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What should manufacturers do about 3D printing?

A 2-step most will skip: automate to win the 2030s with IoT and IIoT, then dematerialize toward the 2040s with additive manufacturing. Own not just the product but the print file, the materials spec and the certification path. Your factory becomes a download. Your moat becomes the data.

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