Jamel Toppin for ForbesThe 3-D printing revolution heralded a few years ago never arrived. But while there is limited demand among consumers for 3-D printers, the industrial version of the technology is booming. EOS Group (which includes 3-D printing company EOS GmbH and related businesses) has sales of $400 million, operating profit margins above 10% at a time when many 3-D printing companies are in the red, and, most years, double-digit revenue growth. Meanwhile, BMW had been testing 3D Systems’ new 3-D printers and wanted to change the printers’ specs, Langer recalls, but couldn’t get the American firm to reconfigure them. Courtesy of EOSEOS’s 3-D printers are exacting enough to be used for production in regulated industries like aerospace and medical.

Source: Forbes March 18, 2019 06:56 UTC