Rapid Prototyping
State of the Industry
1996 Worldwide Progress Report
Terry Wohlers
Table of Contents
Introduction
Market Analysis
Revenues
Unit sales
Market leaders
Other revenues
Service Bureau Business
Sales Forecasts
The Future of Service Bureaus
Other Industry Trends
Injection mold tooling
Keltool
Investment casting
Decentralization and Distributed Processing
Office Machines for Concept Modeling
Shifting Dynamics in the CAD Market
New generation of technology
RP System Manufacturers
3D Systems
BPM Technology
Cubital
DTM
Helisys
Sanders Prototype
Soligen
Stratasys
Foreign Developments
Europe
Japan
Final Comments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright and Trademarks
Charts and Graphs
Total RP Market for 1995
RP Product Sales for 1995
1995 "Services" Market Segment
1995 Service Bureau Market
1995 "Secondary" Market
1996 Market Forecast
1997 Market Forecast
Rapid Prototyping Market Worldwide Revenue Estimates
Systems Sold From Each Region in 1995
Total Systems Sold (1988-1995) From Each Region
RP System Units Sold By US Manufacturers in 1995
1995 Unit Sales By System Manufacturer
Unit Sales (1988-1995) By System Manufacturer
Rapid Prototyping Market Worldwide Unit Sales Estimates
RP Unit Sales Estimates: 1988-1995