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The Faces of Additive Manufacturing: Terry Wohlers
After Avi Reichental, Hanan Gothait, and Gil Lavi we continue our series on additive manufacturing personalities with Terry Wohlers. The well-known additive manufacturing expert has been active in the industry for over 30 years and is the man behind the famous…
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After Avi Reichental, Hanan Gothait, and Gil Lavi we continue our series on additive manufacturing personalities with Terry Wohlers. The well-known additive manufacturing expert has been active in the industry for over 30 years and is the man behind the famous Wohlers report. What does Terry Wohlers think of the current growth of the AM industry? What are the upcoming challenges? 3Dnatives spoke with him to find out more.
3DN: Could you introduce yourself and your work in regards to AM?
3DN: Having been in the AM industry for such a long time, can you give us an idea of what it looked like 10-20 years ago?
Surprisingly, it did not look dramatically different. The major change is the impressive amount of investment we are now seeing in the industry. AM is now receiving the respect and attention it deserves. This has resulted in a major increase in industry, academic, and government events, publications, consortia, and many types of collaborative efforts. This investment has helped to launch countless startup companies for AM software tools and a range of services. This is quite different from many years ago.
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