2020 has been a really tough year…I know this is a major understatement, but I can’t think of a more succinct way to put it.

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According to the World Health Organization today, there are now over 76 million confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the cause of the COVID-19 illness, with more than 1 million confirmed deaths. As offices, restaurants, schools, theaters, and more closed their doors, events around the world were postponed , cancelled , or switched to a new online format . Consumers snatched up face masks, hand sanitizer, and toilet paper. Millions of people switched to a work from home (WFH) environment for the first time, if they were lucky enough to keep their jobs At the same time, we all struggled to comply with a new idea called “social distancing” and many watched helplessly as supply chains fought to keep going. But through it all, 3D printing has been a shining beacon in the dark. As Nexa3D CEO Avi Reichental put it in an interview , “The entire industry sprang into action in the early stages of the pandemic, manufacturing everything that the traditional supply chain was unable to provide because it was complex […]

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