Modern day 3D printing
3D Systems enter the Hall of Fame 30 years after 3D Systems had kickstarted the industry, their first ever 3D printer, the SLA-1, was declared a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. This formal recognition of the machine that started it all showed how far 3D printing had come since the 80s. history of 3d printing 3d systems sla-1 3d printer ASME The SLA-1 was hailed a historic mechanical engineering landmark in 2016. At around the same time, two very big technology companies entered the market. Household name big. GE and HP enter The first was HP, leaders in inkjet 2D printing, who in 2016 announced that they would sell printers featuring their patented Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) technology. HP have since gone on to refine this technology, and in 2018 announced full-color 3D printers, industrial 3D printers at a much lower price range of $50,000, and a move into the metal 3D printing market. The second household name was GE. Following