Today is National Manufacturing Day in the United States. The day was created to address common misperceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers (like Shapeways) an opportunity to open their doors and show, in a coordinated effort, what manufacturing is — and what it isn’t.
Our Vice President of Manufacturing David wrote in detail about how Shapeways is tackling challenges to manufacturing in the 3D printing industry and our CEO Pete spent a great deal of time explaining what we’ve learned about manufacturing with 3D printing over the last six years in his series of blog posts.
Watch the journey of a 3D printed product through our factory below. On average ten people handle each of the 120,000 parts that are printed and shipped every month. We’re 140 employees strong, manufacturing products for customers in 119 countries across the globe.