Indonesia: With an improved 122 points in the consumer confidence index, Indonesia was the third most confident nation in the world after the India and Philippines in the third quarter of 2016, according to Nielson.

According to a report by Research and Markets, the global metal additive manufacturing market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 24.47 percent during the period 2016 to 2020.

A new report by MarketsandMarkets highlighted some encouraging signs for the aluminium systems market from 2015-2020.