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How Additive Manufacturing Can Help Fix the Supply Chain

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There is a potential solution, however: additive manufacturing. Industry 4.0 and the cloud are enabling a vast digital manufacturing network in which a print job can be initiated in one part of the world and finished in another, exactly where the part is needed.

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MTA Expands Support for Engineering-based Manufacturers with the Launch of a New Cluster of Trade Associations and Events

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The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) has expanded its support to the engineering-based manufacturing sector with the formation of a new cluster of trade associations and events. AMUK is the UK’s only trade association for Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing businesses.

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IDTechEx Asks If Electronics Manufacturing Can Join the Digital Age

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Asked whether electronics is a ‘digital technology’, almost everyone would reply in the affirmative. However, while printed circuit boards (PCBs) enable digital technologies, the manufacturing processes used to produce them are still largely analog. Why Do We Need Digital Electronics Manufacturing?