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