Interest in 3D printing is remaking the manufacturing landscape. Consulting firm IDC says global spending on 3D printers, both desktop and industrial, hit about $11 billion in 2015 and is forecast to reach $27 billion by 2019.
Solvay opened a new laboratory at its Research & Innovation Center in Alpharetta, Georgia, to forward the development of its advanced materials for AM.
SmarTech Markets Publishing reports that by 2021 revenues generated by this sector will reach over $4 billion, with $2.3 billion coming from hardware and $1.7 billion in materials revenues.
The new COE will leverage Stratasys’ 3D printing technology to develop and test new medical devices using 3D printed prototypes and models and enrich clinical education and training activities for a variety of audiences.
Through its memberships in America Makes, WMT&R joins other leading member organizations from industry, academia, government, non-government agencies, and workforce and economic development resources that are working together to innovate and accelerate additive manufacturing and 3-D printing.