3D系統

????3D打印技術可能給制造業帶來一場革命。3D系統公司（3D Systems）的創始人查克?赫爾于1983年發明了全球第一臺3D打印機。現在這項技術終于變得普及起來（而且變得非常熱門）。只需把數據輸入打印機，就可以通過材料的層層疊加（比如塑料或金屬等）打印出任何東西，無論是槍械零件、人體器官，還是珠寶首飾都不在話下。

????這家公司的產品既包括家用型的Cube打印機【在史泰博（Staples）售價1300美元】，也包括工業級3D打印機，連通用汽車（General Motors）這種大公司都用后者來生產汽車零部件的原型產品。去年3D系統公司的營收入達到了3.78億美元，而且它的年增率也高達119%。

3D Systems

????3D printing promises to transform manufacturing. Chuck Hull — who founded 3D Systems(DDD) — created the first 3D printer in 1983. Now the technology is finally becoming more wide spread (and hyped). Data can be inputted into printers that lay down thin layers of material, plastic or metal for instance, to create everything from gun parts to artificial limbs and jewelry.

????The company's products range from the Cube, a personal 3D printer sold at Staples for $1,300 to production printers used by the likes of General Motors to prototype new parts. The company brought in $378 million in revenue over the past year. Not surprisingly, its annual growth rate has been a scorching 119%.