{"id":7031,"date":"2017-02-10T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T15:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=7031"},"modified":"2017-01-05T07:45:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T15:45:43","slug":"3d-printing-industrial-manufacturing-to-be-transformed-by-additive-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/3d-printing-industrial-manufacturing-to-be-transformed-by-additive-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Printing: Industrial Manufacturing to be Transformed by Additive Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The use of 3D printing is expected to grow dramatically over the next years, particularly in the areas of industrial manufacturing and healthcare.<\/p>\n

Gartner identified 3D printing as a top ten strategic technology in 2016. \u00a0David Cearley<\/a>, Gartner vice president, said that<\/a> “3D printing will see a steady expansion over the next 20 years of the materials that can be printed, improvement in the speed with which items can be printed and emergence of new models to print and assemble composite parts.\u201d<\/p>\n

By 2020, Gartner predicts<\/a> the following will have occurred within the 3D printing industry:<\/p>\n