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"3D printing is booming. We have cultivated a relatively good industrial system, with manufacturing techniques close to, or on a par with, leading foreign countries. The sector is leaping from laboratory research into industrial applications," Wang said

China's 3D printing industry is expected to reach $7.68 billion in output value, or one-third of the global market by 2020, according to a forecast by the China Industry Information Institute

The MIIT (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology) is drafting a 2017-20 plan to accelerate the development of 3D printing. It established the National Innovation Center by forging extensive partnerships between universities and companies. The idea is to help address technological bottlenecks that impede commercial applications of 3D printing.

The alignments with Enervision Inc., of South Korea, and Beijing Yida Sifang Technology, of China, were driven by strong interest in the region for PrintRite3D, by end-users and reseller companies alike.

“We already know of this exciting, increased activity in [the Asia-Pacific area] and we were approached on several fronts and saw it necessary to develop specific sales and marketing relationships in those countries,” Cola told TCT.