{"posts": [{"id": 569, "slug": "APAC-Management-Hires/", "title": "Formlabs Expands Asia-Pacific Management Teams With Key New Hires as the Company Continues to Grow Its Operations Worldwide", "subtitle": "The company adds Jiadong Sun as China General Manager and Yoshinori Hasebe as Japan General Manager to scale the company\u2019s growth in these markets.", "location": "Somerville, MA", "pub_date": "2020-05-26", "date": "May. 26, 2020", "content": "

SOMERVILLE, MA - May 26, 2020 \u2013 Formlabs, a leading 3D printing company, today announced the appointment of two new leaders to its Asia-Pacific management team to continue to scale the company\u2019s growth in the APAC market: Jiadong Sun joins as China General Manager and Yoshinori Hasebe as Japan General Manager. Both leaders will play a key role in expanding Formlabs\u2019 global footprint and will guide Formlabs\u2019 business strategy in new markets as the company furthers its mission of enabling anyone to make anything.

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\u201cAs Formlabs continues to expand our global operations, Jiadong and Yoshinori will provide strategic guidance as we expand and scale in the important APAC region,\u201d said Luke Winston, Chief Business Officer of Formlabs. \u201cThese appointments will enable Formlabs to remain at the forefront of 3D printing as needs for additive manufacturing in major industries, including healthcare, continue to grow.\u201d

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Jiadong Sun has extensive experience leading global sales and marketing at leading tech companies spanning multiple industries. Prior work experience includes multiple positions at DJI, most recently as Vice President and Head of Marketing for Enterprise Solutions, where he spearheaded strategic decisions regarding sales and marketing, product development, and external partnerships.\u00a0

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Yoshinori Hasebe brings more than 20 years of management experience at multinational companies, along with comprehensive sales and business development experience for both products and services. With experience at FARO Technologies, Ernst & Young and Hewlett-Packard, Yoshinori is an expert in sales, supply chain management and leadership.

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Formlabs enables its users in the APAC region, including Japan-based company WHILL, to iterate rapidly, localize manufacturing and efficiently cut lead times and costs. These key new hires, in addition to a new dedicated channel manager based in India, will empower the company to remain on the cutting edge of 3D printing\u2019s role in revolutionizing the healthcare, manufacturing and engineering industries, and drive strong growth across the region.

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About Formlabs

Formlabs is expanding access to digital fabrication, so anyone can make anything. Headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts with offices in Germany, Japan, China, Singapore, Hungary, and North Carolina, Formlabs is the professional 3D printer of choice for engineers, designers, manufacturers, and decision makers around the globe. Formlabs products include the Form 3, Form 3B and Form 3L, powered by an advanced form of stereolithography (SLA) called Low Force Stereolithography (LFS)\u2122 3D printing, Form 2 SLA 3D printer, Form Wash and Form Cure post-processing solutions, Fuse 1 SLS 3D printer, and Form Cell manufacturing solution. Formlabs also develops its own suite of high-performance materials that continue to push the boundaries for 3D printing, as well as best-in-class 3D printing software.

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"}, {"id": 568, "slug": "fda-authorization-adapters/", "title": "Formlabs Becomes First 3D Printing Manufacturer to Receive Emergency Use Authorization from FDA for 3D Printed Adapters Designed to Convert BiPAP Machines into Ventilators", "subtitle": "Formlabs has the capacity to produce up to 3,000 3D printed adapters a day as countermeasures to the current public health emergency and is now shipping the adapters to hospitals for critically ill COVID-19 patients.", "location": "Somerville, MA", "pub_date": "2020-05-04", "date": "May. 04, 2020", "content": "

\u00a0Formlabs, a leading 3D printing company, announced today that it has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to print bi-level positive airway pressure (BiPAP) adapters designed by Northwell Health, New York's largest healthcare provider. Formlabs is the first 3D printing manufacturer to receive an EUA and is now shipping these adapters to hospital systems throughout the U.S. to combat the shortage of ventilators and provide life-saving treatment to COVID-19 patients. The 3D printed adapters convert BiPAP machines, typically used for patients suffering from sleep apnea, into functional invasive mechanical ventilators.\u00a0

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The key component to converting the BiPAP machine is a small, plastic T-shape adapter, which is easily produced on 3D printing machines in hospitals across the country. Formlabs will also produce these adapters at its FDA-registered headquarters in Somerville, MA to distribute to hospitals and government systems throughout the United States. Formlabs will allocate 150 3D printers at its headquarters towards printing these adapters, enabling the company to print up to 3,000 parts per day once production is fully ramped up. \u00a0

