Emasontweni ambalwa edlule sithole ithuba lokuphawula ngezinhloso zikaGeneral Electric zokulawula abakhiqizi ababili bensimbi abakhulu be-3D emhlabeni, i-Arcam neSLM Solutions. Ngeshwa, ezinsukwini zakamuva kubonakala sengathi lokhu kutholwa kuya kuba nzima kakhulu kunokulindelekile.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, sigxile ku-Arcam, sifunde ukuthi ukunikezwa kwama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-685 okunikezwe yiGeneral Electric kuhehe kuphela ama-40% wabaninimasheya e-Arcam, ngakho-ke ekugcineni umnqamulajuqu wokwamukela lo mnikelo weluliwe kusuka ngo-Okthoba 14 kuya kuNovemba 1 ukuze abaninimasheya namanje abangazi ukuthi benzeni bangenza isinqumo.
I-General Electric iya ngokuya iba nzima ukuthola i-SLM Solutions ne-Arcam.
Endabeni yeSLM Solutions, banenkinga ngokoqobo kumtshali-zimali ongumnikazi wamasheya angama-20%, uPaul Singer, okusobala ukuthi, wenqabile ukunikezwa kwama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-762 abekwa nguGeneral Electric etafuleni eledlule. Noma kunjalo, kule nkampani uGeneral Electric uzibekele umgomo wokuthola amasheya angama-75%, inkinga ukuthi abaninimasheya abaningi bazazisa kakhulu izincomo zoMculi.
Njengomniningwane wokugcina nokuthola umbono ngokubaluleka kwalokhu kuthengiselana, ngikutshele ukuthi ngemuva kwesimemezelo esenziwe nguGeneral Electric mayelana nokuthengwa kwalezi zinkampani ezimbili, intshisekelo ezinkampanini ezinikele emhlabeni wokuphrinta kwe-3D ngazo zonke izinhlobo Abatshalizimali bakhuphuke kakhulu okwenza inani lemakethe eliphakathi nezinkampani ezinkulu ezithengiswa esidlangalaleni, iStratasys, i-3D Systems neVoxeljet, lenyuke ngo-8%.