Why you should get familiar with 3D printing straight away

From shoes to human organs, the 3D printing technology is revolutionising the global production and going further. Almost every sector is getting ready for this revolution and studying its benefits. Are you ready too?

How 3D printing is revolutionising our lives

In the next five years you could see 3D-printed human organs for treating cancer, diabetes or heart diseases. Does it sound like a dream? Not anymore. The Binghamton University is carrying out research to develop 3D printing-based technologies to produce human organs and tissues. A momentous revolution in medicine and for all those patients who have to wait for organ donations to treat their diseases. The revolution has already started in our everyday life. That is why you need to get to know the 3D printing system and resellers should start offering the latest 3D printer models, cheaper and simpler. To keep up with the trends, 3D printing is already included in Icecat’s catalogue.

“It is hard to imagine any industry that will not be significantly altered by this historic shift to 3D printing production”, affirms Rick Smith, 3D printing entrepreneur and author. From shoes to prosthetic limbs, from components in the aerospace industry to parts of automobiles; many sectors have been already regularly using the layer-by-layer creation process, known as "additive manufacturing".

Just consider that several models of fashion and tailored-made shoes are already 3D-printed and in the (quite) near future we could even get a customized 3D-printed pizza.


3D printing is expected to grow by more than 31% per year until 2020 (*). It will considerably improve on its speed, quality and cost-efficiency. According to Siemens, in 2023 the 3D-printing industry will hit 7.7 billion dollars (more than 6.5 billion euros) and in the next five years you will be even able to purchase a 3D printer spending 50% less and with a higher speed (+400%)**.

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Getting familiar with the 3D printing system. From online communities to user friendly 3D printers

At this point, you will realize that the 3D-printing technology is something that you really need to get familiar with. A growing number of online communities and platforms are populating the web, such as 3dhubs.com. 3D Hubs connects local 3D printers’ owners with people willing to have an object 3D-printed. You can upload your 3D design, pick up the 3D product at the nearest listed 3D printer and hence get to know this developing system. Very useful is the 3D printers' guide, to help choosing the most suitable 3D printer for you.

Furthermore, 3D printer manufacturers are producing more user-friendly 3D printers, available also at reasonable prices. For instance, in 2014 da Vinci 1.0, the first 3D printer produced by XYZ Printing, was awarded with the CES 2014 Editors’ Choice Award for being the most affordable and user-friendly 3D printer. XYZ Printing also received the Tom’s Guide Readers’ Choice recognition for its developments in the 3D printing industry. You can have a look at the features of XYZ 3D printers and at the enhanced version of da Vinci 1.0, “da Vinci 1.1 Plus” in Open Icecat.

3D printing is growing. See Icecat’s statistics

3D printing is speeding up, as also shown by figures collected by Icecat. In the first half of this year, Icecat registered 523,000 downloaded datasheets belonging to the 3D printing category and its subcategories (i.e. 3D printing materials, accessories, etc.). Here are the top-10 countries which downloaded 3D printing-products datasheets:

Users from Germany, Netherlands and United States (the homeland of the first 3D printers) were the most active in downloading datasheets in the 3D printing category from Icecat catalogues.

Keep up with the new market trends. Get to know the 21th century’s way of producing goods and integrate our 3D printing’s product datasheets in your online shop. 

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