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| New release of Moldflow Magics STL ExpertTM 1.0, a product provided under license from Materialise NV |
10 September 2006 - Materialise NV Moldflow Corporation, the world leader in process-wide solutions for optimizing the design and manufacture of plastic products, today announced the release of Moldflow Magics STL ExpertTM 1.0, a product provided under license from Materialise NV. The Moldflow Magics STL Expert stereolithography manipulation product is designed specifically for the needs of Moldflow's customers in the plastics injection molding industry and will be resold through Moldflow's worldwide sales channel. |
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| A new preprocessing solution for Automotive Underhood Thermal Management |
09 September 2006 - Materialise NV Fluent Inc., the world leader in computational fluid dynamics software and services, and Materialise, the world leader in software development for rapid prototyping and industrial design applications, preview a new preprocessing solution for Automotive Underhood Thermal Management today to delegates at the bi-annual European Automotive CFD Conference in Frankfurt. |
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| Software solutions provider Materialise collaborates with dental multinational |
08 September 2006 - Materialise NV The dental division of the Belgian hi-tech group Materialise became a separate company and Dentsply International acquires a minority shareholder position in Materialise Dental. Materialise Dental is a market leader in dental implantology simulation software, and a leading manufacturer of a variety of surgical guides to assist in the placement of dental implants. |
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| Materialise still owns the world's largest capacity based in one location |
07 September 2006 - Materialise NV The company offers from the smallest prototype to the largest, with the broadest range of materials in Stereolithography, SLS and FDM. The price is on average 53% less expensive than the average RP service part in the world market. |
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| Dental solutions provider Materialise sues multinational for unauthorized copying |
06 September 2006 - Materialise NV The Swedish medical technology enterprise Nobel Biocare (Göteborg / Sweden) is alleged to use a method for making so called dental drill guides. These dental drill guides are acknowledged as a very promising improvement for implant treatment. Materialise has therefore filed a patent infringement action at the Düsseldorf district court (Germany). |
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| Materialise again revolutionise the RP industry by defining an online discount |
05 September 2006 - Materialise NV The Materialise team are continuously looking for the best ways to support their customers in their product development process. |
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| World's largest RP capacity expanded with the newest Objet 3-dimensional printer |
04 September 2006 - Materialise NV Materialise is continuously looking for new ways to give their customers value added support. With that in mind they have decided to invest in an Objet Eden500VTM, the newest member of the highly successful Eden family which is based on Objet's PolyJetTM polymer technology and was introduced to the market in October 2005. |
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| Rapid Shell Modelling software launched for commercial sale |
28 May 2006 - Materialise NV Materialise announces the release of its 'Rapid Shell Modelling' software. Today several industry leading companies already rely on RSM for the automated design and rapid manufacturing of hearing aid shells. After undergoing four years of exclusive development, the software is now being introduced for general sale. |
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| New era has dawned for the world-leading software for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing |
27 May 2006 - Materialise NV Materialise introduces the 10th generation of its Magics software. Magics X (Magics 10) marks an important stage in the life of this professional software for the RP&M industry. The Magics software has been thoroughly renovated. A stunning new user interface, a complete new, highly efficient memory structure and advanced enhancements to its rendering capabilities and algorithms… it's all in there. |
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| Magics SmartSpace software proves to reduce SLS build volume with about 80% |
26 May 2006 - Materialise NV Materialise' SmartSpace software has clearly proven its capability in an independent test executed by Saddleback College, California. The Saddleback College compared the 3D nesting performance of the Magics RP software and the 3D Systems LS software for Laser Sintering. The results show that SmartSpace enables its users to build more parts in a single machine run and consequently save a lot of money and time. |
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| Materialise launches renewed, user-friendly online quoting & ordering service |
