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SALONE DEL MOBILE, MILAN, 9-14 APRIL 2003
09 May 2003 - Materialise NV
| We would like to invite you to visit us in the Milan Design District 2003 at the occasion of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, 9 - 14 April in Milan. |
This international furniture fair unveils the latest in design covering a full range of furnishings and styles and shows the best the industry has to offer in terms of functionality and comfort, creativity and innovative design. It is here that Materialise is launching 'made@materialise'. A new label of unique, personalised designs that are made by Rapid Prototyping or 3D Printing techniques. The idea behind this new service is the manufacturing of exclusive objects on demand. In other words, Materialise produces unique, one-shot designs by Rapid Manufacturing, tuned to the customers requirements. The creations on show in Milan, are 3D printed lighting designs that create innovative effects when projecting their play of light. These lamps are designed by Freedom Of Creation, who are working in close collaboration with Materialise. FOC is a design research company, based in Amsterdam (NL), with an extensive experience in Rapid Manufacturing. Together with Materialise, Freedom Of Creation is a platform for designers from all industries who have ideas for 3D printed products and want to realize them. The lamp designs presented are built at Materialise through the techniques of Stereolithography and Selective Laser Sintering, prototyping technologies allowing a virtually unlimited freedom of shape. The hollow structures and organic forms would be impossible to be created in any other production method.
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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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