Industrial research firm Gartner has put out its latest report on 3D printing, in which it projects that the worldwide shipments of 3D printers will more than double every year from now until 2018. In 2015, Gartner reports that shipments will hit 217,350 units, more than twice the 108,151 units shipped in 2014, and, by 2018, the company predicts the number of worldwide 3D printer shipments to hit 2.3 million.
Peter Basiliere, research vice president at Gartner, elaborated, “As we noted last year, the 3D printer market is at an inflection point.…
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