3D printing is inspiring a new industrial revolution in Egypt that is environmentally friendly and sustainable.

3D printing is a major concern for experts and specialists, not only in the field of printing but also in various areas of life. It can be defined as an additive manufacturing technology.

Egyptian industry in general suffers from an unacceptably low percentage of local components, which leads to an increase in the cost of Egyptian industrial products and the resulting impacts, in addition to carbon emissions and a lack of sustainability. This research aims to find solutions to the problems of local manufacturing that achieve quality and sustainability through 3D printing, and to rely on it as one of the pillars of a true industrial renaissance, particularly in the fields of small and medium-sized industries in Egypt. In this research, we focus on the printing industry in general, and specifically litho offset and flexo printing. In litho offset printing, printing plates (aluminum plates) are destroyed after printing is complete, even with the smallest printing process (1,000 sheets), while it can withstand stresses exceeding 100,000 sheets. Therefore, the researcher seeks to reach the possibility of re-equipping these plates again and utilizing them, or manufacturing them entirely locally, by applying the concept and theory of 3D printing to this type of material, whether on litho offset plates or flexo plates. 3D printing is a new industrial technology based on the idea of ​​additive manufacturing, where the digital file—whatever its form—is divided into micron-scale layers that are printed one by one, including all the details, until the construction is complete. It is taken from the idea of ​​inkjet printing, but inkjet printing uses ink (as a raw material) and pumps this ink in a specific way onto paper or some surfaces or printable materials, but in a two-dimensional (2D) form. As for 3D printing, it uses countless materials depending on the nature of the product to be manufactured and the number and type of materials used in its composition, in a three-dimensional (3D) form.