Unilever's 3D printers cut prototype production time by nearly half
Unilever has almost halved production time for its well-known household care and laundry goods packaging moulds using Stratasy's 3D printing.
Unilever has almost halved production time for its well-known household care and laundry goods packaging moulds using Stratasy's 3D printing.
While still a nascent market in China, the production and sale of 3D printers are expected to quadruple over the next four years, according to a new report.
A new report shows that 3D printers and the materials that go along with them will explode over the next five years due to a growing comport with the technology fed mainly by inclusion of the tech in academic settings.
Stratasys today announced the first 3D printer that can not only print using a number of materials -- hard, soft, flexible -- but also with a wide range of colors.
3D printing may have an image problem. It's sometimes seen as a hobbyist pursuit -- a fun way to build knickknacks from your living room desktop -- but a growing number of companies are giving serious thought to the technology to help get new ideas off the ground.
Learning to use a 3D printer for the first time is not complicated, but learning to do it well comes with a significant learning curve.
The number of 3D printer vendors rose from five last year to more than 20 this year, and prices for their machines have come down dramatically.
Heading a start-up after leaving his position as head of Microsoft Game Studios, Ed Fries thought that he might be able to sell 10,000 units of his product — personalised online game figurines — the first year.