3D printing market set to increase 10-fold by 2025

Posted on 3 Dec 2014 by Jonny Williamson

A significant rise in the use and applications of 3D printers is encouraging huge growth in the market for 3D printing materials, with the total consumable market expected to reach £5.1bn ($8bn) by 2025, according to a new report by IDTechEx.

Total 3D materials’ market is expected to grow to over $8bn by 2025, say IDTechEx The report charts the rise of 3D printing from the 1980s when the process was first commercialised, through its slow growth through to 2009 when a key patent expired, leading to the market place becoming “flooded…

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