<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — The beginning of the end for makerbot ???]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/14663/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-makerbot/ Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:50:57 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: The beginning of the end for makerbot ???]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/121997/#p121997 Ran across this this morning


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

]]> Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:50:57 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/121997/#p121997 <![CDATA[Re: The beginning of the end for makerbot ???]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/121915/#p121915 Not to mention those up and coming 3D air pens.

]]> Wed, 27 Apr 2016 18:04:46 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/121915/#p121915 <![CDATA[Re: The beginning of the end for makerbot ???]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/121913/#p121913 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.

]]> Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:01:39 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/121913/#p121913 <![CDATA[Re: The beginning of the end for makerbot ???]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/121895/#p121895 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.

]]> Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:27:17 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/121895/#p121895 <![CDATA[Re: The beginning of the end for makerbot ???]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/121888/#p121888 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.

]]> Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:52:30 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/121888/#p121888 <![CDATA[The beginning of the end for makerbot ???]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/121880/#p121880 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
Tin

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