rich mccomas3D Printing Industry Trends

Rich McComas is a Senior Editor and Research Director at Cellular 3D, an experienced journalist and opinion leader who has written, researched and covered the consumer and professional medical device industry for more than 20 years.  Rich heads up all healthcare market and technology research projects at Cellular 3D, personally overseeing a number of dental and medical initiatives.  Rich believes that 3D printing can help make a variety of medical devices more accessible to patients and practitioners throughout the world.

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The U.S. Postal Service (USPS), in their white paper, "If It Prints, It Ships: 3D Printing and the Postal Service" estimates turning postal processing centers into 3D printing hubs could generate an incremental $646M in commercial package revenue. These and many other fascinating insights into how the USPS could revolutionize their service model with 3D printing technologies are from the report.

According to the USPS white paper, "In the future, many small and regional 3D printing manufacturers may be looking to speed up and strealine product shipments.  The Postal Service could encourage these businesses to locate near or even inside postal processing plants, which often have excess industrial space.  Those companies would better serve customers by being able to enter products seamlessly into the mail.  It could also boost package revenue for the Postal Service by $363M to $646M per year."