Lithoz ceramic material revenue climbs 40% as LCM scales

Ceramic 3D printing is quietly scaling up

Lithoz, the Austrian company behind lithography-based ceramic manufacturing (LCM), says its ceramic material revenue rose 40% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year. That is not a small bump. It points to customers moving from prototypes to actual production.

Why the jump matters

Lithoz makes the printers and the feedstocks, so material sales are a clean signal of how much real printing is happening. When service bureaus and manufacturers buy more ceramic slurry, they are running machines for paying jobs, not just trials. 3DPrintingIndustry reports the growth tracks directly with LCM production volumes at customer sites.

Where the parts go

Ceramic printing fills a narrow but valuable gap. It makes parts that survive heat, chemical attack, and wear better than most metals, at a fraction of the weight. Dental and medical implants, sensors, and aerospace components are the early winners. VoxelMatters notes the first-half result confirms ceramic AM as a production technology rather than a lab curiosity.

The bigger picture

A 40% climb in a single half-year is the kind of number that suggests a market tipping point. Ceramic additive manufacturing has spent years promising industrial use. Lithoz's books now say it is arriving.