Highlights the future potential of rapid prototyping (RP) and manufacturing around the world. The US manufacturing industry may be on the rebound; this will help accelerate the sale of RP systems. Strong market growth in the US and, to a lesser extent, Europe and Japan, will come as a result of awareness, erasing myths, technical enhancements,personnel and organizational issues, complimentary processes and technologies and CAD solid modelling. The ratio of price to performance will continue to improve, but not as dramatically as it has in the past. New RP products will be made available in 1994 and 1995. As the market expands, entrepreneurs will identify niche opportunities for after‐market products. The prospects for growth in the RP industry are now better than ever.
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1 December 1994
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December 01 1994
Rapid Prototyping – The Future
Terry Wohlers
Terry Wohlers
Wohlers Associates, Oakridge Business Park, 1511 River Oak Drive, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80525, USA. Tel: (303) 225 0086; Fax: (303) 225 2027.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7204
Print ISSN: 1352-3074
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1994
World Class Design to Manufacture (1994) 1 (6): 33–38.
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Wohlers T (1994), "Rapid Prototyping – The Future". World Class Design to Manufacture, Vol. 1 No. 6 pp. 33–38, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/13523079210731916
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