KARLSRUHE, Germany, Dec 22, 2025 – In its 18th year of operation, Nanoscribe has reached a major milestone with the sale of its 400th system and expects strong financial results for the current year. At the same time, the company is seeing a marked increase in industrial demand for its next-generation Quantum X systems, particularly in optics manufacturing and photonics packaging. This development underscores Nanoscribe’s evolution from a pioneer in academic research to a trusted provider of high-precision microfabrication solutions for leading research facilities and industrial production environments. This is reinforced by its turnkey process-line offering and its positioning within the Lab14 Group.
Since its foundation in 2007, Nanoscribe has shaped the field of high-precision 3D microfabrication as the pioneer of Two-Photon Polymerization (2PP)-based 3D printing. Building on this core technology, the company has continuously introduced proprietary innovations such as 2GL grayscale printing and Aligned 2-Photon Lithography (A2PL), with a strong focus on automation, throughput and ease of use.
In 2025, Nanoscribe reached a major milestone with the sale of its 400th system across its Photonic Professional and Quantum X platforms. What began as a technology for fundamental and applied science and for enabling exploratory research has matured into a manufacturing solution increasingly adopted by industrial customers.
Nanoscribe as a long-term technology partner
“Reaching 400 systems sold is more than a numerical milestone – it reflects the trust our customers place in Nanoscribe as a long-term technology partner,” says Martin Hermatschweiler, CEO and co-founder of Nanoscribe. “We are seeing strong and growing interest from both application-oriented research and industry. This underscores a clear market pull for our products, especially in optics manufacturing and photonics packaging. With our turnkey process-line solutions, we are enabling customers to move from a few prototypes to scalable production
Industrial demand on the rise
In 2025, industrial customers account for a growing share of Nanoscribe’s business, with every third system delivered to industry. Key drivers include aligned 3D microprinting for photonics packaging applications, such as optical coupler interfaces on chips, chip edges, fibers, fiber arrays and wafers. The ability to fabricate optical-quality surfaces with alignment accuracies down to 100 nm positions Nanoscribe’s Quantum X systems as production-enabling tools for low-loss optical interconnects and beam-shaping components.
This trend aligns closely with the company’s expanded portfolio, which now goes beyond stand-alone systems to include turnkey process-line solutions designed for industrial environments, integration, standardization and throughput.
A mature and resilient company
Nanoscribe’s growing industrial relevance is supported by sustained investments in innovation and customer-centric organization excellence. The company continues to allocate more than 35% of its workforce to research and development, while maintaining profitability and operational resilience amid global economic uncertainty. Its integration into the Lab14 Group further strengthens Nanoscribe’s positioning as a provider of industrial production systems in advanced 3D nano- and microfabrication.
Following a year of strong growth in 2025, Nanoscribe expects continued growth in the upcoming years, driven significantly by industrial applications, with photonics packaging remaining one of the most dynamic market segments.
About Nanoscribe
Nanoscribe is the pioneer and market leader in high-precision additive manufacturing. The medium-sized company develops and produces 3D printers and grayscale lithography systems, as well as specially developed printing materials and application-specific solutions for microfabrication on the nano-, micro- and mesoscale.
Founded in 2007 as a spin-off of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Nanoscribe has been part of the Lab14 Group since December 2024. The company holds more than 150 patents and licenses and employs over 100 people worldwide, with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and China. Its systems and solutions are used by more than 5,500 users and operators at leading universities and innovative companies worldwide and have supported more than 2,500 peer-reviewed scientific publications.
