The global manufacturing landscape has shifted. In today’s fast moving markets, speed, agility, and resilience now define success. Low cost production alone is no longer enough. Customers expect near instant delivery, product lifecycles are shorter, and those unable to adapt risk being left behind.

(4th November 2025, London, U.K.) In a world where product lifecycles are shrinking and supply chains can collapse overnight, 3D People is proving that the fastest route to market is no longer across oceans, it's right here in the UK.

The global manufacturing landscape has shifted. In today's fast moving markets, speed, agility, and resilience now define success. Low cost production alone is no longer enough. Customers expect near instant delivery, product lifecycles are shorter, and those unable to adapt risk being left behind.

More UK manufacturers are turning to reshoring, bringing production back to domestic suppliers, and increasingly to UK local additive manufacturing (AM). Far from a contingency measure, this is becoming a deliberate competitive strategy.

"Speed to market, design agility, and operational resilience are now the real competitive currencies," says Felix Manley, Co Founder of 3D People. "Our role is to give customers the ability to move from idea to delivery without the friction, delay, or risk of traditional offshore manufacturing."

The traditional offshore model is struggling to keep pace. Delays in global logistics, emergency air freight, excessive stockholding, and tooling changes all undermine its once compelling cost advantages.

By contrast, UK local AM reduces lead times from months to days. 3D People regularly delivers production quality parts within 48 hours. This reflects findings from a recent Capgemini survey in which 59% of large organisations reported reshoring to reduce reliance on distant suppliers.
The proven benefits of working with 3D People go far beyond simply producing parts. Customers regularly slash prototype iteration cycles from weeks to days, accelerating innovation and aligning with Capgemini's finding that more than half of executives expect major supply chain cost reductions within three years of reshoring.

This speed is matched by smarter inventory management, with 73% of organisations already planning to move production closer to minimise risk. Using 3D People's PartsVault™ digital inventory system, validated designs are stored securely and can be reprinted instantly, reducing stockholding by up to 30% and freeing up valuable working capital.

And none of this comes at the expense of quality, quite the opposite. A University of Warwick survey found that over 70% of reshoring manufacturers improved product quality thanks to closer oversight and fewer logistics related issues. With 3D People, speed, efficiency, and uncompromising quality are not competing priorities, they're the standard.

"When you can make fast, controlled changes without the uncertainty of global logistics, you're not just keeping up, you're leading," says Sasha Bruml, Co Founder of 3D People. "Reshoring is a strategic leap forward, not a step back."

The real advantage of UK local AM lies in working with a partner that goes beyond simply printing parts. 3D People provides design consultation, in house finishing, rigorous quality control, and secure digital inventory management via PartsVault™, helping customers launch faster, iterate smarter, and maintain consistent quality.

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