Today, manufacturers are practical, creative, open to opportunities, and ready to work with the technologies available now. This special report looks at advanced manufacturing technology as it is now, and where it is leading today's manufacturers.
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“Orders for machine tools have collapsed worldwide," VDW’s executive director declared. “Many countries are now having to pay the price for the almost daily international disputes being picked by politicians."
Replacement parts are an obvious application for quick and customized production — but AM systems are not the solution for every problem faced by manufacturers
