3D Printing: How It Could Disrupt Asia’s Manufacturing Economies

• Main Authors: Lim, Christopher Hang-kwang, Nair, Tamara
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84986; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42076
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

From retail goods to medical implants and even food, 3D printing technology promises to change the way we think about everyday things. It’s difficult to predict what impact it will have on manufacturing but, whatever the precise effects, they are likely to be deep and permanent.