Results 1 to 3 of 3
-
12-20-2013, 07:00 PM #1
- Join Date
- Sep 2013
- Location
- New Jersey, USA
- Posts
- 494
2013 3D Printing Year in Review
Today Shapeways released some cool graphics as well as some stats on their network, title 2013 3D Printing Year in review. Here are a few of the key states:
- 50+% Of Shapeways shop owners are self taught 3D Printing Whizs
- 100% Year Over Year Growth in # of Product Creators
- 13,500 different Shapeways Shop, which is 75% growth over 2012
- 84% of Shop Creators hope to one day make Shapeways their main stream of Income
- The Top Countries Represented on Shapeways are: U.S. Netherlands, U.K. Germany, Switzerland, and Canada
- There are over 40 materials and finishes available to use with 3D Printers
- Prices of Products 3D Printed are dropping Substantially. iPhone Case in 2008 = $70, 2013 = $20
Here is one of the graphics:
In addition to this, Designboom.com also released a list of the top 10 biggest 3D Printing news stories of the year. Pretty interesting read!:
http://www.designboom.com/technology...13-12-20-2013/Last edited by Larry; 12-20-2013 at 08:10 PM.
-
12-21-2013, 08:24 AM #2
- Join Date
- Nov 2013
- Posts
- 67
I find a few things above quite amazing
#1 - 50% of designers are self taught. I wish I could self teach myself to make some of the things I see on Shapeways
#2 - Over 2.2 million products have been printed. I can't imagine how much money Shapeways must have made off of these printed products this year.
#3 - Each model is handled by 10 Shapeway staff members. That makes me feel good about what I have printed.
Keep up the great work ShapeWays
-
12-23-2013, 04:22 PM #3
- Join Date
- Dec 2013
- Posts
- 46
Shapeways is quickly becoming a huge company, that should really continue to grow as 3D Printing grows. Until someone like Amazon starts trying to compete, I don't see them haven't any other main competition. They have really helped make 3D Printing and especially 3D Design a lot more popular than it would be without their service.
Holes and pockmarks in print walls
06-04-2024, 09:14 AM in General 3D Printing Discussion