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• At the recent Additive Manufacturing Strategies (AMS) 2026 in blizzard-stricken New York City, those who were able to make it through the wind and snow got right down to business....
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At the recent Additive Manufacturing Strategies (AMS) 2026 in blizzard-stricken New York City, those who were able to make it through the wind and snow got right down to business.
I touched on some of these discussions in an earlier piece, but today I’m going more in-depth and sharing about some other aspects of the event.
Opening Presentation
The opening keynote at AMS, “3D Printing in a Fractious World,” didn’t begin with a hype chart or a “look how great we’re doing” industry recap. Rather, 3DPrint.com Executive Editor Joris Peels basically said leaders are either jumping from trend to trend or stuck in place, because things are changing so quickly that long-term planning feels shaky. He also said that things aren’t calming down anytime soon, stating that “There’s no sure footing.”