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A 3-D Printing Startup’s Plan to Bring Manufacturing Back to Cities

May 8, 2014/

"We believe manufacturing should be local."

Today, Shapeways may be nothing more than a company that uses 3-D printers to help designers create quirky figurines and modernist jewelry. But according to founder and CEO Peter Weijmarshausen, the longterm goal for the New York City-based outfit is to bring manufacturing back to America’s cities.

By Issie Lapowsky

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/2014/05/shapeways-urban-manufacturing/

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