Good news if you are a client of Shapeways. Today, the world's largest custom 3D printing marketplace announced a drastic reduction in their lead times for 3D printed metal objects. These include, raw silver, polished silver, premium silver 14kt gold, gold plated brass, matte bronze steel, and several other steel material objects. The entire list of reduced lead times can be found at the article here: http://3dprint.com/5891/shapeways-lead-times-reduced/

The reduction will take effect immediately, and is both for US and global shipments.