Manufacturing a new Competitive Edge in this global economy. The best thing washington can do is to encourage further growth in investment. As president obama noted in his recent speech touting 3d printing hubs, if you want to attract more good manufacturing jobs, you need to be on the cutting edge. Our company could not agree more. Id like to thank the committee for holding this hearing and id be happy to answer any questions you might have. Thank you, mr. Cobb. Our next witness is Peter Weijmarshausen founder and ceo of shapeaways, the worlds leading 3d printing marketplace and community. Prior to shapeaways, peter was the chief Technology Officer at sanjen which he and his team developed satellite broadcast modems. Hes director of engineering at ermiska where hes responsible for delivering a Business Broadband Service via satellite. He was born and raised in the netherland and moved to new york in 2010. Thanks for being here. Good afternoon, mr. Chairman and members of the committee
I respectfully recommend that this committee encourage and support initiatives such as 3d maryland that have a focus on multisector, cross disciplinary precompetitive collaboration building on the strengths and Core Competencies to advantage practices, foster innovation and grow regional ecosystems taking advantage of public funding sources. Supporting initiatives like 3d maryland builds on the momentum created by recent initiatives such as the National Manufacturing National Additive manufacturing institute. Addressing and creating an adaptive work force that all points on the spectrum is critical to our engagement of these technologies. I would recommend working at the grassroots level, locally with users, with proven track records from both industry and education. So we can institute some changes in k through 16, Vocational Training and apprenticeship programs, et cetera. Wider adoption is inevitable. We need to ensure that the work force is prepared to increase engagement. Studies
He was born and raised in the netherlands and moved to new york in 2010. Thanks for being here. Good afternoon, mr. Chairman and members of the committee. Im peter weijmarshausen. Im ceo and founder of shapeways. Im honored to be here today to discuss how 3d printing is fueling Small Business growth enabling anyone to create a business with fiscal products at low capital cost. As a kid in the netherlands, i loved playing with computers resulting in a passion for open Source Software. Driven by this and my entrepreneurial spirit, i spent much of my career at Startup Software companies. One was blender, the First Company to publish a free 3d software. This turned out to be important. In 2006 i learned about the technology called 3d printing which prints physical objects based on 3d computer designs. I immediately thought of the blender community. A large group of enthusiasts. They were using 3d software but never imagined it would be possible to hold their own designs in their hands. I a
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