Before we turn to the proposals, let’s look at the data on the geography of 3-D printing. The government, of course, does not yet track 3-D printing or additive manufacturing jobs as a separate category. Instead, to analyze the geography of 3-D printing jobs, we used a methodology that we developed using online job postings in track the growth of new occupations. The table below lays out the top 15 states for 3-D printing job postings as of early January 2019. In California, the top company for job postings for 3-D printing was Carbon, a highly-regarded Silicon Valley startup focused on production-scale printing. The top company for 3-D printing job postings in Massachusetts was Formlabs, a maker of “Powerful, affordable printers for professionals.” The leader in Tennessee was SmileDirectClub, headquartered in Nashville, a teledentistry startup valued at over $3 billion. In Pennsylvania, an important leading company for 3-D printing job postings was Arconic, a company created from Alcoa, that was posting for jobs such as a Process Safety Specialist for Additive Manufacturing.

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