Sigma Labs Inc (SASI)

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EZJOKER, My best guess would be competitive advantage. For example, GE has spent a billion just developing their additive manufacturing plans. They are known to be very secretive during development of technologies.

To validate the parts GE has also revealed that in a secretive ‘Skunk Works’ style project, it is testing a 35%-additive manufactured demonstrator engine. Dubbed the ‘a-CT7’, a reverse engineered CT7-2E1 technology demonstrator was designed, built and tested in 18 months. The process reduced more than 900 conventionally made parts to just 16 additive manufactured parts.

http://aviationweek.com/nbaa-2016/ge-reveals-full-extent-printed-engine-plan
I'm sure many other companies have spent many millions developing their own AM plans as well. They all would like to be first to market, to capture as much of the AM space as possible, before their competitors catch up. They understand that by developing AM technologies early and getting processes in place that they will help to set and define the AM standards going forward. Companies that have their AM processes defined or referenced via AM standards bodies will ensure they maintain AM market share and capture the lion's share of the money in this early stage of the AM industrial revolution.