25 May 2006 - Materialise NV Materialise has always been a predecessor in offering online services.
Seven years ago, the Next Day service was launched into the marketplace, a unique 24h service for online ordering of stereolithography prototypes, which has now grown into an unrivalled success. |
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| Materialise pre-announces the next generation of automated hearing aid design software |
24 May 2006 - Materialise NV Materialise, leading developer of software solutions for the rapid prototyping and manufacturing industry, announces the pending release of the 4th generation of its Rapid Shell Modeling software. |
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| 3D Systems to offer Magics software with its SLA and SLS systems |
23 May 2006 - Materialise NV 3D Systems Corporation, prototyping and manufacturing solutions, and Materialise, one of the drivers in software development for rapid prototyping and manufacturing, have entered into a worldwide distribution agreement that covers the Magics product line. Under terms of the agreement, Magics, Materialise's specialized software for rapid prototyping work preparation and STL manipulation, will be offered with 3D Systems' stereolithography and selective laser sintering systems. |
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| Continuously improving the world leading software for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing |
22 May 2006 - Materialise NV Materialise announced today the release of a new Magics X Service Pack. Service Pack 2 offers the Magics users the latest improvements and innovations of Magics X, like increased stability, an attuned user interface and extra options for fast 3D geometry-based part nesting. |
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| Fluent previews 3Matic-for-FLUENT and TGrid 4.0 wrapping solution |
29 June 2005 - Materialise NV Fluent Inc., and Materialise, the world leader in software development for rapid prototyping and industrial design applications, preview a new preprocessing solution for Automotive Underhood Thermal Management today to delegates at the bi-annual European Automotive CFD Conference in Frankfurt. |
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| RP 4 Baghdad project started |
09 June 2005 - Materialise NV Less than a month after the key-players of the Rapid Prototyping industry announced the founding of the humanitarian project 'RP 4 Baghdad' is the very first medical model a fact and is the first surgery performed. The project offers free medical support in the form of software, medical models and medical equipment for surgeons in Iraq. On June 5th, a team of Iraqi specialists successfully performed the very first surgery. |
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| Materialise presence in China meets the rising demand for advanced Materialise technology |
10 March 2005 - Materialise NV Just 5 months after establishing its South Korean liaison office, Materialise announces the setting up of a representative office in Shanghai, China. With this latest office Materialise Software is set to offer more localised support, take on new business and strengthen the company's existing relationships in China. |
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| Materialise FDM Center expands: Sixth machine added to production capacity |
07 March 2005 - Materialise NV Since its start up in December 2003, the FDM Center at Materialise has proven to be a big success. In 2004, 2225 FDM parts were ordered and produced i.e. an average of 10 parts a day.
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| Saddleback College and Materialise of Belgium Partner for Education in Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing Technology |
17 February 2005 - Materialise NV Saddleback College of Mission Viejo, California, and Materialise, located near Brussels, Belgium, a world leader in software development for rapid prototyping and industrial design applications, announce that they've entered a partnership that will expand Saddleback's broad training resources.
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| Materialise Mimics software to support Abaqus |
01 December 2004 - Materialise NV Materialise has joined the Abaqus Partner Program. Abaqus is a leading provider of advanced finite element analysis (FEA) software, technology and services. |
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| PaleA.MGX wins FNAC competition
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13 July 2004 - Materialise NV At this year's Salone del Mobile fair in Milan, our latest lamp design 'PaleA.mgx' - presented on the Materialise.MGX stand - was discovered by FNAC's* purchasing commission for decorative arts.
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| Materialise brings web services to a new level with OnSite
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17 June 2004 - Materialise NV Materialise launches OnSite: an innovative online concept that is developed in such a way that the customers' desktop becomes the window to the prototyping of their projects.
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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. |
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| MOLDFLOW CORPORATION TO RESELL MATERIALISE'S MAGICS |
17 May 2004 - Materialise NV Moldflow Corporation, and Materialise NV, today announced an agreement under which Moldflow will resell a customized version of Materialise's Magics stereolithography (STL) manipulation product designed specifically for the needs of Moldflow's customers in the plastics injection molding industry. |
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| Largest Prototyping Service in Europe adds FDM |
19 December 2003 - Materialise NV European leader in rapid prototyping services, Materialise, continuously improves the techniques and materials to tune prototyping solutions to the client's specific desires. |
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| Materialise Lights Collection immediately shoots to the top
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16 December 2003 - Materialise NV Elle Decoration UK January edition 2004 announces:
Lotus.mgx, and Lily.mgx, designed by Freedom Of Creation for Materialise, are placed first in Elle Deco's list of 30 hottest buys of the new year.
'A hit at Milan and then at 100% Design, these lights from Amsterdam duo Freedom Of Creation (FOC) draw 'oohs' of delight from everyone who sees them. A state of the art 3 D printing process means they may look delicate but are reassuringly tough.' |
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| EnvisionTEC to integrate Materialise RP data preparation software into its Perfactory Software Suite
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29 October 2003 - Materialise NV Materialise, leading provider of software for rapid prototyping (RP) data preparation or 3D pre-press software, has entered an OEM contract with EnvisionTEC. |
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| Materialise Lights win design award in London at 100% Design |
06 October 2003 - Materialise NV Materialise was voted the winner of Best New Exhibitor at 100% Design in London, UK (25-28 September 2003).
