HP CEO talks about the 4th industrial revolution at Davos

Education, adoption and incentives are cited as 3 things to do to prepare for the big economic shift that is to to be brought about with the 4th industrial revolution according to HP CEO Dion Weisler.

"The $12 trillion global manufacturing sector is uniquely primed for disruption, as design, production, and distribution goes through a radical transformation anwered becomes increasingly digitized. Today, the production value chain accounts for more than 30% of the world’s GDP and more than 25% of global employment. " 

Not only 3D printing but actually 3D scanning is an important part of this digitized manufacturing. 3D scanning is used for reverse engineering but also for inspection. Inspection will enable the improvement of 3D printing quality as well as 3D design to see where variance occurs.  

Somehow 3D scanning is not talked about widely, but it's an exciting technology that will be part of propel the digitization of manufacturing as well.

Read the full article by HP CEO Dion Wiesler here.

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