Friday, October 12, 2012

Can 3D printing make the world more local?

"3D printing may put global supply chains out of business: report" -- smartplanet.com
3D printing (or “additive manufacturing,” as it’s called in industrial circles) takes offshore manufacturing and brings it back close to the consumer. It has enormous potential to shift the trade balance. Goods will be cheaper to reproduce within the domestic market, versus manufacturing and then shipping them from a distant low-wage country.

I found this story at kurzweilai.net.

1 comment:

  1. Complementary analysis: http://yannickrumpala.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/coming-soon-the-political-power-of-3d-printing/

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