Creality (), officially known as Shenzhen Creality 3D Technology Co, Ltd., is a Chinese 3D printer manufacturing company established in 2014, with headquarters located in Shenzhen.Jeff Green. Its main products are consumer and industrial-grade 3D printers.
The company was first conceived in 2014 when four young college graduates, Jack Chen (Chen Chun), Adun Ao (Ao Danjun), Fred Liu (Liu Huilin), and Michael Tang (Tang Jingke), met at a 3D-printing exhibition; they went on to found Creality together.
History In January 2020, Creality launched its 3D printing platform, Creality Cloud. In April 2021, the company introduced an entry-level 2K monochrome resin 3D printer.
In April 2023, Creality released the K1 3D printer.
In January 2024, after many complaints about the K1, the company released the K1C 3D printer which fixed many of the K1's shortcomings and allows for Carbon Fibre printing.
Creality has shipped 4.4 million units of 3D printers (2020-2024). They have 6 million subscribers and followers, and 5.7 million registered users on Creality Cloud.
Printers 2016 CR-10 2017 Ender 2 CR-10 Mini 2018 Ender 3 CR-10S CR-X Ender 3 Pro 2020 Ender 3 V2 Ender 3 Max CR-6 SE 2021 Ender 3 S1 Ender 2 Pro CR10 Smart 2022 Ender 3 S1 Pro Ender 3 S1 Plus Ender 3 Neo Ender 3 V2 Neo Ender 3 Max Neo 2023 K1 K1 Max Ender 3 V3 SE Ender 3 V3 KE CR-10 SE 2024 K1C K1 SE K2 Plus Ender 3 V3 Ender 3 V3 Plus 2025 K2 Pro K2 Standard Ender 3 Hi Hi Combo 2026 K2 Max AI Sparkx i7 Sermoon S1 K3 (KliTek) (coming soon)
Controversies Creality has a history of GPL violations around the Marlin firmware and other GPL software. The first documented case is from 2018, and Creality continued this behavior until at least 2022.
In March 2022, Creality was sued by Artec for allegedly plagiarizing Artec Studio's software code. The case was filed in the New York Eastern District Court on March 25 and is still pending.
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