Additive Manufacturing Is Rewriting the Rules of Reshoring

• Reshoring sounds straightforward: bring production back home. In practice, it’s far more complex. According to recent research by Hexagon in 2025, about 36% of U.S. manufacturing leaders are actively looking...

Reshoring sounds straightforward: bring production back home. In practice, it’s far more complex. According to recent research by Hexagon in 2025, about 36% of U.S. manufacturing leaders are actively looking to reshore production domestically in response to shifting trade policy. At the same time, 28% believe workforce shortages could slow or significantly delay those efforts. The appetite for localized production is growing, but so are the structural challenges. Manufacturers today are navigating fragile supply chains, extended tooling timelines, geopolitical instability, and growing concerns around intellectual property exposure. Simply recreating yesterday’s production model on domestic soil doesn’t address those vulnerabilities. What many organizations are recognizing instead is tha