Using this cash, the company has built out its offering via the acquisitions of EnvisionTEC, Aidro, Adaptive3D and one of its biggest binder jet competitors, ExOne. Desktop Metal has also launched new machines under its Forust brand. While the company launched its wood 3D printing service in May last year, enabling customers to order bespoke pieces of architecture binder jetted from a bio-epoxy resin composite, it has more recently introduced a turnkey Forust Shop System customers can buy, install and use in-house. A render of Desktop Metal's Shop System Forust Edition. Image via Desktop Metal. A newly-bolstered order backlog Desktop Metal's $9 million order reflects a growing interest in its technologies within automotive, and a number other manufacturers have adopted them in recent years.