From the Council on Competitiveness press release:The Council on Competitiveness today held its first "Out of the Blue" manufacturing dialogue of 2013 at Oak Ridge [Tennessee] National Laboratory (ORNL), where top American leaders convened to explore additive manufacturing - a system of highly advanced technologies being used more often today by many companies to differentiate in the global manufacturing competitiveness race-as well as the opportunities and challenges for advancing its development and economic impact.Jim Williams, Managing Director, Paramount Industries, a 3D Systems Company, hosted a session on Thursday April 18, 2013 titled "Facilitating the Development, Evaluation and Deployment of Efficient and Flexible Additive Manufacturing Technologies". The audience was a mix of industry, academia, government research and policy makers. Williams presented a brief industry background and examples of additive manufacturing where the final product is end use parts. i.e. aerospace, orthodontics, hearing aids, orthopedic, etc.Paramount and 3D Systems are leading the way in working with customers to explore new and innovative ways to utilize additive manufacturing technologies to solve real world engineering problems. Contact Paramount to explore further.