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| Materialise at 100% Design 2003, Earls Court 2, London, 25-28 September 2003 |
25 September 2003 - Materialise NV Materialise will exhibit in London, UK at the occasion of 100% Design, 25-28 September. This fair is internationally recognised as one of the world's most influential design events, alongside Milan, Cologne and New York. |
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| Japanese joint venture secures Materialise presence in Asia |
08 August 2003 - Materialise NV Materialise and Yokogawa Techno-Information Service (YTI) create the Joint Venture Materialise-Yokogawa Inc. of which Materialise has become the major shareholder. |
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| New Partnership in High-Tech Medical Software |
25 July 2003 - Materialise NV Fluent Europe Ltd and Materialise, two companies involved in the production of software used for high-tech medical applications, have announced a new partnership aimed at expanding the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in the medical industry. |
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| Magics Tooling Expert 2.0 Software for Mould Analysis and Quoting:
Simply the best! |
17 July 2003 - Materialise NV Materialise - industry leader in STL handling and manipulation software - just released its latest innovations in software for the (rapid) tooling industry. |
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| New dimensions in Selective Laser Sintering
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15 July 2003 - Materialise NV March 2003
Materialise invests in an EOSINT P 700 machine, a double-laser system for Selective Laser Sintering of plastics. |
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| Materialise adds CAM to its automated tool design solution, boosting toolmakers' productivity |
19 June 2003 - Materialise NV Materialise announces the release of its latest innovation in software for the tooling industry. The Magics Tooling range of products has been completed with integrated CAM software, 'Magics Mill'. Magics Mill is powerful 3D CAM software that generates optimum roughing and finishing CNC tool cutter paths for even the most complex shapes. |
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| Hyunday Mobis increases quality while cutting fixturing costs with a factor of 3 using Magics Rapidfit |
19 May 2003 - Materialise NV In need of advanced inspection technology, Hyundai Mobis, a subsidiary of the leading Korean automotive company, recently acquired Materialise' RapidFit software and 12 RapidFit base plates. |
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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. |
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| New Materialise technology widens the opportunities for image-based manufacturing |
25 April 2003 - Materialise NV On Saturday April 26 Materialise will host the 'Computer Guided Implantology' conference where high-end users will share their experience in dental implant planning with SimPlant software and the use of SurgiGuide drill guides. |
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| Materialise's Winter 2002 Software Release addresses customer's needs
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07 December 2002 - Materialise NV Materialise, industry-leading developer of Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling software, announces the Winter 2002 release of its software range. |
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| Materialise partners with Aritech to secure presence in South Korea
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07 November 2002 - Materialise NV After several years of successful collaboration, Materialise and Aritech jointly announced that they have established a formal partnership for representing Materialise' software business in South Korea. Aritech will represent Materialise in South Korea, both through support of existing distributors and through direct sales. |
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| Project of Materialise, Phonak and Siemens results in successful hearing aid design software |
04 November 2002 - Materialise NV Materialise, the industry leader in STL manipulation software, and top hearing aid manufacturers Phonak and Siemens collaborated in the remarkable 'Rapid Shell Modeling' (RSM) project. In this project, an innovative end-to-end process chain was established, including digitally capturing the ear canal geometry, interactive 3D modelling of hearing aids and direct manufacturing in batch processes with laser sintering equipment. |
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| robotmech heads for significant time-savings with on-line and automated part ordering and quoting system developed by Materialise
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11 October 2002 - Materialise NV As from this week SPEED, the online part quoting and ordering system of robotmech, an Austrian based service bureau specialised in prototypes and small series, is on-line. |
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| Materialise releases Magics 8: a wide range of novelties on customer request
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08 October 2002 - Materialise NV Materialise, industry leading developer of Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling software, releases Magics 8, the latest version of its renown STL handling software. |
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| A mythic story...
About Kouros
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24 September 2002 - Materialise NV A remarkable statue is standing in the hall of the Materialise headquarters in Leuven, attracting attention of anyone entering the building. It is a reproduction of the ancient Greek Kouros sculpture with a length of almost 6 feet. |
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| Terry Wohlers takes Magics Tooling Training
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24 September 2002 - Materialise NV Industry consultant, analyst, and author Terry Wohlers, president of Wohlers Associates, Inc., visited the Materialise HQ in Leuven, Belgium on September 23 - 24, 2002 to participate in a Magics Tooling training program. |
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| Mimics assists in separating conjoined twins
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04 September 2002 - Materialise NV After Ganges and Jamuna from India, Maria de Jesus and Maria Teresa from Guatemala, doctors hope to successfully separate the conjoined Egyptian twins, Ahmed and Mohamed. All 3 very delicate operations have been prepared using Materialise Mimics software. |
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| Magics Tooling Expert to be exhibited at IMTS 2002 Booth D4140
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29 August 2002 - Materialise NV From September 4 until September 11, Materialise will exhibit at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS), the greatest show in manufacturing in the United States. |
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| Conferencing software now released in five languages: Japanese Magics Communicator easily communicates with German version!
