Brazil's PSA Peugeot Citroen Buys Stratasys FDM 400mc
Becomes 10,000th customer
 MINNEAPOLIS, MN, June
2, 2008 - (NASDAQ: SSYS) From the floor of the Nasdaq stock exchange,
Stratasys announced that PSA Peugeot Citroen, Brazil, has purchased
Stratasys’ 10,000th additive fabrication machine. The landmark system sale
was a high-precision FDM 400mc for the automaker’s Product Engineering
Facility in Porto Real City, Rio de Janeiro State.
PSA Peugeot Citroen, Brazil
The automaker is a business unit of PSA Peugeot Citroen, France, the
second-largest European automaker, and a strong competitor in the Mercosur
Market. The company produces both the Peugeot and the Citroen lines of
automobiles.
Stratasys CEO, Scott Crump, announced the milestone today during the closing
bell ceremony at Nasdaq.
Prototyping & Direct Digital Manufacturing
Design engineers will perform both rapid prototyping and direct digital
manufacturing with the equipment. Engineers will mainly prototype components
like grilles, trim, and mirrors, but also interior and drive-train parts.
“We’ll also use the equipment to pioneer direct digital manufacturing at PSA
Peugeot Citroen Brazil,” says Mr. Milton Bueno da Silva Neto, who is
responsible for the prototype development division in Mercosur country
plants, Argentina and Brazil. “Building fabrication and assembly tools like
jigs and fixtures for the production process can deliver immediate ROI by
eliminating the time and expense of machining.”
Direct digital manufacturing (DDM) is the technique of feeding CAD data
directly to additive fabrication machines to produce components for end use.
Although many manufacturers install the components in their products, even
more build fabrication and assembly tools for their production processes.
For low-volume production, DDM has numerous benefits, including the
elimination of machining and tooling.
“It’s a faster and more economical method of producing parts than other
manufacturing processes,” says da Silva Neto. “And the number of
high-performance materials available with our new system – such as ABS, PC,
PPSF, and blends — gives us flexibility to create parts for a variety of
functions.”
Worldwide, PSA Peugeot Citroen owns 14 Stratasys additive fabrication
machines at various locations. This includes six Dimension 3D printers and
eight high-precision FDM systems.
Of 34 Manufacturers, Stratasys is Only One to Reach 10,000 Unit Mark
Of the 34 manufacturers of additive fabrication equipment worldwide,
Stratasys is the only one to have reached 10,000 installations.
"Stratasys continues to stand out in unit sales," said industry consultant
Terry Wohlers, president of Wohlers Associates, Inc. "No other company in
the business has come close to selling similar volumes in recent years."
This is largely due to Dimension 3D Printer sales.
The system purchased by PSA Peugeot Citroen, Brazil, the Stratasys FDM
400mc, is among the most accurate and repeatable additive fabrication
systems available. And when used in conjunction with the company’s new
thermoplastic formulation — ABS-M30 — it creates parts up to 67 percent
stronger than the standard Stratasys ABS formulation.
About Stratasys Inc.
Stratasys Inc., Minneapolis, manufactures additive fabrication machines for
3D printing, prototyping and direct digital manufacturing. It also offers
prototype and part manufacturing services through its RedEye RPM business
unit. According to Wohlers Report 2008, Stratasys supplied 44 percent of all
additive fabrication systems installed worldwide in 2007, making it the unit
market leader for the sixth consecutive year. Stratasys patented and owns
the rapid prototyping process known as fused deposition modeling (FDM). The
process creates functional prototypes and end-use parts directly from any 3D
CAD program, using ABS plastic, polycarbonate, PPSF, and blends. The company
holds more than 180 granted or pending additive fabrication patents
globally. Stratasys products are used in the aerospace, defense, automotive,
medical, education, electronic, and consumer product industries. For more information, visit
www.Stratasys.com,
www.DimensionPrinting.com or
www.RedEyeRPM.com.
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