COVID-19 Pandemic Has Shown How 3D Printing Can Help to Shorten Supply Chains - ResearchAndMarkets.com
The COVID-19 pandemic caused severe disruption to global supply chains and had a particular effect on the availability of essential medical and protective equipment.
- The COVID-19 pandemic caused severe disruption to global supply chains and had a particular effect on the availability of essential medical and protective equipment.
- The 3D printing industry rushed to respond to these shortages by pivoting to the manufacture of personal protective equipment, face shields, ventilator parts and nasal swabs.
- Formlabs used its 3D printers to manufacture nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing kits while Copper3d released open source plans for a 3D printable N-95 respirator.
- As a result of the disruption caused by the pandemic, many businesses are re-evaluating their supply chain and manufacturing operations.