MATERIALISE OPENS NEW VACUUM CASTING PLANT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

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MATERIALISE OPENS NEW VACUUM CASTING PLANT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
15 June 2004 - Materialise NV

Materialise, announces the official opening on June 10th of its new plant in Velke Brezno in the Czech Republic.

The new plant will increase Materialises Polyurethane Vacuum casting capacity by 50% giving us the capability to produce over 45000 high quality vacuum cast parts per year. The new facility makes Materialise the biggest single supplier of vacuum castings in Europe.

This expansion into Central Europe gives Materialise the infrastructure to meet the ever-increasing demands of our customers without compromising our high quality standards and reducing our current lead times.

Josef Dolezal, Plant Manager of Materialise Czech Republic: 'we are pleased to announce the opening of this state of the art Vacuum Casting knowledge centre. After 5 months of training our people in Belgium Materialise now increased its capacity for this technology, ensuring short lead times and quality production. Materialise CR now employs 10 people and we will grow to 25 people by the end of this year, including a dedicated Quality Manager. '

About Materialise

Materialise, with headquarters in Belgium, started in 1990 in the sector of rapid prototyping. Since that time, the company has experienced an exponential growth. Materialise has become one of the leading companies in the Rapid Prototyping and Tooling market in the world. Materialise aims at staying the largest provider of Rapid prototypes. It offers the widest range of technologies and largest capacity to support its customers in their product development process.

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About: Materialise NV
Begun as a joint venture with the University of Leuven-Belgium, Materialise was one of the first European rapid prototyping service bureaus. It has since grown into a European supplier of plastic prototype solutions, and today is a worldwide leader in the rapid prototyping industry. Materialise offers a broad range of rapid prototyping, tooling and digital CAD software. In addition, Materialise prototypes and software have established a reputation in medicine and dentistry, with clinicians the world over using them in the most complex surgical cases. Its design products division concentrates on the development of rapid manufacturing. The company is privately owned with several subsidiaries in Europe, Asia and the USA, and employs over 300 people in its 4 divisions.

* Materialise Industrial Services to "materialise" technical prototypes and small series through the most advanced prototyping and tooling techniques.
* Materialise Software to develop the technical software applications that allow a more efficient use of the rapid prototyping techniques.
* Materialise Medical to create medical models using these prototyping techniques and to develop medical software packages that are used by clinicians worldwide to assist them in the most complex cases of surgery.
* Materialise.MGX to manufacture design products for the end-user market. MGX is the youngest division and it draws on the knowledge and expertise of the prototyping division.

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