GE, HP, Airbus and others invest more resources in additive manufacturing

Briefing

March 1, 2017

Briefing	GE’s New Additive Business – Acquired Arcam and Concept Laser for $1.3 billion, while creating new GE Additive business which sells and services 3D printing machines Innovator HP – Invested $300 to $500 million in additive manufacturing with machines that are 10% faster and can process 276 million voxels, the equivalent of pixels in three dimension, per pass Airbus’ Metal Additive Business – Launched to provide 3D printed aircraft components, with company on track to print 30 tons per month by December 2018 New Branded Entrants – Include Lenovo, Polaroid, Toshiba, Mattel, Canon, and Ricoh
Accelerator	3D Printing
Sector	Industrial Manufacturing, Information Technology
Organization	Airbus Group, Canon Inc., General Electric Co., Hewlett-Packard Enterprises LLC, Lenovo Group Ltd., Mattel Inc., PLR Ecommerce LLC, Ricoh Company Ltd., Toshiba Corp.
Source	Goehrke, S., "Terry Wohlers discusses the future of 3D printing at Inside 3D printing keynote", 3DPrint.com, https://3dprint.com/; "GE solidifies acquisition of additive manufacturing system maker Arcam," Industrial Laser Solutions for Manufacturing, http://www.industrial-lasers.com/; O'Donnell, J., "3D printing industry described as healthy and growing", TechTarget, https://www.techtarget.com/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	December 15, 2016

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