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Photo Credit: The Chrysler 200 Factory Tour, an interactive online experience using Google Maps Business View technology, takes consumers inside the new 5-million-square-foot Sterling Heights Assembly Plant for a behind-the-scenes peek at how the 2015 Chrysler 200 is built.

Additive manufacturing facilitates rapid prototyping to produce products in a shorter period of time, weight/material reduction, and lower cost production for small batches and customized products, including parts for products that are no longer produced.

  • The approximated shipments of goods produced using additive manufacturing in the U.S. is $2.8 billion
  • U.S. value added for additive manufacturing is estimated to be $1.4 billion
Table B.1 from AMS 600-13: Approximation of U.S. Shipments and Value Added of Goods Produced using Additive Manufacturing
Table B.1 from AMS 600-13: Approximation of U.S. Shipments and Value Added of Goods Produced using Additive Manufacturing
Credit: AMS 600-13
Manufacturing, Additive manufacturing and Manufacturing economics
Created November 15, 2023, Updated January 3, 2024
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