Professionals are not only working hard in the plastics manufacturing and processing industry to to stay afloat during the fourth industrial revolution, which is already imminent, but also the additive manufacturers. A number of new products were launched last year, They are also increasing their production capacity and introducing major changes in their manufacturing technologies. In Part 1 of this publication, we present a study of the and, without being exhaustive, the latest developments in the additive industry. products. In Part 2, in the next issue of our journal, we will present the white The "secrets" of titanium dioxide, the most important pigment in white plastics.