Background Of The Proposal
AM MARKET
- Threatened by lower wage economies and high tech rivals
- Grew at a GAGR ≈ 35% to 35 bn € ⇒ will grow to over 90 bn € by 2020 if key technological challenges can be overcome (Wohlers Report 2015)
- Industrial machinery and consumer goods account for > 36% of the industries using (AM Valles, 2014)
- Automotive, Aerospace and Medical: focus endusers for ENCOMPASS – 43% of the industries using AM