CEO sees remote manufacturing and transporting of products becoming obsolete With all the technological change driving the transportation industry, Brad Jacobs told a virtual audience of The Economic Club of New York that 3D printing was likely to disrupt transportation…
The growth of 3D printing could impact shipping volumes in the region of 10% by 2040 according to research by Singapore academic institutions. 3D printing has been flagged as a disruptor for container shipping replacing offshore manufacturing exported around the…
FORT MEADE, Md. — As 3D printing increases both in the field and at depots, the Army’s Center of Excellence for Additive and Advanced Manufacturing is slated to reach initial operating capability this year at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. Lt.…
Equipment and component manufacturers in the trucking industry are looking to expand their online presence and also see potential in 3D printing, both of which could help them reach more customers, they said. Daimler Trucks North America is expanding alliancetruckparts.com,…
RSA Global, a tech-based 3PL based in Dubai, has partnered with 3D printing pioneer Immensa Technology Labs to combine logistics with the digital inventory and virtual warehousing of spare parts. RSA estimates up to 10 percent of all spare parts…
Most of the talk surrounding 3D printing (aka additive manufacturing) in the trucking industry centers on how it can be used to supply replacement parts for older vehicles. But the real value in 3D printing is much greater than that,…
Turning bits into atoms in real-time? It’s as profound as the idea of instantly sharing thoughts across the world would have been to a person just a few decades ago. So how close are we to the dreams of the…
Extract from the main article on the Insights from the 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo: “Digital disruption upending the seaports: In quite a fascinating panel discussion with Jordi Torrent of the port of Barcelona and Matthijs van Doorn…
Additive manufacturing — popularly known as 3D printing — has been touted as the next big thing in manufacturing, but its impact will soon be seen in supply chain management. Additive manufacturing — the creation of product parts or components…
This is a guest post in our series looking at the future of 3D Printing. To celebrate 5 years of reporting on the 3D printing industry, we’ve invited industry leaders and 3D printing experts to give us their perspective on…