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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 12.10.2022  
C(2022 ) 7419 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
Saudi Arabian Industrial Investments 
Company  
King Khaled International  
Airport Road,  
Riyadh Front, Building N4,  
P.O. Box 47340,  
Riyadh 13413 -3686  
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  
 
3D Systems, Inc  
333 Three D Systems Circle  
Rock Hill, SC 29730  
USA  
Subject : Case M. 10852 – 3D SYSTEMS / DUSSUR / JV   
Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b)  of Council Regulation 
(EC) No 139/20041 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European 
Economic Area2  
Dear Sir or Madam,  
 
1. On 20 September 2022 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation  and following a referral 
pursuant to Article 4(5)  of the Merger Regulation , by which , 3D Systems, Inc. 
(“3DS”, USA), ultimately owned by 3D Systems Corporation (USA), and Saudi 
Arabian Industri al Investments Company (“Dussur”, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), 
jointly controlled by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabian 
Oil Company (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), will acquire within the meaning of Article s 
                                                 
1 OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 ( the ‘Merger Regulation ’). With effect from 1 December 2009,  the Treaty on 
the Functioning of the European Union ( ‘TFEU ’) has introduced certain changes, such as the 
replacement of ‘Community ’ by ‘Union ’ and ‘common market ’ by ‘internal market ’. The terminology 
of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision.  
2  OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p.  3 (the ‘EEA Agreement ’). 

2 3(1)(b)  and 3(4)  of the Merger Regulation joint  control of a newly created joint 
venture  company ( the ‘JV’, Saudi Arabia) , by way of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned  are the following : 
 for 3DS: a parent entity of a group of companies in the additive man ufacturing/3D 
printing industry,  
 for Dussu r: a strategic investment company,  
 the JV is a greenfield joint venture set up for the purposes of providing 3D 
printing services mainly within Saudi Arabia and in neighbouring countries in the 
Middle East and North Africa region . 
3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that 
the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger  Regulation  and of 
paragraph 5(a) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of 
certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 .4 
4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European 
Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it 
compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement . This decision is 
adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger  Regulation  and Article 57 of 
the EEA Agreement . 
For the Commission  
 
 
(Signed)  
Olivier GUERSENT  
Director -General  
 
 
                                                 
3  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 370, 28.09.2022 , p.6. 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .