Tag Challenges

Paradigm Shift, Supply Chain Impact, Wider Implications

3-D printing is a manufacturing solution (and still not a magical one)

3-D printing famously endured a “hype cycle” circa 2012-2015, when popular media took note of the technology and ran with it. Common headlines of the time dubbed 3-D printing a technology right out of Star Trek while many consumer publications and tradeshows…

Len Pannett
09/11/2018

Wider Implications

Five of the biggest challenges facing manufacturers in 3D printing

While 3D printing is undoubted entering mainstream manufacture – and at rates that are faster than many realise – it is important to note that there continue to be challenges to be overcome. This isn’t a surprise, after all all…

Len Pannett
13/01/2017