Stratasys and Nano Dimension Cancel $42.5M Markforged Deal

Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS ) will no longer acquire Markforged from Nano Dimension (Nasdaq: NNDM ) after the two companies agreed to cancel their $42.5 million deal. The decision, set out on November 12, 2026, comes nearly six months after the acquisition was first set out , and on the same day Stratasys reported its third-quarter earnings. the desk notes a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission , the companies mutually terminated the agreement on November 11 after deciding that the regulatory approvals needed to complete the transaction “would take materially longer, and be more expensive, than initially anticipated.” The deal was set out in May as part of Stratasys’ plan to expand its industrial 3D printing business. Markforged would have added new polymer, composite, and metal extrusion technologies to Stratasys’ portfolio, along with software and a larger reseller network. Nano Dimension would have retained Markforged’s metal binder jetting business. At the time, Stratasys CEO Yoav Zeif said the acquisition would strengthen the company’s position in aerospace, defense, and other industrial markets. Markforged’s continuous carbon fiber technology was extremely attractive for applications needing lightweight, strong parts.