Bedrock 3D Nets Investment from 819 Capital After BASF Split

A Filament Maker That Has Survived Three Ownership Changes

Bedrock 3D, the Dutch filament manufacturer that was once Innofil3D and then Forward AM Technologies Netherlands, has found a stable long-term home. 819 Capital Partners, a Dutch investment firm, has taken a majority stake in the company. The management team, led by Managing Director Jeroen Wiggers, retains operational control.

The company has changed hands more times than most 3D printing materials suppliers. BASF acquired the original Innofil3D operation in 2017 and folded it into Forward AM. A management buyout separated the Dutch filament unit from BASF, and Stratasys absorbed most of the materials business in a separate deal. The Emmen-based filament team spun out again in a second management buyout. That left the company independent but without the financial backing of a large parent. 819 Capital changes that equation.

819 Capital's Portfolio Already Includes a 3D Printing Materials Customer

The investor is not a stranger to 3D printing. 819 Capital also owns Insolution, a Dutch company that sells 3D-printed foot orthoses. Bedrock 3D developed the foaming TPU filament that Insolution uses to produce those orthotics. The investment effectively puts the materials supplier and its customer inside the same fund. That is a neat fit: Insolution's board member Rob Hendriks said the partnership gives the company "long-term security" it was looking for.

Wim Smit leads 819 Capital, which manages around $100 million across its funds and has made 51 investments since it was founded in 2023. Its portfolio is spread across a wide range of technology companies. The fund's Private Equity Fund I is the vehicle for the Bedrock 3D investment.

What Bedrock 3D Actually Makes

The company's core product line is engineered filaments for professional and industrial 3D printing. Its PP GF30 is a glass-fiber-reinforced polypropylene aimed at functional end-use parts. It also produces specialty nylons, carbon-fiber composites, and the foaming TPU grades used in Insolution's orthotics. The filament is manufactured at a production facility in Emmen, Netherlands, in a building that was formerly a DSM site and now has the look, as one observer put it, of something out of a post-apocalyptic video game.

The quality-first positioning is deliberate. Wiggers said the company remains focused on "developing materials that are reliable and of prime quality -- filaments that simply work in practice." That message has been consistent since the original Innofil3D days and is what 819 Capital is buying into.

Why It Matters

Filament suppliers have thin margins and require consistent production scale. Bedrock 3D was in a fragile position after multiple ownership changes and the loss of BASF's backing. A long-term capital partner removes that fragility. The fund's stated horizon is patient capital, which gives Bedrock 3D room to invest in material development and production capacity without pressure for a quick exit.

The Insolution connection is the most interesting structural detail. If 819 Capital can align its two portfolio companies on supply and demand, Bedrock 3D has an anchor customer for at least part of its output. That is not a guarantee of commercial success, but it is a more stable foundation than the company has had at any point since the BASF era.