The World Economic Forum, citing data from a recent United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) report, reveals advanced technology adoption benefits for industries. Using more innovative technology results in better production performance and revenue. Adopting new technologies is not always an easy decision for company leaders. Various research points to three major reasons companies do […]
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National Efforts Expand Existing Additive Manufacturing Trends and Opportunities
As we consider existing 2022 trends and opportunities for additive manufacturing, coupled with the recent CHIPS and Science Act news (latest from Department of Commerce), as an industry we have some exciting times ahead. According to a National Science Foundation news post, NSF grows future U.S. manufacturing technologies and jobs, the White House published the […]
Mass Customization: A Path To Customer Choice & Personalization
Steve Jobs is famously known for his thoughts on customer choice — saying “that’s not my approach. Our job is to figure out what they’re going to want before they do.” For many years in 3D printing circles, the idea that a digital process would allow customization or personalization at a mass scale, would largely […]
3D Modeling and Simulation Tools Help You Visualize Print Success
You may have noticed an increase in those fat tire bicycles in your community. Most often, they are electric bikes. These E-Bikes are catching attention in no small part thanks to advances in 3D modeling and simulation software. Manufacturers of two, three, and four-wheeled models are, like just about every product maker, searching for cheaper, […]
AM Forward: Building a Robust American Supply Chain for the Future
There is no shortage of evidence today that U.S. supply chains are in need of some assistance. As many AdditiveManufacturing.com readers know, AM is (and has been) poised to provide deep and lasting relief to manufacturers of all sizes and to improve supply chains. “U.S. supply chains have become fragile and thus a drag on […]
Achieving Sustainability With Additive Manufacturing
If you had to put two experts in a room about how additive manufacturing is opening new ways to make parts and products efficiently and more sustainably (less waste), ASME did it. They invited two of the top thinkers on the topic for the AM Tech Forum Executive Panel: AM’s Role In Sustainability with Sherry Handel, Executive […]
