“Often, disruption comes from new technologies. These technologies are not necessarily brand new, and they certainly are not able to rapidly destroy the businesses of existing market leaders. It can take a while for their technologies to become mainstream, and of course, many never do. But if a company with a great technology is able to use it to really improve a manufacturing process while lowering costs, then it has a chance of winning market share, and eventually disrupting the businesses of old, incumbent companies.
Here we take a look at some promising emerging technologies. With the right business models, these technologies could be at the core of future disruptive change.”

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