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This excerpt taken from the TDSC 10-K filed Aug 2, 2007. Products
and Services
Our principal technology platforms include our stereolithography
or
SLA®
equipment, our selective laser sintering or
SLS®
equipment, our
3-D printing
or
InVision®
jet and layer-deposition equipment and our recently introduced
film transfer imaging
V-Flashtm
desktop modeler. These systems use patented and proprietary
stereolithography, selective laser sintering,
3-D printing
and film transfer imaging processes that take digital data input
from CAD software or three-dimensional scanning and sculpting
devices to fabricate physical objects from our proprietary
family of engineered plastic, metal and composite materials.
We blend, market and distribute a wide range of proprietary
consumable, engineered plastics, composites and metal materials
that we market to produce physical parts using our systems. We
augment and complement our own portfolio of engineered materials
with materials that we purchase from third parties under
private-label and distribution arrangements.
We provide a comprehensive suite of software tools and field
services to our customers, ranging from applications development
to installation, warranty and maintenance services.
New
Products and Alliances
We are working to accelerate our new product development through
quick and targeted development cycles in order to promote our
growth and profitability, to sustain our commitment to
technological leadership and to meet the needs of our customers
for new 3-D
printing and rapid manufacturing solutions. From the
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latter part of 2003 through the end of 2006, our efforts have
resulted in the introduction of 35 new products that have
expanded and reinvigorated our product line. As discussed in
greater detail below, revenue from legacy products continued to
decline in 2006, consistent with its past trend, as revenue from
new products has increased.
Since the beginning of 2006, we have announced several new
products, including:
In addition, we announced several new alliances during 2006,
including:
This excerpt taken from the TDSC 10-K filed Apr 30, 2007. Our principal technology platforms include our stereolithography or SLA® equipment, our selective laser sintering or SLS® equipment, our 3-D printing or InVision® jet and layer-deposition equipment and our recently introduced film transfer imaging V-FlashÔ desktop modeler. These systems use patented and proprietary stereolithography, selective laser sintering, 3-D printing and film transfer imaging processes that take digital data input from CAD software or three-dimensional scanning and sculpting devices to fabricate physical objects from our proprietary family of engineered plastic, metal and composite materials. We blend, market and distribute a wide range of proprietary consumable, engineered plastics, composites and metal materials that we market to produce physical parts using our systems. We augment and complement our own portfolio of engineered materials with materials that we purchase from third parties under private-label and distribution arrangements. We provide a comprehensive suite of software tools and field services to our customers, ranging from applications development to installation, warranty and maintenance services. New Products and Alliances We are working to accelerate our new product development through quick and targeted development cycles in order to promote our growth and profitability, to sustain our commitment to technological leadership and to meet the needs of our customers for new 3-D printing and rapid manufacturing solutions. From the latter part of 2003 through the end of 2006, our efforts have resulted in the introduction of 35 new products that have expanded and reinvigorated our product line. As discussed in greater detail below, revenue from legacy products continued to decline in 2006, consistent with its past trend, as revenue from new products has increased. Since the beginning of 2006, we have announced several new products, including: · The V-Flash desktop modeler, a fourth technology platform using film transfer imaging that can build ready-to-use, three-dimensional models within hours at home, school and office workstations; · A 30% faster model of our InVision® LD 3-D printer; · A new dental lab system, the InVision® DP (Dental Professional), which is capable of producing castable wax-ups for dental copings and bridges; · A new suite of software, 3DView, 3DManage and 3DPrint, for our stereolithography systems, selective laser sintering systems and InVision® 3-D printers that we expect to provide numerous productivity and cost-saving benefits to our customers; · Accura® 60 plastic, a new stereolithography material that simulates the look and feel of molded polycarbonate; · Accura® 55 plastic, a new ABS-like stereolithography material; and · New VisiJet® LD100 materials in two new colors, red and blue. In addition, we announced several new alliances during 2006, including: · We entered into an agreement with Symyx Technologies, Inc. early in the second quarter to work together to discover and commercialize advanced materials for use in our rapid prototyping and 8 rapid manufacturing solutions. As we move forward with this research and development project, we plan to fund up to $2.4 million of research by Symyx through the first quarter of 2008, and we expect Symyx to develop new materials formulations that we anticipate will be made available to our customers for specialized rapid prototyping applications as well as rapid manufacturing applications. · During the second quarter, we engaged two outside service providers to broaden our ability to provide service to our stereolithography and selective laser sintering customers. · During the first quarter, we reached an agreement in principle with DSM Somos to cross-license certain patents and other intellectual property related to stereolithography materials. · During the first quarter, we announced a strategic collaboration with Materialise, one of the leaders in software industrys development for rapid prototyping and manufacturing, to distribute jointly their Magics product line worldwide. This excerpt taken from the TDSC 10-K filed Mar 2, 2006. Products and Services
Our principal technology platforms include our stereolithography or SLA® equipment, our selective laser sintering or SLS® equipment, and our 3-D printing or InVision jet and layer-deposition equipment. These systems use patented and proprietary stereolithography, selective laser sintering and 3-D printing processes that take digital data input from CAD software or three-dimensional scanning and sculpting devices to fabricate physical objects from our proprietary family of engineered plastic, metal and composite materials. We blend, market and distribute a wide range of proprietary consumable, engineered plastics, composites and metal materials that we market to produce physical parts using our systems. We augment and complement our own portfolio of engineered materials with materials that we purchase from third parties under private-label arrangements and other distribution arrangements. We provide a comprehensive suite of software tools and field services to our customers, ranging from applications development to installation, warranty and maintenance services. This excerpt taken from the TDSC 10-K filed Mar 10, 2005. Products and Services Our three technology platforms include our stereolithography or SLA® equipment, our selective laser sintering or SLS® equipment, and our 3-D printing or InVision equipment. These systems utilize patented and proprietary stereolithography, selective laser sintering and three-dimensional printing processes to fabricate physical objects using digital data input from CAD software or three-dimensional scanning and sculpting devices. We also blend, market and distribute a wide range of proprietary consumable, engineered plastic and metal materials that we market to produce physical parts using our systems. We augment and complement our own portfolio of engineered materials with materials that 3 we purchase from third parties under private-label arrangements and other distribution arrangements. We also provide a comprehensive suite of software tools and field services to our customers, ranging from applications' development to installation, warranty and maintenance services. | EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:
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