The long term dream for 3D printing is fully distributed and democratised manufacturing, as opposed to the current dominant model of centralized production. Long before that happens, though, it will be the current manufacturing industry that will evolve into something else. For GE, that something else is called the “flexible factory”, a new concept for a 3D printing-based assembly plant which will make multiple products and parts in India.
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