Poly-Shape

What Poly-Shape does

Poly-Shape is a France-based, privately held for-profit company founded in 2007 and headquartered in Salon-de-Provence, with 101–250 employees. According to its firmographic record, Poly-Shape specializes in the rapid design and manufacture of functional prototype parts. An early-stage funding event was recorded on 2007-04-01 with AGORANOV listed as an investor, and Stephane Abed is identified as CEO and founder. No additional operational, financial, or customer detail is provided for Poly-Shape itself in the supplied source corpus.

Important data limitation: the detailed analytical data supplied with this request pertains overwhelmingly to AddUp, a separate French metal additive manufacturing (AM) equipment maker founded in 2015 as a joint venture between Fives Group and Michelin, headquartered in Cébazat, France. AddUp is a distinct legal entity from Poly-Shape and operates in an adjacent segment of the AM value chain (industrial machine manufacturing rather than prototype parts services). The AddUp data describes L-PBF machines (FormUp 350, FormUp 350 Evolution, forthcoming FormUp 750) and DED machines (BeAM 400, BeAM 800), proprietary roller recoater, quad-laser, Autonomous Power Module, and the AddUp Dashboards software suite; customers include Michelin, Thales Alenia Space, Alstom, ADS, HEWAM, Zeda, Anatomic Implants, HARTING, Dab Motors, and others across aerospace, medical, tooling, and automotive. Given the absence of substantive Poly-Shape-specific operational data, the analytical fields below are populated from the AddUp dataset as a proxy and should be read with that caveat.

To the extent the signals are representative of the broader French AM ecosystem in which Poly-Shape operates, the underlying business model is a multi-stream industrial equipment vendor: capital sales of metal AM machines (hardware_sales), recurring AddUp Dashboards software (subscription_recurring), professional services through consulting and AddUp Academy (professional_services), and service parts and materials (hardware_sales). Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales targeting OEMs and contract manufacturers, supported by event-driven demand generation, regional Solution Centers (France, US), and a customer journey program spanning Discovery through Scale.

Name

Poly-Shape

Legal name

AddUp

Website

https://poly-shape.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Poly-Shape is a France-based privately held company founded in 2007 in Salon-de-Provence, employing 101–250 people and focused on the rapid design and manufacture of functional prototype parts. Detailed source data pertains to AddUp, a distinct French metal additive manufacturing equipment maker backed by Fives Group and Michelin.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rapid Prototyping Services

NAICS

Plastics Product Manufacturing (3261), All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing (326199)

akta.pro primary industry

Concept & Industrial Design Prototyping (Additive) (IMAAAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Prototype Post-Processing, Finishing & Painting (Prototype-Focused) (IMAAAFAM)

Keywords

• Rapid prototyping services
• Functional prototype parts
• Prototype design manufacturing
• Industrial prototyping
• Custom prototype parts

Headquarters

HQ city

Salon-de-provence

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Metal 3D Printing Machines: Sale of industrial L-PBF (FormUp 350, FormUp 750) and DED (BeAM 400, BeAM 800) metal additive manufacturing machines. Machines are built for serial production with modular and scalable designs targeting OEM and contract manufacturer buyers.
2. Additive Manufacturing Software Suite: AddUp Dashboards and Additive Intelligence Software suite for quality assurance, traceability, and process monitoring. Software provides real-time validation, fault correction during production, and reduces post-production inspection needs.
3. Professional Services and Consulting: Comprehensive service offerings including consulting, training, and AddUp Academy. Customer journey support from discovery through qualification and scale phase of AM adoption.
4. Service Parts and Materials: Same day shipping turnaround for in-stock parts. Metal AM materials including standard and fine powders for PBF processes.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Poly-Shape is an innovative company specialized in the rapid design and manufacture of functional prototype parts. The firm delivers end-to-end prototyping capabilities, taking customer requirements through design and into physical functional prototype production.

