China is expected to become the world’s largest 3D printing market and the adoption of the technology in the automobile sector will help reduce costs

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3D printing technology in China’s auto sector to reduce costs

Staff Reporter

2014-03-02

China is expected to become the world’s largest 3D printing market and the adoption of the technology in the automobile sector will help reduce costs, according to the website of the Chinese-language China Securities Journal.

With the Chinese government’s policy of supporting advanced technologies, the China 3D Printing Technology Industry Alliance projects that the local market will grow ten-fold to 10 billion yuan (US$1.62 billion) in 2016 from 2012, which will make China the largest 3D printing market, currently in the United States, the alliance said.

One of the latest developments of 3D printing technology, the website said, was the announcement made by US-based Local Motor, which plans to deliver its first 3D-printed electric vehicle in September.

According to the company, it will build the vehicle and hand it over to the Association for Manufacturing Technology at the International Manufacturing Technology Show 2014 to be held from Sep. 8 to 13 in Chicago.

“The finished vehicle will be used as an example of how sustainable green technologies can reduce life-cycle energy and greenhouse gas emissions, enable lower production costs and create new products and opportunities for high paying jobs,” Local Motors said in a statement released on Feb. 20.

The website report also said that 3D printing technology will allow manufacturers to assemble a car in just a few days once the design is complete.

A Chinese auto sector analyst added that 3D printing technology can help reduce production time and costs, since it can replace the existing process of building modules to produce components.

 

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