As one of the additive manufacturing industry's most influential figures, Materialise CEO Fried Vancraen has spoke at length about the importance of creating valuable applications for 3D printing and leveraging the technology to enable tailored and more customised manufacturing solutions.
At TCT Asia, the industry stalwart talked about how Asia is fast becoming one of the industry's biggest growth markets, a region the company has been a key player in since the early 2000's, and dispels the myth that the continent is lagging behind its longstanding competitors in the US and Europe. As the expectations of the technology continue to soar, Fried explains why it is increasingly important to overlook the hype and focus on the right areas that will help to create a sustainable market.
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