What is the future of 3D printing?

3D printing becomes one of the most disruptive manufacturing technologies of the century. Igor Beuker predicts that as costs fall and capability rises, production moves closer to consumers, cutting waste, inventory, and transport. The factory shrinks and multiplies. Companies stop shipping finished goods across oceans and start shipping designs, printing on demand near the customer. Manufacturing comes home.

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