Global 3D Printing Market Grows by 34.9%

From the Financial Times:

The global 3D printing industry has grown by 34.9% over the past year, its highest increase in 17 years.
A report by Wohlers Associate, a consultancy, says the market is now worth $3.07bn and is fuelled by sales of under $5,000 personal 3D printers. The figures account for the manufacturing of printers as well as sales.
3D printing technology has been developed since the 1980s, but has taken off in earnest in recent years. Scientists around the world are racing to find ways to harness the technology to meet demand across sectors.
In April, a US laboratory announced that it would attempt to create a human heart using 3D printing technology. It's hoped that a functioning organ will be available to test within 10 years.

Earlier this year, doctors in Michigan used 3D printed bioresorbable devices to save a baby's life by opening his airways to allow him to breathe.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/global-3d-printing-market-grows-by-34-9-1447104