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# The Exploration Company acquires German additive manufacturing firm
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-17-exploration-company-acquires-thrustworks/
- Published: 2025-11-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:01:21.000Z
- Description: The Exploration Company acquired Germany's Thrustworks, a niobium alloy 3D printing specialist, to bring thrust chamber manufacturing in house ahead of its Nyx capsule's 2028 debut.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, Defence and space, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [The Exploration Company company announcement, 17 November 2025](https://www.exploration.space/blog/the-exploration-company-expands-its-industrial-footprint-in-germany-with-a-new-site-in-north-rhine-westphalia-following-the-acquisition-of-thrustworks-gmbh?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not disclose the acquisition's price or Thrustworks' current output capacity.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-11\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)