Research Methodology Methodology Followed for Calculation of Market Shares: • Market shares by material, by technology, by application, by company and by region were calculated based on the responses received through primary surveys with industry experts, in which the respondents were asked about the market shares or revenue generated from various segments of global 3D printing automotive market. The final shares were calculated by taking the geometric mean of the responses gathered from key opinion leaders after eliminating the outliers. Methodology Followed for Forecasting: • TechSci Research performed periodical checks on data collected through the surveys with logic checks and analyzed the survey results in SPSS/Tableau Software. • Data triangulation techniques were applied to fill the gaps and to present a more meaningful picture of the market. To forecast global 3D printing automotive market, TechSci Research used various forecast techniques such as: ✓ Moving Average ✓ Time Series Analysis ✓ Regression Analysis ✓ Econometric and Judgmental Analysis Note: (a) Sum of some shares may not be exactly 100.00% due to round off till two decimal places. 17 Automotive © TechSci Research 17