laser-based stereolithography lineup, which includes the Neo800 and the Neo450.
Stratasys says the Neo800+ delivers “up to 50% faster throughput” and “up to 50% faster build speeds” compared to the Neo800, which Stratasys acquired from 3D printer manufacturer RPS in 2021.
The faster build speed is an impressive development. This is due to a new laser control tech called ScanControl+. This new laser and optics system supports what the company calls “high-energy materials,” offering precision part production and superior surface quality. Stratasys says its internal studies showed that ScanControl+ can improve time-to-part by 39% on average and by as much as 44% or more on applications, such as tooling molds, dependent on the materials used. Better accuracy leads to less post-processing leading to a lower total cost per part, the company argues.
Debuting alongside the new printer is a new material optimized for it. The Somos WaterShed XC+, engineered specifically for the Neo800+, delivers optically clear parts with a smooth finish ideal for applications in automotive, aerospace, and consumer electronics.
3D Systems Updates Figure 4 to Figure 4 135
With a focus on applications that require high precision and low volume, 3D Systems launched a new version of its Figure 4 DLP resin 3D printer along with new materials. The company says these developments are targeting specific industries that want to complement or replace injection mold tooling, such as motorsports components, furniture hardware, and electrical connectors.
The new Figure 4 135 is the company’s latest addition to the line, which includes larger and smaller editions.
The “135” boasts a 136 x 76 x 165 mm build volume, which is slightly larger than the Figure 4 Standalone and the Figure 4 Jewelry (the latter doesn’t appear on the company’s website anymore and may be discontinued).
Print speed is 70 mm/hour for most materials, which is slightly slower than the 100 mm/hour on the Standalone edition. However, Figure 4 135 features a high 50-micron resolution with a +/- 50 micron accuracy. The minimum layer thickness is just 20 microns.
Figure 4 135 is compatible with 10 materials out of the gate, including the new Tough 75C FR Black. This flame-retardant material has a UL94 V0 rating that makes it suited for appliance, consumer electronics and automotive applications that require electrical safety.
On the desktop side of business 3D printers, Elegoo revealed its Jupiter large resin 3D printer first teased in March. A 302 x 162 x 300 mm build machine with a 16K resolution on a 14-inch LCD screen for an XY resolution of 20 x 26 microns, Elegoo pegs the Jupiter 2 at a max speed of 70 mm per hour, which would see its full build height completed in just over four hours.
The Jupiter 2 is set to be the largest resin 3D printer in the Elegoo product line, beating out the previous Jupiter SE’s 277 x 156 x 300 mm build volume.
The company promised “new innovations” for the machine, and has kitted it out with quality-of-life features. The Jupiter 2 comes with a heated resin vat – a feature that greatly improves the chance of 3D print success – auto-leveling with four-corner force detection, a failure detection and timelapse camera, and a two-way resin pump that will both keep your printing material topped off and return the bulk of resin to its container.
Elegoo’s brand director, Coco Lee, told All3DP the new Jupiter 2 was brought about due to customer demand. The Jupiter 2 is expected to be available for purchase at the beginning of Q3 2025 (July). No word yet on its expected MSRP.
Although lacking some build volume you may think of as standard with PioCreat 3D’s other professional LCD resin 3D printers for dental and jewelry, the small Halot – X1 offers the detail and speed ideal for any company’s prototypes.
This new 212 x 118 x 200 mm machine, which is still in Kickstarter phase, has a top-down movable optical system and features a build plate twist-to-release mechanism to pop prints off smoothly. There’s a 10-inch 16K mono LCD and an automatic resin feeding system.
New Powder Bed Fusion 3D Printers (Polymer & Metal)
Raise3D's new SLS, left, Additec's new metal LPBF
The only 3D printers in the polymer or metal powder bed fusion category to debut at Rapid + TCT 2025 had the same feature in common: they were new technology offerings from their creators.
The new polymer selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printer from Raise3D, called RMS220, is the company’s first foray into SLS, having made its name in FDM and recently launched a resin machine.
Likewise, the new metal laser powder bed fusion 3D printer from Additec represents that company’s debut in laser technology.
Brand
Printer
Technology
Raise3D
RMS220
Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
Additec
Fusion S
Metal Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF)
Raise3D’s new Fast SLS, RMS220
Raise3D’s new RMS220 is a nylon- and TPU-capable machine boasting an impressive 2.2 liter-per-hour print rate and a 220 x 220 x 350 mm build volume.
Equipped with a 75-watt high-power fiber laser and a four-zone self-calibrating infrared heating system, Raise3D says the printer ensures “reliable part quality and consistent material properties across batches.”
The modular build chamber, paired with a quick 45-minute powder-change system, minimizes downtime between jobs.
RMS220 achieves ± 0.2 mm dimensional accuracy, the company says, and supports a minimum wall thickness of 0.5 mm (with PA11), enabling fine detail control and minimizing warping.
Raise3D says the printer will retail for €27,000 in the EU. That would be about $29,500, but U.S. tariffs on Chinese machines could change pricing in the U.S.
Additec, which made its name in laser directed energy deposition (DED), added a metal laser powder bed fusion (M-LPBF) 3D printer to its lineup at Rapid + TCT 2025. The company launched the Fusion S, a new machine intended for small applications in aerospace, defence, medical, energy, and tooling industries.
The Fusion S is compatible with a wide range of metals, the company says, and works with metal powder cartridges instead of loose powder to limit operator exposure. Details are scarce at the moment, but there’s an interesting new powder handling machine that also accompanies the printer. We’ll have more details as they become available.
