| Recently, the Japanese division of research giant IDC (International Data Corporation) released the results of its domestic 3D printing user survey, which found that 85.7% of companies responded that prototypes were being manufactured using 3D printers.  Earlier, IDC released a report on the 3D printing market in the Asia Pacific region, or more specifically, the APEJ region in Asia Pacific excluding Japan. So what is the 3D printing market in Japan? IDC's Japan division also surveyed its domestic 3D printing market and released the results of a 3D printing survey. It is reported that the survey results do not include Japan's 3D printing industry's financial projections, but they do provide an interesting insight into how businesses there are using additive manufacturing ... and how they will be in the next few years Use this technique The survey results show that the most popular 3D printing applications in Japanese manufacturing are the production of its domestic production machinery, transportation machinery and electric motors. The IDC survey also revealed how other large companies use additive manufacturing equipment and found that most of the 3D printed information collected by these companies came from 3D print media platforms and 3D printed exhibits but only a few were easily found Information on materials is easy to get, but information on 3D printer prices and modeling tips is more scarce. IDC believes that this may be a problem for additive manufacturing in Japan and suggests that those companies try to correct it. "Tomoko Mitani, senior market analyst at IDC Japan, said:" In order to develop the Japanese 3D printing market, it is necessary to have a correct Know The survey also showed that about 85.7% of companies use 3D printers to make their prototypes.67.8% use 3D printers for the production of fixtures and special tools for using 3D printing as an aid to traditional manufacturing processes, but few have said They use 3D printers to make molds. These facts have a lot to do with the 3D printing industry in Japan now, but the survey also revealed that exhibitors questioned the future of additive manufacturing. According to data released by IDC, about half of respondents believe that the future of 3D printers will change the development, design and manufacturing processes, while only 28.1% think 3D printing will change the logistics process. (For Japan's 3D printing and logistics companies Yamato May be bad news, Yamato has created a platform for on-demand 3D printing of medical devices.) Regarding the rate of adoption of additive manufacturing in Japan's manufacturing industry, more than half of the respondents considered the process of adopting 3D printing to be 'gradual' while about 30% expect 3D printers and 3D printing services to be 'rapidly' spread . A Japanese 3D printing company, JAMPT, last year established by Shuangri and Koiwai Co., Ltd., is committed to providing Japan's first 'one stop' metal 3D printing service. |
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