How General Electric Company Challenges Conventional Wisdom and Wins

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng Leave a comment

General Electric apparently never got the memo on 3-D printing’s supposed shortcomings, because the company has been busy proving that 3-D printing is an extremely capable technology, well suited for mission-critical and highly complex manufacturing applications. By challenging the conventional wisdom that 3-D printing is primarily a prototyping process, GE has put itself many years ahead of its closest competitors in terms of 3-D printing manufacturing expertise. And because 3-D printing has the ability to create fundamentally better products, GE has the potential to gain a considerable competitive advantage in the coming years.