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October 18, 2013 Raleigh, North Carolina
Additive Manufacturing Additive Manufacturing
State of the Industry State of the Industry
Terry Wohlers Terry Wohlers
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Latest global Latest global developments developments
Growth Growth trends trends
Shift Shift toward using AM for production toward using AM for production
Need Need for more R&D for more R&D
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Next 45 minutes Next 45 minutes
26 26 company/organization visits company/organization visits
55 55 investor consultations in investor consultations in
past past 12 12 months months
18 18 industry events this year industry events this year
0
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0
0
0
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2010 2011 2012
Technical Technical
advancement advancement
28.6% growth 28.6% growth
Media attention Media attention
2010 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012
Source: Wohlers Associates, Inc. Source: Wohlers Associates, Inc.
Investment Investment
New products New products
Startups Startups
Research Research
Awareness Awareness
Kickstarter Kickstarter
Governments Governments
Events Events
Personal use Personal use
Growth and development Growth and development
Formative Formative
Subtractive Subtractive
Additive Additive
Cira 700 AD
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Terminology Terminology
additive manufacturing additive manufacturing 3D printing 3D printing
formal standard formal standard
technical media technical media
scientific community scientific community
de facto standard de facto standard
mainstream media mainstream media
everyone else everyone else
Terms are being used Terms are being used interchangeably interchangeably
Google: Google: 255M 255M Google: Google: 11.7M 11.7M
Production
Low-cost systems
AM
Key growth trends Key growth trends
Personal 3D Personal 3D
printers printers
Personal Personal
$200 $200 $ $5,000 5,000
Industrial Industrial
$5,001 $5,001 $1.5M+ $1.5M+
Source: Wohlers Report 2013 Source: Wohlers Report 2013
Industrial
Personal: 6.5%
of $618M
$$$
346%
46.4%
Source: Wohlers Report 2013 Source: Wohlers Report 2013
Production of parts for final products Production of parts for final products
Aerospace and medical Aerospace and medical
Logistics and the Logistics and the
supply chain supply chain
Consumer market Consumer market
South Africa South Africa
Germany Germany
China China
USA USA
Singapore Singapore
Around the world in 15 minutes Around the world in 15 minutes
New New
Zealand Zealand
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Source: Wohlers Report 2013 Source: Wohlers Report 2013
Cumulative industrial AM Cumulative industrial AM
installations worldwide installations worldwide
Most history, Most history,
users, experience, users, experience,
and know and know- -how how
Around the world in 15 minutes Around the world in 15 minutes
Google Google
John Deere John Deere
Johnson Controls Johnson Controls
Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin
P&G P&G
Nike Nike
Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman
Raytheon Raytheon
United Technologies United Technologies
Alcoa Alcoa
Amazon Amazon
Apple Apple
Autodesk Autodesk
Boeing Boeing
FedEx FedEx
Ford Ford
Hasbro Hasbro
GE GE
16 16 in Europe in Europe
Industrial AM system Industrial AM system
manufacturers manufacturers
7 7 in China in China
4 4 in U.S. in U.S. ( (3 3 sold 35 systems in 2012) sold 35 systems in 2012)
Opportunities Opportunities
in R&D in R&D
Interest is at an all-time high
Conclusions
Companies are beginning to change
the way they design and manufacture
Growth is strong
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Has lost some of its edge
U.S. is a nation of business-minded
innovators and independent thinkers
Many opportunities in new businesses,
business models, and R&D
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