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Additive vs. Traditional Manufacturing

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Stephen Hayes, managing director at Beckhoff UK, explores why companies need to evaluate what mix of traditional and additive manufacturing makes sense for their business. 3D printing dates back to the early 1980s in Japan, when Hideo Kodama developed a rapid prototyping system, an early version of the stereolithography (SLA) machine.