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Makerbot officially announced that it would no longer produce 3D printers

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core tip: on April 25th, 2016, makerbot, a well-known manufacturer of desktop 3D printers with large oil output, announced that it would no longer manufacture its own hardware. In the next six months, the company will gradually transfer the manufacturing of its 3D printers and other products to Jabil, a contract manufacturing giant whose manufacturing plant is in China despite its headquarters in the United States. Eventually, the company will close its manufacturing business in the industrial city complex in Brooklyn, New York, and will lay off an unknown number of employees. Makerbot's headquarters and other functional teams - namely, the design, engineering, logistics and maintenance departments - will remain in Brooklyn

[China Packaging News] on April 25th, 2016, makerbot, a well-known desktop 3D printer manufacturer, announced that it would no longer manufacture its own hardware. In the next six months, the company will gradually transfer the manufacturing of its 3D printers and other products to Jabil. After the specimen is clamped, the latter is a contract manufacturing giant. Although its headquarters are in the United States, its manufacturing plant is in China. Eventually, the company will close its manufacturing business in the industrial city complex in Brooklyn, New York, and will lay off an unknown number of employees. Makerbot's headquarters and other functional teams - namely, the design, engineering, logistics and maintenance departments - will remain in Brooklyn

"this is a very painful decision. In a sense, we want to let some people leave. But it is based on a more comprehensive strategic decision. Instead of buying a wood-based panel universal experimental machine, it is a decision not to go to Jinan experimental machine factory. In the long run, it will have a very important positive impact on the development of makerbot." Jonathan Jaglom, CEO of makerbot, said

jaglom said that he is trying to put makerbot in a position that can meet the needs of consumers, which is expected to explode in the near future. At the same time, the company can continue to compete with other start-ups that sell increasingly cheap 3D printers. "We need to be able to produce much more 3D printers in the next few years." Jaglom said

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in the past few years, makerbot has been constantly seeking breakthroughs in the consumer 3D printer market. For example, makerbot tried to reach ordinary consumers by cooperating with stores such as home depot and Wal Mart, but it was unsuccessful. The company even opened its own retail stores, which were eventually closed

these unsuccessful attempts (and the lawsuit claiming that makerbot deliberately sold defective 3D printers) led to makerbot having to lay off nearly half of its employees twice in 2015

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after that, the company also turned most of its focus to the education and enterprise market. But at the same time, the company is unwisely expanding its production success. Last summer, the company doubled its production capacity. Tiangong news agency has also reported on this matter. But soon, after layoffs, the factory had to reduce its area. By last month, its production area had been reduced to half of that of last summer. It seems that the company has been considering outsourcing its manufacturing business since then

extended reading: makerbot: the area of the company's Brooklyn production base has been reduced by nearly 25%

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when asked how to solve employees' problems after the announcement. Jaglom said he would learn from other companies, such as apple, which designs in the United States and manufactures elsewhere. "If our measures are correct - I'm sure so - the company will grow further over time, and through this growth we will attract more talents." He said

this change may also irritate the die hard fans of makerbot, whose feelings have been hurt in recent years. The company, founded in 2009, said the ratio of the load at the moment of 20 fracture to the section at the fracture was fracture strength. It abandoned the strategy of manufacturing open-source 3D printers for 12 years, and was soon acquired by STRATASYS, a 3D printing giant