Reading: Prodways acquires wax pattern 3D printer manufacturer Solidscape Prodways acquires wax pattern 3D printer manufacturer Solidscape

According to foreign media, Prodways Group announced that it has acquired Solidscape, a US wax-patterned 3D printer company, since May 2018. It was a subsidiary of Stratasys before it was acquired.

It is reported that Solidscape was established in 1994, is a high-precision wax mold 3D printer and material manufacturer, enabling users to print high quality and high precision wax molds, mainly used in casting process. Customers mainly from jewelry manufacturers, service providers And casting company.

In the announcement of this acquisition, Prodways did not announce the price of the acquisition, but claimed that Solidscape generated revenues of more than $10 million in 2019, nearly 50% of which came from sales of materials and supplies.
Founded in 2013, GodpeGorgé's subsidiary, Prodways Group, provides customers with 3D printing systems (machines, materials and software) and 3D printing components. The company offers multi-material solutions, especially based on its MOVINGLight, a photopolymerization process. Polymerized photosensitive resin and mobile DLP (Digital Light Processing) UV to produce prototypes or features with extremely high resolution and very high speed.
Prodways is the first 3D printer manufacturer to introduce a mobile DLP optical head that cures larger models by moving the optical head. Because each area of ​​the light exposure is small, each part of the platform is built. With very high effective resolution. Prodways' largest 3D printers can achieve a record number of more than 500 million pixels per layer, delivering incredible precision and high resolution without increasing cost or production time.

The Prodways Group currently employs 400 people and has developed several series of stereo-cured, laser-sintered 3D printers. Prodways said its own MovingLight technology and Solidscape's proprietary technology 'perfect complementarity' will provide the new group with a large Full-scale service from the scale manufacturing to the investment casting market with high precision manufacturing.

Raphaël Gorgé, Chairman and CEO of Prodways Group, said: 'The acquisition of Solidscape is in line with the overall strategy of the Prodways Group. This is a unique opportunity to support its machine sales business and expand its technology portfolio while covering a wider area and gaining A well-known team of materials manufacturing. '
The president of Stratasys Americas Rich Garrity added: 'As Stratasys strategically shifts to focus on specific vertical markets, we believe this acquisition is beneficial to all parties, and we hope Prodways will accelerate the development of Solidscape and maintain its position.