To do so Summy had to designate the additive a defective product.

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This pilot institute will bridge the gap between basic research and product development for additive manufacturing, provide shared assets to help companies, particularly small manufacturers, access cutting-edge capabilities and equipment, and create an environment to educate and train workers in advanced additive manufacturing skills.

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This technique is considered an additive manufacturing technique not unlike 3D printing that builds a product layer by layer.

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At least seven companies are expected to show 3D printers at CES 2013, demonstrating the potential benefits of the technology for a wide swath of industries and users. 3D printing uses an additive process to create an exact physical duplicate of a product based on a digital model.

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Ironically, a few years later that additive was banned because it was carcinogenic so the claims that consumers were getting a better product were clearly not correct.

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The company manufacture a pro-degradant additive (called d2w) which, when added to polyethylene during production, transforms it into an oxo-biodegradable product.

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