The OEM has scheduled an announcement today in New York, which is rumoured to concern 3D printing.
Forbes reported on HP’s announcement, set to take place later today in New York City, which asks those attending to “reimagine the possibilities of creativity”, with speculation surmising that the OEM will launch its plans for a 3D printer, an announcement that was set to be made in June but which did not come to light.
The news outlet noted that today’s conference is part of a “blitz of announcements this week”, and is “likely to include a push into 3D printing”, referencing the fact that HP CEO Meg Whitman has “said several times this year” that HP “intends to make a full-fledged launch of its plans for 3D printing before the end of its fiscal year”, which will be Friday 31 October. Additionally, 3D printing news outlets including 3Dprint.com believe today will “officially put” these plans “on the map”.
Forbes stated in turn that “many analysts think HP is stuck in stagnant or shrinking markets”, and the recently-announced split will allow HP Inc. – the division focusing on printing and to be run by Dion Wiesler – “to prove the sceptics wrong”, especially as it will “be an industrial giant” with revenues expected to reach around $55 billion (€43 billion) a year.
Weisler “isn’t talking publicly yet about specific product roll-outs”, but “spelled out his determination to develop new growth prospects” for printing and PCs, tablets, phones and “other devices”, with his game plan calling for HP Inc. to spend around 70 percent of its efforts “on making the most of existing business”, with a “second wave” of activity “in markets that are well-understood but not yet a part of HP’s business”, followed by a “third wave” in new markets.
He stated: “We have to show we can operate across all three waves. If you stop only at the first wave, eventually you run out of tricks. Operate a big company as if you’re a cook in a small kitchen.”