Out of the window of the taxi from Pudong airport headed towards our hotel, attached to where the TCT Asia Day Zero Summit was being held, I spotted a huge manufacturing facility of The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) and I wondered what additive technologies were being implemented on a daily basis.
I didn't have to wait long as keynote speaker at the event was Professor Zhang Jiazhen, director of The Additive Manufacturing Center at COMAC.
Here's some highlights from the Professor's fascinating insight into how China's leading aircraft manufacturer is rapidly applying 3D printing technologies.