Aided by 3D printing, precision-engineering sector set to transform

Singapore

ADDITIVE manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is shaping up to be the one of the ways forward for Singapore's precision-engineering sector, as stakeholders kicked off efforts on Thursday to transform the sector.

For one, world's largest chipmaking equipment maker Applied Materials will collaborate with a Singapore research agency to come up with additive-manufacturing technologies that could change the way the company operates in the future.

Aside from this, five small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are also working with the research body, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), to facilitate their adop…