Star Trek Replicators? How Additive Manufacturing is Changing the Industry

<p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;">We’re a lot closer to having a bona fide Star Trek replicator than you might think. </span></p> <p></p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;">Sure, we’re not to the point where you can just press a button and a part — or maybe a steak and some Romulan ale — will materialize out of nowhere. However, additive manufacturing has finally matured to such a degree that 3D printing is feasible for manufacturing applications.</span></p> <p></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake-teipel-27a9663/" target="_self"><span style="color: rgb(17,85,204);background-color: transparent;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;"><ins>Blake Teipel</ins></span></a><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;">, Cofounder and CEO at </span><a href="https://www.essentium.com/" target="_self"><span style="color: rgb(17,85,204);background-color: transparent;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;"><ins>Essentium</ins></span></a><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;">, shares how additive manufacturing is bringing agility and adaptability to manufacturers and product developers.</span></p> <p></p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;">We discuss:</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;">- What additive manufacturing is</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;">- Building a team vs finding partners</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);background-color: transparent;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial;">- Electromagnetic energy and electrically conductive plastics</span></p> <p></p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);bac