a lot<\/em> of elementary schools. For instance, in the United States we have approximately 70,000 elementary schools, and approximately 100,000 total public schools. As a nation we could easily match China\u2019s ambitions. If the average desktop 3D printer costs $1,000, that would equate to about $100M in added expense to the education budget of our nation. Sounds like a lot cash, and certainly it is, but such a figure would only equate an additional tax burden of around $0.30 for each man, woman, and child in this country.<\/p>\nAdditionally, the fact that Gartner predicts that a total of 217,000 3D printers will ship this year, and about double that, or 434,000 machines will ship in 2016, makes me think that they may have underestimated the size of the total market yet again. XYZPrinting announcing two weeks ago that they had partnered with Magic Factory, a new e-commerce subsidiary of Lenovo Group Ltd., for the distribution of their 3D printers, and that they anticipate shipping 100,000-120,000 machines this year alone only adds fuel to the fire<\/p>\n
The market is growing, and faster then even some of the top analysts had expected. As\u00a0schools are provided with these machines and the tools necessary to educate the masses, adoption rates will only continue to rise. With China\u2019s recent plan for education, the ball is now clearly in Obama\u2019s court. With a little under two years left in his final term, will he follow suit and fund a similar program to\u00a0the one China has planned? We can only hope!<\/p>\n
As for the details on China\u2019s impressive plan, nothing has been made available to the public as of yet, but it will be interesting to see which 3D printers\u00a0they choose to put into these schools. With XYZprinting offering up machines for under $500, and with offices located within China, there is a very good possibility that they could be contributing a large portion of these printers. In fact, Shen is counting on it, saying, \u201cIt will be our growth driver of the third quarter and fourth quarters.\u201d<\/p>\n
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