Wohlers Associates, a consulting firm that tracks additive manufacturing, provided me with a media copy of their 2012 State of the Industry report this past spring, will run its own conference alongside EuroMold, focused on metal additive manufacturing, with experts from around the world.

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Ott immediately thought of an additive manufacturing process called direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) that she had encountered in her work at a major aerospace company.

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