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3D technology breakthrough pushing up product development tempo

3D printers have been in the spotlight for a long time. They represent technology which now looks like it is having its breakthrough. This is not only about printers becoming cheap enough to buy for private individuals. It is about a completely new production technology which represents the opposite of the way industries produce products today.
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Repeat 3 000 times

A laser beam in a 3D printer draws a pattern in metallic powder. The part grows as layer upon layer of powder is added. After the process has been repeated 3,000 times the part is ready (picture above).

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