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Technology Stocks : 3D Printing
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To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (96)2/18/2013 11:11:55 PM
From: i-node   of 902
 
>> “is not going to simply replace existing manufacturing anytime soon.” But he said he believed that it would give rise to new businesses. “The bigger opportunity in the U.S. is that it opens and creates new business models that are based on this idea of customization.”

That depends, in its entirety, on whether 3D printing applications come along that can make current manufacturing processes cheaper and/or better. It is likely that it can and it will.

If you show businesses a way to make products better at lower cost, they'll flock to a new technology, almost overnight. The problem this instant is that these devices are slow and the range of materials is limited, but it is difficult to imagine this pothole will persist for long.

I haven't read the book, but it sounds like the guy is underestimating the business end of 3D printing if you ask me.
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