If any company is aware of what the next big thing in manufacturing will be - especially where additive manufacturing is involved - it's Stratasys. The company is not only one of the oldest and most well-known in the 3D printing industry, it's also full of experts on all things manufacturing-related, and recently offered to share some of that expertise via a white paper entitled "How Additive and Traditional Manufacturing Mix." The white paper is free to download; find out how at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/180502/stratasys-...g-white-paper/