Creality, officially known as Shenzhen Creality 3D Technology Co, Ltd., is a Chinese 3D printer manufacturing company established in 2014,[1][2] with headquarters located in Shenzhen.[3]
Creality was jointly launched by Chen Chun, Ao Danjun, Liu Huilin, and Tang Jingke.[4] Its main products are consumer and industrial-grade 3D printers.[5]
In January 2020, Creality launched its 3D printing platform, Creality Cloud.[6]
In April 2023, Creality released the K1 3D printer.[9]
In January 2024, after many complaints about the K1, the company released the K1C 3D printer[10] which fixed many of the K1's shortcomings and allows for Carbon Fibre printing.
Creality has a history of GPL violations around the Marlin firmware and other GPL software. The first documented case is from 2018,[11] and Creality continued this behavior until at least 2022.[12]
In March 2022, Creality was sued by Artec for allegedly plagiarizing Artec Studio's software code.[13] The case was filed in the New York Eastern District Court on March 25 and is still pending.[14]
