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'THE FUTURE OF MANUFACTURING' AT DESIGNERSBLOCK 2003 FOR 100% DESIGN
31 August 2003 - DSM Somos
| Italian designer Gabriele Pezzini will present at the expo DESIGNERSBLOCK during 100% Design in London, a glimpse of 'The Future of Manufacturing: 'Made in China' collection'. |
The design trends of a near future, united in a cultural mix, merge with innovative materials and technologies to stimulate the imagination and expand the consciousness towards new frontiers in manufacturing, form and function. Representing the collection in the United Kingdom will be Monkey Wrench, a unique and appealing fork designed by Gabriele Pezzini. Presented in WaterShed™ for the fuori Salone (Milan – April 2003) with an appearance similar to etched glass, Pezzini proposes for London a techno ceramic-like Monkey Wrench in evolution. The project, which incarnates the new tactile sensations made possible from a high-tech composite ceramic, will be presented in ProtoTool™ 20L by DSM Somos®. The most recent innovation developed for existing Solid Imaging technologies, ProtoTool™ represents a milestone for the industrial world and offers interesting opportunities for design, both for its mechanical resistance and for its appearance.
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About: DSM Somos
DSM Somos is an unincorporated division of DSM Desotech—a world leader in the development of UV-curable materials—and a member of the global DSM family.
DSM Somos is currently the world's second largest materials supplier to the rapid prototyping industry, providing stereolithography liquids and
selective laser sintering powders used for the creation of three dimensional models and prototypes directly from digital data. Somos' patented ProtoFunctional materials are used by a variety of industries, including automotive, aerospace, medical and telecommunications. DSM Somos has developed a full line of rapid prototyping materials that replicate the performance parameters of production materials, saving both time and money in new product development. From thermoplastic elastomers to polyethylene and polypropylene, DSM Somos has stereolithography and selective laser sintering technologies. The Somos business has been actively involved in the development of rapid prototyping materials since the late 1980s, from the introduction of the first commercial Somos stereolithography resin in 1992. DSM Somos is part of DSM Desotech, a leading innovative formulator and manufacturer of high quality ultraviolet and electron beam (UV/EB) curable materials. DSM Desotech is a business unit of DSM - an international chemicals and materials group headquartered in The Netherlands, with annual sales of EUR 8.1 billion and a work force of approximately 22,000 employees at more than 200 sites worldwide. DSM is active worldwide in life science and nutritional products, performance materials and industrial chemicals. The company specializes in innovative products and services that help improve the quality of life and DSM products are currently used in a wide range of end markets and applications such as human and animal nutrition and health, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, automotive and transport, coatings, housing and electrics & electronics (E&E). The group has annual sales (pro forma including the recent acquisition - renamed DSM Nutritional Products) of approximately EUR 8 billion and employs about 26,000 people around the world. Ranking among the global leaders in many of its fields, DSM is headquartered in the Netherlands, with locations in Europe, Asia and the Americas. |
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