Section A: 3D Printing - In your view, is 3D printing the most important opportunity facing manufacturers in the UK?
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- Created on: 14-06-15 14:00
Section A: 3D Printing - In your view, is 3D printing the most important opportunity facing manufacturers in the UK? |
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Evaluation3D printing is an important opportunity to UK manufacturing because it will increase productivity and innovation, which in turn can lead to higher value added. However, with this comes the threats of other countries who have already invested heavily into this sector and therefore it may be hard to compete with manufacturers based in those countries who utilise 3D printing. On the other hand, if the UK doesn't invest in 3D printing while it is seeing recent leaps and improving over time, it may eventually become too late and they lose competitiveness. It still has some way to go before it becomes mainstream in all manufacturing. Furthermore, there is other opportunities to UK manufacturing such as the green energy. Therefore, I believe that it is an important opportunity to the UK that they should invest in, however it is not the most important opportunity, as other areas may improve the competitiveness of UK manufacturing more. |
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