Stratasys
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About the Company
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HISTORY
Stratasys was founded in 1989, by S. Scott
Crump and his wife Lisa Crump in Minnesota.
IDEA He decided to make a toy frog for his
daughter using a glue gun loaded with mixture of
polyethylene and candle wax.
The shape was created layer by layer and he
tought the way to automate the process.
In April 1992 Stratasys sold its first product, the
3D Modeler.
In January 1995, Stratasys employed 16 former
IBM engineers.
By the year 2007, Stratasys was the unit market
leader for the sixth consecutive year.
In January 2010, Stratasys signed an agreement
with HP to manufacture HPbranded 3D printers.
In August 2012, the agreement was discontinued.
In December 2012, Stratasys merged with Objet.
(Stratasys 55%, Objet 45%)
In 2012, a project to produce a working firearm
by 3D printing. Stratasys refused and withdrew
their license for use of the printer.
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