AM adoption
In the Berlin AM Forum I have participate in on July 2023, there was a clear notion of realism. On and off the stage, AM industry veterans shared their concern that the AM market is not growing to its potential.
The following poll was presented to the audience during one of the panels. (disclaimer: I took a screenshot when I saw the numbers stabilize. It is possible that the final numbers were a bit different, although I doubt the results are different).
My vote is with the minority: those who think that the AM solutions suppliers hold the key for more AM adoption.
In my mind, a Product-Market (mis)fit must be addressed by the companies that present the Products, not by waiting for the market to change.
I would suggest that the suppliers will focus on two goals:
Materials which are requested by engineers (not the ones that CAN be processed by the currently available additive machines)
Manufacturing oriented machines that can process these materials (i.e. productivity, reliability, repeatability, connectivity etc.)
