LEADERSHIP
additive manufacturing is moving up a gear in terms of corporate involvement ’, which tells you about the brand name within the general market . The level of industry moved faster than originally intended with the positive feedback we got . We ’ ve taken orders for the 5500 in Europe , where it has only recently become available . There ’ s a strong reaction to the device itself , and secondarily due to Ricoh ’ s involvement .”
3D technology will play a big part in Ricoh ’ s plans for expansion . “ In terms of additive manufacturing devices , we ’ ve got two extremes : entry-level and top-of-the-range products . What we expect to do is maximise the value of those two
‘ The commercial growth in this business proves that huge development is possible . It will be very interesting to see that ’
10 M arch 2016