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3D SYSTEMS AND DSM DESOTECH FORM AGREEMENT FOR MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT
21 March 2001 - DSM Somos
| 3D Systems Corp. and DSM Desotech Inc. today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to develop and jointly market non-liquid stereolithography (SL) hardware, software and materials for rapid tooling and direct and indirect in-line manufacturing processes.
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“With our recent acquisition of OptoForm SARL, additional opportunities are opening up in solid imaging technology,” said Grant Flaharty, senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at 3D Systems. “We believe that the combination of 3D Systems’ cutting-edge hardware and DSM’s paste and composites materials - as well as metals and ceramics - will expand applications for SL technology into new areas of tooling and manufacturing.” “We expect significant product development synergies to result from this joint effort, accelerating the creation of new market opportunities,” said Steve Hartig, vice president of marketing at DSM Desotech. “This cooperative effort complements our current investment in the development of Somos® materials for the solid imaging market.” On Feb. 12, 3D Systems announced it acquired OptoForm, a French company that developed stereo-lithography systems using paste materials. The signed memorandum between 3D Systems and DSM Desotech is an initial step to more definitive documents that may be formalized in the coming weeks and months, according to Flaharty.
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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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