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03 July 2002 - Materialise NV Nowadays businesses need to cut costs and save time in order to stay competitive. Improving product communication is a major step in the right direction. |
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| Rapid Prototypers and Toolmakers get more effective through the new version of Magics, the leading STL manipulation software |
19 June 2002 - Materialise NV Today Materialise announced its latest software release: Magics 7.22. Again, this new version adds more power to your STL handling and manipulation, RP preparation, tool design or tool quotation process. |
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| Materialise participates in 2002 MPDC programme:
'Towards Optimising Injection Moulding and Design'
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14 June 2002 - Materialise NV The Malaysian Plastics Manufacturing Association [MPMA] and the Malaysian Plastics Design Centre [MPDC] have invited Materialise, the world-leader in STL manipulation software, to be software provider for the mould and die design software in the 2002 upgrading program - 'Towards Optimising Injection Moulding & Design'. Partner participants are Moldflow for CAE and Cimatron for CAM.
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| Honeywell links up with Materialise:
Prototypes and customised plastics, on-line on request.
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06 June 2002 - Materialise NV The Belgian prototype provider Materialise and Honeywell International Inc. have teamed up to offer web-based services to reduce product development cycles. |
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| Bell Racing Europe delighted with Materialise's STLfix.com Internet-based service |
09 April 2002 - Materialise NV Recently, Materialise, provider of industry leading STL manipulation software, started its on-line file repair service called STLfix.com. A team of dedicated engineers, working around the clock, repairs and optimizes the 3D CAD files uploaded to www.STLfix.com. |
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| STLzip 2.0: Distributing, transferring and archiving STL files was never this fast and easy!
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26 March 2002 - Materialise NV A few years ago, Materialise introduced its free file compression tool, STLzip. STLzip saves space and speeds up distribution, download, and transfer by compressing STL files with a factor of 10 to 20 into the MGX compression format. |
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| Materialise is now shipping Magics 7.1, offering perfect translation from scanned object to STL |
20 March 2002 - Materialise NV Materialise, the world-leader in STL manipulation software, announces the release of its Magics 7.1 software. This newest release includes a brand new module for easy tool quotation and new as well as improved import modules. |
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| A royal prototype... made by Materialise. |
07 March 2002 - Materialise NV January 2002. Materialise realizes a special project: the building of a unique royal crown for the new princess of Holland.
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| Magics Tooling Expert: tool quotation as easy as 1, 2, 3! |
05 February 2002 - Materialise NV Materialise, the world – leader in STL manipulation software, introduces its innovative solution for tool analysis and quotation, Magics Tooling Expert. |
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| Magics meets the demands of traditional tool making:
Full integration of standard tooling components in tool design software
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15 January 2002 - Materialise NV In its latest release of Magics Tooling, Materialise introduces electronic libraries enabling injection mold designers to produce complex tooling assemblies more efficiently. With this module, Materialise meets the needs of the traditional tool making industry. |
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| Materialise acquires CSI |
09 February 2001 - Materialise NV On September 11th 2001, Materialise has acquired all stocks of Columbia Scientific Inc. (CSI), the makers of Sim/Plant® and ImageMaster®.
CSI has become a fully owned subsidiary of Materialise, and will be the USA head quarters for dental products for Materialise. |
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| Ngee Ann Polytechnic Signs Memorandum-Of-Understanding With Belgium-Based Materialise N.V.
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12 January 2001 - Materialise NV Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Ngee Ann) today signed a memorandum-of-understanding (MOU) with Belgium based pre-processing software leader, Materialise N.V. |
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| Magics Communicator Master: discuss products from behind your monitor! |
10 January 2001 - Materialise NV Materialise, the industry leading provider of STL software solutions, presents Magics Communicator Master, the ideal communication solution for all companies involved in mechanical components. |
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| Mammoth Stereolithography |
09 January 2001 - Materialise NV Materialise has continued to meet the ever growing demand for larger and larger functional prototypes, especially in the automotive industry. Until now RIM (Reaction Injection Moulding) has been the ideal solution to produce these large functional parts giving a short lead-time and competitive price. |
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| Materialise Opens Second Office in the United States |
07 January 2001 - Materialise NV Only 5 years after launching the first Materialise office in the greater Detroit area, Materialise, the world leader in prototyping software opens a second US office in Vernon -Connecticut.
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| A Total Tooling Solution - Magics Tooling 3.0, easy to use and automated tool design software |
06 January 2001 - Materialise NV Materialise, a leader in STL handling software, has released its third generation tool design software 'Magics Tooling 3.0', presenting a fundamentally different approach in mould design software. |
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| Materialise Next Day II. 24 hour prototypes. |
03 January 2001 - Materialise NV Materialise is pleased to announce Next Day II, a major upgrade of the service for the on-line ordering of prototypes. A unique service, unmatched in speed and quality, which has been running since 1998 and already supplied 5000 Next Day prototypes to more than 500 customers.
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