The purpose of this report, Just Press ‘Print’: Canada’s Additive Manufacturing Ecosystem, is to explore Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies and their applications, strengths, weakness, and challenges; evaluate the state of Canada’s AM ecosystem; assess the demand for AM talent; and propose recommendations for increasing the adoption of AM technologies across Canada. This study draws on primary and secondary research. Primary research included interviews with industry experts, input from an advisory committee, and web scraping for in-demand jobs and skills across Canada’s AM ecosystem. Secondary research includes a review of academic and industry publications.
