Stratasys released the first color 3D printer, said China has a huge market potential

Stratasys 3D Printed products (TechWeb map) February 26 News, 3D print brand Stratasys recently released the first color multi-material 3D printer products in Beijing Objet500 Connex3,stratasys Greater China, general manager Wangxiang Gen, said China's 3D printing market has great potential, Stratasys the biggest challenge is still in the mass market education sector. According to the introduction, the model is the world's first and currently the only one can be color printing and multiple materials 3D printing combined 3D printer, a few days ago Stratasys also with the Japanese designer in the only horse cooperation, applied to apparel printing. The Asia-Pacific region is the fastest-growing stratasys in the world, with 70 employees in Stratasys Asia-Pacific last year and has grown to 160 this year, according to earnings reports. Stratasys entered the Chinese market in 1998, and China is also one of Stratasys's most fancy incremental markets. According to China's 3D printing technology Industry Alliance data, 2012 global 3D Printing Market size of about 2.1 billion U.S. dollars, China only about 1 billion yuan, but the next three years, China's 3D print market will be at least 1 time times the speed of growth, the scale will be up to tens of billions of yuan, It is estimated that China will become the world's largest 3D printer market by 2016, with a visible market prospect. Industry estimates, 3D printers in China's domestic enterprise-class installed capacity in 400 units, since 2010 annual growth rate of about 70%. Introduction to Wangxiang, 3D printing in most of the application of the industry began in foreign markets, the domestic 3D printing mainly concentrated in consumer electronics, consumer goods, university education and scientific research, heavy industry components, military and mold testing, cultural creativity and heritage restoration areas, but including the application of the field has great potential. "Our biggest challenge in China is that the public is not very conscious of the value that 3D printing can bring." "(Chuck)