UPS Store pilot 3D printing service for the United States of America start-up small businesses

UPS Store recently becomes the first American attempt to provide small business and retail customers professional 3D print service startup, retailers, the choice of Santiago area as a pilot, will provide the service in the United States across a number of city of the near future.
This very innovative and high cost technology, through an add program, with different shape layer printing continuous section materials, three-dimensional entity so that customers based on the digital model can make almost any shape. According to experts, for transportation and logistics industry, this will be the "rules of the game change", because the customer from the theory to manufacture its products not to buy.
UPS Store operation and small enterprises to solve the vice president Michelle Van Slyke said the plan department, start-ups and small business owners may not have enough money to buy their own 3D printer, but they might have to its current and potential customers to demonstrate products prototype needs. By providing the 3D print service in store, UPS Store can further help the client of medium and small businesses to seize the opportunity and success.
UPS Store is testing Stratasys uPrint SE Plus printer, compared with ordinary household 3D printer, the printer can print more accurate 3D object in detail. UPS Store will be equipped with the 3D printer, to components, functional prototype, props, printing engineering and architectural models (camera, lighting and cable TV) parts.
The move is initiated by a recent survey results based on. According to a survey by UPS Store in June, 86 of small business owners to 3D print service show higher interest, especially those who need to make the prototype, artistic renderings or promotional materials of small business owners.
UPS Store has more than 4300 outlets, the network coverage throughout the United States of america. UPS Store network is composed of the franchise system, transportation, postal, print cover retail and commercial service center, providing a broad range of services for small businesses, small businesses to meet the personalized needs at different stages of the life cycle. Services including packaging, transportation, printing, fax, mail, mail service. Among them, the main cooperation UPS Store networks with small enterprises, developing custom solutions, to meet their unique business needs.
MYEX Minya Express International
2013-09-03