Case Study: BASF achieves faster, more controlled material development with Stratasys Origin One (OML)

How Origin One and Forward AM drive material development

BASF, via its Forward AM 3D Printing Solutions brand, needed to shorten long material‑development cycles and ensure precise, repeatable behavior for novel photopolymer resins used in automotive, consumer goods and other end‑use applications. To meet that challenge they partnered with Stratasys and adopted the Origin One printer and its Open Materials License (OML) to gain the fine control and reliability required for rigorous materials R&D.

Stratasys supplied the Origin One and OML, enabling BASF to tune more than a dozen print parameters, create reusable material profiles, and achieve high conversion and green strength with fewer failed prints. As a result, BASF accelerated iteration—testing two to three formulations in a single day and completing multi‑formulation studies within a week—improving repeatability, shortening time to market, and expanding the range of printable, high‑performance materials.

BASF

Erika Fantino

Head of Business, Photopolymer