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Terry Wohlers gives 3D Printing Industry further insights into the Wohlers Report 2017

From Michael Petch at 3dprintingindustry.com - Terry Wohlers gives 3D Printing Industry further insights into the Wohlers Report 2017 - April 6, 2017

Double-digit additive manufacturing growth

According the Wohlers Report 2017, the Additive Manufacturing industry, “grew by 17.4% in worldwide revenues in 2016, down from 25.9% the year before.” We asked Wohlers for the underlying reasons for this year-on-year decline in growth rate, he told us,

The single biggest contributing factor to declined industry-wide growth was weak performance by the two largest companies in the business. They represented $1.31 billion (21.7%) of the $6.063 billion AM industry in 2016.

The Wohlers Report 2017 records that 97 manufacturers produced and sold Additive Manufacturing systems in 2016. In 2015 this figure was 62 and only 49 in 2014. With new market entrants, competition in the 3D printing industry is increasing. The Wohlers Report describes levels of competition as, “unprecedented.”




Wohlers Report 2017 chart showing survey of service providers