Having a real manufacturing sector would be huge.
Until 20 years from now when you can make whatever you need at home with a 3D printer :)
but we’ll worry about that then lol
3D printers are not the end all that everyone thinks they are. First you need to get the 3D file and that is not easy or cheap. Then the manner in which 3D printing is done, but still, does anyone have the impression that just because it is printed in 3D that it will be engineered? I would not bet my life on it and as one in the design and development business, I won’t have one. All that I use them for is to make pieces that can be fitted and not used, just to make sure the machined piece will fit, if there is any question.
I send my paramtric files to my preferred machinist who uses the CAM software to translate thtem to the G-Code for the machines to cut the piece by CNC. In some cases it is even faster than 3D printing.