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IDTechEx Discusses Long-Term Trends Shaping Additive Manufacturing

IDTechEx expects powder bed-based printing technologies, such as laser powder bed fusion or binder jetting, to grow considerably.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

Ten years ago, the 3D printing landscape was in the midst of its first big boom. With the 2009 expiration of a key Stratasys patent that covered thermoplastic filament extrusion technology, desktop filament printers were taking off, buoyed by new disrupters like Makerbot. The general public was being introduced to the possibilities of 3D printing through countless eye-popping headlines that speculated on 3D printing’s application in everything from toys to phones to organs. Ten years...

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