If you have learned anything from us, it is that 3D printing is here to stay. Developments in the additive manufacturing industry over the past decade combined with growing accessibility and cheaper costs have opened the flood-gates to a booming new industry. And, business is booming. According to Statista, 3D printing products and services are expected to jump to over 40 billion U.S. dollars by 2024, with an expected growth rate of 26.4% each year between 2020 and 2040.

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But why?

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For the uninitiated, 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is the process of creating three dimensional solid objects from digital files. Objects are usually created layer by layer. One of the benefits of 3D printing is that you can produce complex shapes, relatively quickly using much less material than what you might find in traditional manufacturing methods. However, it gets much deeper than that. 3D […]

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