3D Printing Consolidation or Collaboration? The Driving Theme of AMS 2024
3DPrint.com February 9, 2024
One of the defining features of the Additive Manufacturing Strategies (AMS) business summit has been its emphasis on the financial aspects of the 3D printing market. That was no different from this year’s event. However, while a large topic of discussion was the stagnation of investment into startups and poor performance of public additive manufacturing (AM) firms, there was a potentially more important theme that was central to the next stage of development of the industry.
In a way, the word “collaboration” is both vague and fluffy. Nonetheless, it was a recurring topic and one with which some initiatives have demonstrated real, tangible success.
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