HP’s 3D printing plans to be announced in June

Posted on 20 Mar 2014 by Tim Brown

Hewlett-Packard is planning to enter the commercial 3D-printing market, saying it has solved a number of technical problems that have hindered broader adoption of the high-tech manufacturing process.

Chief Executive Meg Whitman told shareholders on Tuesday that the company will make a “big technology announcement” in June around how it will approach the 3D printer market. HP announced its entrance into the 3D printing market back in 2010 with the reveal of the Designjet 3D printers but the product was discontinued. Whitman said…

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