SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — The beginning of the end for makerbot ???

Re: The beginning of the end for makerbot ???

2016-04-29T15:50:57Z

Ran across this this morning

Where are you Bre Pettis?
http://3dprintingindustry.com/2016/04/2 … re-pettis/

Re: The beginning of the end for makerbot ???

2016-04-27T18:04:46Z

Not to mention those up and coming 3D air pens.

Re: The beginning of the end for makerbot ???

2016-04-27T17:01:39Z

This looks like the end of Makerbot as a distinct company. Stratasys isn't going direct to China with the Makerbots, but using a US-based consulting company who already know how properly offshore manufacturing. If Solidoodle had done that, and looked for outside investment rather than getting pre-orders, the Press could have been a success.

This is good news for the Makerbot as a printer. If the Gen 6 or whatever is at this point entirely designed and manufactured by Stratasys, it should be a good printer. Since it will be manufactured somewhere else, it has a chance of getting a reasonable price as well. I'm not sure how much Stratasys wants Makerbot to succeed however. The better a $2000 Makerbot becomes, the harder it will be to sell $10k Mojos to small businesses.

Re: The beginning of the end for makerbot ???

2016-04-27T14:27:17Z

I am getting this sense of deja vu. Where have I heard this story before? Makerbot was already in trouble. I do not think this will help.

Re: The beginning of the end for makerbot ???

2016-04-27T13:52:30Z

Yup. Robox had problems with their Chinese mfr but have worked hard to claw it back. They may be one of the few exceptions to the Use-China-And-Die lesson.

The beginning of the end for makerbot ???

2016-04-27T00:48:52Z

Apparently makerbot is closing its Brooklyn NY manufacturing facilities and outsourcing .

No more made in USA makerbots.
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20160426- … jabil.html

We know what happened to solidoodle. And we also know there are lots of clones already on the market.
hmmmm
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