Shares of 3D printing company Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS) jumped 9.5% in the morning session after the company announced the official opening of its new North American Tooling Center of Excellence in Flint, Michigan.

This new center, a joint effort with Automation Intelligence, LLC, was designed to change how automakers and manufacturers create the tools needed for their production lines. Stratasys, a leader in industrial 3D printing, aims for the hub to showcase its advanced additive manufacturing technologies. The company highlighted that Michigan is at the core of American manufacturing, and this investment in Flint is meant to launch the future of digital tooling and skilled work. The center was set up to help car makers, suppliers, and other producers use 3D printing to find faster and cheaper ways to make their products.

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Stratasys’s shares are very volatile and have had 25 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.

The previous big move we wrote about was 21 days ago when the stock dropped 3.5% as the major indices continued to retreat amid profit-taking and renewed concerns about tariffs.

Investors reacted to a federal court ruling that most of President Trump's global tariffs were illegal, raising uncertainty over trade policy and the fiscal impact of potential refunds. Rising Treasury yields added to the pressure, with the 10-year climbing above 4.2% and the 30-year nearing 5%, intensifying worries about stretched equity valuations. September's historically weak track record for stocks further dampened sentiment, leaving traders cautious ahead of the jobs report later in the week and the Federal Reserve's upcoming rate decision.

Stratasys is up 33.7% since the beginning of the year, but at $11.64 per share, it is still trading 9.5% below its 52-week high of $12.85 from February 2025. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Stratasys’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $916.14.

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