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The
world’s first multi material system from 3-D printing leader recognized
by leading consulting firm for superior performance in rapid
prototyping industry
Rehovot, Israel (January 6, 2009)
– Objet Geometries Ltd, the innovation leader in 3D printing, today
announced that its revolutionary Connex500™ has been honored by
international business research and consulting firm Frost &
Sullivan with the prestigious 2008 European 3-D Printing Product
Innovation of the Year Award. The Connex500™ is the first-ever system
to allow printing of several materials with different mechanical and
physical properties simultaneously, affording new levels of time and
price efficiencies in product development and manufacturing.
Part
of the Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards series, the honor
recognizes companies that demonstrate outstanding achievement in areas
such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service and
strategic product development. Through in-depth interviews, analysis
and extensive secondary research, judges from Frost & Sullivan
identified the Connex500™ as a superior technology to emerge from the
rapid prototyping industry.
“We
are thrilled with this acknowledgment of our Connex500™ system as one
of the most innovative 3-D printing advances of 2008,” said Adina
Shorr, CEO of Objet Geometries. “The award reinforces our leadership in
rapid prototyping technology, which a growing number of industries are
embracing for the tremendous ROI it yields in product development and
manufacturing processes.”
Objet’s
Connex500™ represents a breakthrough in three-dimensional printing, for
the first time offering product developers the ability to print parts
and assemblies made of several materials with different mechanical and
physical properties in a single build process. The system’s patented
PolyJet Matrix™ Technology jets materials in ultra-thin layers,
immediately curing each layer with UV light, a process which yields
models that closely emulate the look, feel and function of an
exceptionally wide variety of end products. In addition, the system
allows users to create composite materials that have pre-set
combinations of mechanical properties, also a first for the industry.
“Compared
to other rapid prototyping systems, the Connex500™ offers superior
speed and flexibility during multiple material rapid prototyping,”
noted Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Menaka S. “This unique
feature significantly reduces the cost and time factor in applications
that would normally involve the cementing of separate parts made from
different materials, into one large part.”
The Frost & Sullivan
award joins numerous other recent honors for the Connex500™, which have
included the 2008 red dot design award, 2008 RadTech USA Emerging
Technologies Award and the EuroMold 2007 Innovation Award.
About Objet Geometries
Objet
Geometries Ltd., (www.objet.com), a pioneer in photopolymer jetting,
develops, manufactures and globally markets ultra-thin-layer,
high-resolution 3-Dimensional printing systems and materials that
utilize PolyJet™ and PolyJet Matrix™ polymer jetting technologies to
print ultra-thin layers.
The market-proven Eden™ line of 3D
Printing Systems and the Alaris30 3D Printer are based on Objet’s
patented office-friendly PolyJet Technology. Connex500™ is based on
Objet’s PolyJet Matrix™ technology, which jets multiple model materials
simultaneously and creates composite Digital Materials™ on the fly. All
Objet systems use Objet's FullCure® materials to create accurate,
clean, smooth and highly detailed 3-dimensional models.
Objet’s
solutions enable manufacturers and industrial designers to reduce cost
of product development cycles and dramatically shorten time-to-market
of new products. Objet systems are in use by world leaders in many
industries, such as automotive, electronics, toy, consumer goods, and
footwear industries in North America, Europe,
Asia, Australia and Japan.
Founded
in 1998, Objet serves its growing worldwide customer base through
offices in USA, Europe and Hong Kong, and a global network of
distribution partners. Objet owns more than 50 patents and patent
pending inventions.
Contact: Lynn Kolevsohn, Objet Geometries
+972 8 931 4432 Lynn.Kolevsohn@objet.com
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