Bertrand Sicot, the CEO of Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp (a company that produces 3D CAD software), recently said that “there is always a balance between cost, speed and machinery shapes” in manufacturing today. He believes that traditional manufacturing won’t go away anytime soon.

Maybe it won’t go away soon, but traditional manufacturing is certainly going to change – just consult recent book How To 3D Print Money by Bill Decker and Josh Jacobson!