Half million 3D printers sold in 2017 – on track for 100M sold in 2030

3D Printing Industry research shows, the market for Desktop 3D Printers has experienced an acceleration of growth in 2018, with just under 500K desktop 3D printers sold. Extending and analysing the quarterly data provided by research firm Context, shows an…

INTERVIEW: Maritime 3D printing with RAMLAB and Sembcorp Marine

3D printing for the maritime and energy industries is the focus of NAMIC’s 5th additive manufacturing summit later this month. Taking place in Singapore, the Maritime and Energy AM Summit is organized by the country’s National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster…

INTERVIEW: Terry Wohlers on the 2018 Wohlers Report, explosive growth in 3D printing

The Wohlers Report 2018 was published last week. As in previous years, I caught up with Principal Author Terry Wohlers to learn more. The Wohlers Report is always eagerly awaited and regarded by many as the definitive guide to our…

Forecast says Asia Pacific to spend $3.6 billion on 3D printing in next 3 years

The market for additive manufacturing is growing. As we saw earlier this month, the International Data Corporation (IDC) has updated its Worldwide Semiannual 3D Printing Spending Guide, predicting that the market-wide spending for 3D printing this year will rise to…

Interview: Raise3D CEO on how to run a 3D printing business

How do you run a 3D printing business and what are some of the important strategic events coming up? In this article an experienced 3D printing industry leader gives insights into the future of 3D printing and how to benefit…

IDC forecasts worldwide spending on 3D printing to be nearly $12 billion in 2018

The International Data Corporation (IDC) has updated its Worldwide Semiannual 3D Printing Spending Guide forecasting market-wide spending on additive manufacturing throughout 2018. IDC’s international team of analysts looked at key markets across 9 regions including Europe, Asia/Pacific and the U.S.…

The Best 3D printers of 2018? 3D Printing Industry Awards nominations update

The 3D Printing Industry Awards 2018 are once again bringing out the community votes. Although less than a month into the process, already we’ve received well over 2,000 nominations for the best 3D printers, breakthrough 3D printing applications, 3D printing…

Interview: New study of 3D printing patents reveals second fastest growing technology of 2017

3D printing patents studied by a leading intellectual property expert give useful insights into 3D printing trends. IFI CLAIMS Patent Services has published a new report showing the enterprises, technologies and countries with the most patents. For 2017, over 320,000…

The Future of 3D Printing by Dr. Conor MacCormack Co-founder and CEO of Mcor

Our thought leadership series on the future of 3D printing continues with insights from the co-founder and CEO of Mcor – Dr. Conor MacCormack. Predicting the future is not an easy thing to do because in Yoda’s words, “Always in…

The future of 3D printing by Braydon Moreno, co-founder of Robo

This is a thought leadership article in our series looking at the future of 3D printing. As the co-founder of Robo, a desktop 3D printer company in San Diego, CA, I have been on a mission to bring 3D printing…