{"id":284,"date":"2018-02-06T14:52:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T14:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mark3d.com\/en\/?page_id=284"},"modified":"2020-11-13T09:15:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T09:15:12","slug":"economics-of-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mark3d.com\/en\/economics-of-3d-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Whitepaper: The Economics of 3D Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:30px;--awb-background-color:#000000;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-three-fifth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:60%;width:calc(60% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.6 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:34;line-height:1.4;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The Economics of 3D Printing &#8211; Whitepaper<\/span><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-left in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:left;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"margin-right:25px;float:left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Some examples of Markforged 3D printed parts\" title=\"whitepaper-for-additive-manufacturing-markforged-3d-printers-mark3d-small\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mark3d.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/whitepaper-for-additive-manufacturing-markforged-3d-printers-mark3d-small-1.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1592\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The economics of 3D printing has long been a topic of conversation in busy engineering companies. 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