Manufacturing turns local in Gulf as coronavirus disrupts supply chains
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gulf-manufacturing/manufacturing-turns-local-in-gulf-as-coronavirus-disrupts-supply-chains-idUSKBN21I1AO
Mena’s 3D printing startups pivot to save lives
https://www.wamda.com/2020/04/3d-printing-startups-saving-lives
UAE start-up Immensa is making face shields and ventilator connectors to fight coronavirus
https://www.thenational.ae/business/technology/uae-start-up-immensa-is-making-face-shields-and-ventilator-connectors-to-fight-coronavirus-1.1000322
Coronavirus & 3D Printing
“The most frightening aspect of this crisis is not the short-term economic damage it is causing, but the potential long-lasting disruption to supply chains” Shehzad H. Qazi, the managing director of China Beige Book, wrote in Barron’s on Friday. 3D Printing was quickly becoming a mainstream technology, then global supply chain got hit by Coronavirus. A rapidly growing technology
3D Printing In Construction
Often times, when planning the shape of concrete structures, Architects are forced to modify their creative designs due to the inability of current construction methods to bring their ideas to fruition. Even in cases where construction is possible (Figure 1), complex formwork structures need to be set up by skilled labor (Figure 2), who