Their primary business is to deliver goods from one point to another point. Why would they get involved if that is their primary business? UPS feels 3-D printing is a disruptor and instead of denying that fact they have decided to embrace it. We’ve seen it through the course of history in business you either fight the inevitable or embrace it so that your business keeps moving along.
UPS has a relationship with an organization named CloudDDM. What’s DDM you ask? It stands for Direct Digital Manufacturing. Consider what UPS’ primary business is and how difficult it can be to deliver specific products to far reaching places around the planet, are you with me?