“Printer hardware revenue combined with the expansion of 3D printing services and the consumption of materials already represent a $2.5 billion market in the U.S. in 2015, and that is expected to grow at a rate of more than 20 percent through 2020,” he says in an IDC statement. The educational spending on 3D printing will more than double to $ 400 m in 2009 from $ 200 m this year with most of the increase coming from technical colleges and universities , according to Campus Research . Education , as opposed to technology , will represent the vast proportion of the increased spending .
The educational spending on 3D printing will more than double to $ 400 m in 2009 from $ 200 m this year with most of the increase coming from technical colleges and universities , according to Campus Research . Education , as opposed to technology , will represent the vast proportion of the increased spending .