Table 3.

Summary of companies’ profile.

Company	Research Method	Experts Interviewed	Company Location	Company Age	Number of Employees	Years in the AM Market	Type of Products Produced with AM and Traditional Manufacturing	Total Production of Products Per Year with AM and Traditional Manufacturing
A	Visit to the company’s headquarters and face to face interviews	Head of Additive Manufacturing Group Head of Product Quality Control Group Quality Manager Head of Clinical Engineering Research group	Europe	18 years	160	6 years	Manufactured with AM: Prosthetics and orthotics Orthopedic footwear. Standard implantable medical devices. Patient-specific implants. Not manufactured with AM: Prosthetics and orthotics.	20,000 units per year
B	Visit to the company’s headquarters and face to face interviews	Director of Research and Development (R&D) Head of Additive Manufacturing Two Clinical Engineers	Europe	30 years	600	5 years	Manufactured with AM: Standard implantable medical devices. Not manufactured with AM: Standard implantable medical devices. Patient-specific implants.	820,000 units per year
C	Video conference and interviews	Chief Technology Officer Head of R&D	America	3 years	20	3 years	Manufactured with AM: Standard implantable medical devices. Patient-specific implants.	24,000 units per year