3-D printing
Additive Manufacturing GE, the world’s largest manufacturer
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General Electric is making a radical departure from the way it has traditionally manufactured things. Its aviation division, the world’s largest supplier of jet engines
While 3-D printing has been around for decades, it has remained largely in the domain of hobbyists and designers producing one-off prototypes. And printing objects with anything other than plastics—in particular, metal—has been expensive and painfully slow.
In the short term, manufacturers wouldn't need to maintain large inventories—they could simply print an object, such as a replacement part for an aging car, whenever someone needs it.
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