Description: A French cosmetics giant uses one to create artificial skin. A Wisconsin start-up designs ceramic guides that pinpoint tumors in individual cancer patients. Workers on a remote North Sea oil rig make replacement parts on the spot rather than wait days for a ship or helicopter to arrive. All these actions are made possible by one technology: 3-D printing.

Source: CNBC.com

Date: Nov 09, 2019

Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/09/3-d-printing-disrupts-12-trillion-manufacturing-industry-globally.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Mail

Questions for discussion:

• What is the targeted market for this technology at this time and how will it likely evolve?
• How is this technology disrupting current industry practice and thinking from a management, marketing and financial point of view?