3D printing comes of age in U.S. industrial manufacturing

PwC in conjunction with The Manufacturing Institute, has released an updated report - 3D Printing comes of age in US industrial manufacturing. The new survey shows some interesting shifts in how 3D printing is being applied by manufacturers from just two years ago.
Manufacturers are equally split on what will be 3DP’s most disruptive effect, with 22% saying it will be in restructuring supply chains, and another 22% that it will be threats to intellectual property, and 18% believe that it will be changed relationships with customers. Two years ago, the stand-alone, number-one concern was supply chain disruption (News Item The Manufacturing Institute, 12 April 2016).
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