Making millions of objects once
3D printing offers manufacturers an innovative means of creating high-volume, low-cost personalised products, writes Mike Scott
3D Printing
With the global 3D printing market forecast to reach $16.2 billion by 2018, the status of 3D printing as a disruptive technology, and its potential to transform the production line, is clear. This report takes a look at the impact of additive manufacturing on product personalisation, prototyping, supply chains, the creative industries and the consumer market, as well as intellectual property rights.
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Will there be a 3D printer in every home?
Sales of consumer 3D devices are low and there are challenges ahead. But the consumer sector may just have sorted out its problems, as Charles Orton-Jones reports
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Rise and rise of 3D printing
Continued governmental support, coupled with the UK’s existing engineering capabilities, should see 3D printing become a central manufacturing technology, as Jim Woodcock reports
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Three dimensional by design
3D printing is transforming the way the creative industries work by presenting fashion designers, interior designers and architects with new opportunities, writes Simon Brooke
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Climate Change 2021
As we inch closer to COP26 in Glasgow this year, companies are starting to get serious about their part in tackling climate change. Our Climate Change report explores how SMEs can reach net zero, whether carbon offsetting is a good idea and why it might be time to ditch GDP as a way to measure how well a country is performing
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Digital Transformation 2021
After 18 months of rapid digital transformation, questions are now being asked about how many of the changes implemented will last as the world reopens. Our Digital Transformation report explores how to measure performance, why embracing corporate digital responsibility is crucial and whether people really are the secret to transformation success
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Financial Services Innovation 2021
The financial services industry, like many others, has been through a period of rapid innovation over the past 18 months, but how much of it will last? Our Financial Services Innovation report explores the challenges of hybrid working, the rise of open finance and the importance of “boring innovations”, including improving customers’ access to cash
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Retirement & Pensions 2021
This year’s Pension Scheme Act has set out to bring a raft of checks and balances to the industry, but what will that mean in practice? Our Retirement & Pensions report explores the increasing professionalism of trustees, the growing focus on ESG and the impacts of rising inflation, as well as examining which groups are most at risk of retirement poverty