Economics

No 3D printing cluster for Luxembourg

By 2025, the 3D printing industry is expected to be worth 500 billion USD. Naturally, Luxembourg wants a piece of the pie but where to begin? Key thinkers in Luxembourg discussed the next steps at an Indian Business Chamber conference on Wednesday.

25.09.2014

Missing a spare part? Want to build a house in a fraction of the time it normally takes? Developments in 3D printing technology mean we can do all these and more, reproducing highly complex structures in materials as diverse as chocolate and ceramic within a matter of minutes.

Today, the industry is worth 2.5 billion USD and by 2025 this figure is expected to rise to 500 billion USD. It's a sizeable figure and one which Luxembourg wants a piece of judging by a 3D printing conference organised by the Indian Business Chamber Luxembourg (IBCL) on Wednesday.