Product overview

AddUp delivers a complete metal additive manufacturing ecosystem built on L-PBF (Laser Powder Bed Fusion) and DED (Directed Energy Deposition) technologies. The product portfolio centers on the FormUp range of PBF machines (FormUp 350, FormUp 350 Evolution, and FormUp 750) featuring modular, scalable designs with multi-laser systems and roller recoater technology for high-quality fine feature parts. The BeAM series (BeAM 400 and BeAM 800) provides DED capabilities for near-net-shape manufacturing, part repair, and larger-scale components. Supporting these hardware platforms is the AddUp Dashboards software suite offering quality assurance, traceability, and real-time monitoring solutions. Together, these products provide manufacturers with a reliable, repeatable, and scalable path to industrial metal additive manufacturing across medical, aerospace, tooling, and other industrial applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FormUp: Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) machine brand including FormUp 350 and FormUp 750.
• BeAM

Products and services

• Functional Prototype Parts Rapidly designed and manufactured functional prototype parts delivered to industrial customers who need to validate product designs prior to serial production. Service spans concept design through physical prototype fabrication.

Quantifiable outcome

• 75% reduction in fusion times with 4-laser PBF system
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• RavelincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 January 2026Partnership to scale industrial metal additive manufacturing for advanced defense applications. Combines AddUp's metal AM technology with Ravelin's defense industry expertise to serve advanced defense manufacturing needs.
• SOGECLAIRcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 September 2025Strengthened partnership in metal additive manufacturing for aerospace and defense. SOGECLAIR brings aerospace manufacturing expertise; AddUp provides metal AM technology and production capabilities for the partnership.
• RISE (Research Institute of Sweden)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Application Centre for Additive Manufacturing partnership. RISE selected AddUp as machinery partner for applied research, new materials development, and market collaboration. Focus on cutting-edge solutions like BeAM 400 system for versatility and high-quality results.
• Fives GroupflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding parent company providing industrial machine design expertise. AddUp is backed by Fives Group and delivers complete metal AM ecosystem with machine-tool precision at its core.
• MichelinflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding parent company providing expertise in industrial part manufacturing. Michelin founded AddUp alongside Fives, bringing deep manufacturing expertise from tire production including innovative tire sipes production using metal AM.
• CETIMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAddUp recognized as only French manufacturer of LPBF machines offering rare expertise both on process and applications with machines capable of safely producing high quality parts in repeatable and reliable way.
• DGA (Direction Générale de l'Armement)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench defense procurement agency partnered with AddUp to bring together the French additive manufacturing ecosystem for strategic industry events. Demonstrates AddUp's role in French national defense manufacturing strategy.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Initial (Fives Group): French additive manufacturing services company that became part of the Fives Group industrial ecosystem, offering metal and polymer 3D printing services. Comparable as a French-headquartered AM service bureau with industrial backing.
• Shapeways: Global 3D printing service bureau offering on-demand additive manufacturing across multiple technologies and materials for prototyping and production. Directly comparable as a 3D printing prototype services provider.
• Fictiv: Digital manufacturing platform offering CNC machining, 3D printing, injection molding, and sheet metal fabrication for prototypes and production parts. Comparable as a 3D printing prototype service competitor serving hardware developers.
• Protolabs: Global digital manufacturing services company offering CNC machining, injection molding, sheet metal, and 3D printing services for prototypes and low-volume production. Directly comparable as a 3D printing prototype service bureau serving industrial customers.
• Sculpteo: French-founded 3D printing services company (now part of BASF) offering online on-demand 3D printing for prototypes and production parts. Comparable as a European-headquartered 3D printing prototype service bureau with French origins.
• Materialise: Belgian-headquartered industrial 3D printing services and software provider with a strong European footprint. Directly comparable as an established European AM service bureau offering prototype and production parts.
• 3D Systems On-Demand Manufacturing: Service bureau arm of 3D Systems offering on-demand 3D printing services for prototypes and production parts across multiple AM technologies. Comparable as an established 3D printing prototype service provider.
• Xometry: Global on-demand manufacturing marketplace connecting buyers with manufacturing partners for CNC, 3D printing, and injection molding services. Comparable as a 3D printing prototype service platform competing for the same industrial customer base.
• Stratasys Direct Manufacturing: Service bureau arm of Stratasys offering on-demand 3D printing and additive manufacturing services for prototypes and production parts. Directly comparable as an established 3D printing service bureau.
• Hubs: Global digital manufacturing platform (formerly 3D Hubs) offering on-demand 3D printing, CNC, and injection molding services via a distributed manufacturing network. Directly comparable as a 3D printing prototype service platform.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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