Investor Presentaiton
Additive manufacturing is transformative for the
manufacturing industry
Conventional manufacturing hurdles
Product innovation
Additive manufacturing benefits at-scale
Mass customization
Complex & generative designs
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Geometry: machines & tooling encouraging
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simpler designs with reduced performance
Lack of customization: tooling prevents
producing products tailor to niche and local
markets
Process innovation
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Time-to-market: lead-times associated with
tooling slow down new product introductions
Volumes: tooling is a fixed expense that must
be amortized across large quantities of parts
Inventory: tooling leads to minimum quantity
builds, typically resulting in excess inventory
Cost: machining is a time- and labor-intensive
process that is costly at-scale
Scrap: machining and casting have high levels
Assembly consolidation
AlAs
of scrap, waste and pollution
Supply chain re-engineering (1)
Canada
Germany
OPTISYS
16%
UK 24%
USA
25%
China(2)
17%+
9%
Japan
14%
Mexico
23%
India
33%
Brazil
26%
Australia
12%
95%
[a]
[b]
weight
100 part antenna
1 part antenna
Value-added tax (VAT) plus average country tariff
reduction
1. Source: VAT from Tax Foundation website and PwC country tariff from World Trade Organization management calculations.
Does not include the full effect of additional tariffs placed on US exports to China starting in 2018.
Desktop Metal.
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