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\u201cPrior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA had only authorized a handful of \u00a0EUAs over a 30 year period,\u201d said Max Lobovsky, CEO and co-founder of Formlabs. \u201cFormlabs\u2019 EUA for BiPAP adapters signifies the need for these components and 3D printings' unique ability to fill that need. 3D printing enables rapid iteration and prototyping of new, innovative medical equipment, while expediting the production process, shortening supply chains, and allowing for localized manufacturing. Hospitals around the country can also use Formlabs\u2019 printers to create these adapters locally under their own practice of medicine, meaning printing the adapters at scale in the hardest-hit areas is as easy as uploading a design and pressing print.\u201d

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Northwell Health has been a key partner of Formlabs throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The hospital system began working with Formlabs in 2018 and that partnership has led to the creation of 3D printed test swabs, in collaboration with the University of South Florida Health, and now 3D printed BiPAP adapters. Northwell designed these adapters to provide life-saving care to hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the peak of the virus in New York City. After using these adapters on a number of patients in their New York City ICUs during the peak of the virus in the city, Formlabs will now print these adapters at scale to aid hospitals in other hard-hit cities.

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The industry\u2019s response to COVID-19 is a seminal moment for 3D printing, and Formlabs is uniquely positioned to assist the medical community in providing critical supplies and equipment to combat COVID-19. Supporting hospitals and many others in the COVID-19 response was a natural extension of Formlabs\u2019 work given the trust, credibility, and relationships the company has built with medical professionals and institutions over the years. From test swabs and test kits to respiratory masks and now BiPAP adapters, Formlabs has collaborated with its medical partners every step of the way.

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For more information on Formlabs response to COVID-19 visit, formlabs.com/covid-19-response. Those looking to volunteer their time and 3D printers to help combat COVID-19 can find more information here.\u00a0

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\u00a0The University of South Florida (USF) Health, Formlabs, a leading 3D printing company, and Northwell Health, New York's largest healthcare provider, today announced they have successfully produced and tested a 3D printed nasal swab to address emergency shortages that hospitals and health care teams may face as testing for COVID-19 increases.

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\u00a0Key milestones in testing the swabs were conducted by USF Health faculty researchers in the Departments of Radiology and Infectious Diseases in collaboration with Northwell Health, including validation testing (24-hour, 3-day, and leeching), and rapid clinical testing at Northwell Health and Tampa General Hospital. All testing showed that the 3D printed nasal swabs perform equally to standard swabs used for testing for COVID-19.\u00a0

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After identifying that nasal swabs for testing COVID-19 were in high demand and extremely limited in supply, a team from the USF Health\u2019s 3D Clinical Applications Division created an initial design, working with Northwell Health and collaborating with Formlabs to develop prototypes and secure materials for a 3D printed alternative. Over the span of one week, the teams worked together to develop a nasal swab prototype and test it in the USF Health and Northwell Health labs. In two days, USF Health and Northwell Health, using Formlabs\u2019 3D printers and biocompatible, autoclavable resins, developed prototypes. The swabs were tested by clinicians at Northwell Health, USF Health and Tampa General Hospital for patient safety and comfort. Now that clinical validation is complete, 3D printers at USF Health and Northwell Health will produce the swabs and provide them to their patients.

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\u201cThis is a prime example of the incredible impact we can have on human lives when teams of experts across academia, health care delivery, and the tech industry come together,\u201d said Charles J. Lockwood, MD, MHCM, senior vice president for USF Health and dean of the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. \u201cDuring this current COVID-19 outbreak, there is little time for delay, and the swift, agile and adept action of everyone on this effort will greatly improve this nation\u2019s ability to test patients.\u201d

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\u201cWhen we were notified of the shortage of swabs by Dr. Lockwood, we immediately began working as a team to create a novel design in a printed material that was proven safe for patients, as is Formlabs\u2019 surgical grade resin,\u201d said Summer Decker, PhD, associate professor in the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and director for 3D Clinical Applications in USF Health\u2019s Department of Radiology. \u201cWe reached out to Northwell Health and Formlabs to work with us on this response initiative. With our collaborators in USF Health Infectious Diseases, we\u2019ve been able to validate the printed swabs utility for this purpose and are extremely optimistic about the pending clinical testing results. With 3D printed swabs, we will be able to add thousands of swabs a day to testing kits developed here at USF Health, and treat more patients safely and effectively. We look forward to continuing to work with Northwell Health and Formlabs to further combat the COVID-19 pandemic.\u201d\u00a0

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\u201cNorthwell Health is proud to collaborate with Formlabs and USF to address the global health crisis of COVID-19,\u201d said Todd Goldstein, PhD, Director of Northwell Health 3D Design and Innovation. \u201cWhen we saw that the testing kits were limited in supply, our 3D printing lab immediately changed focus from creating materials for surgeries to designing and creating materials that help our front line healthcare providers treating COVID-19 patients. In one weekend, we worked together to develop a nasal swab prototype and test it in the lab. After our positive testing results, we then immediately went to work and have already started producing 1,000-1,500 swabs per day. Not only will these swabs be provided to Northwell Health patients, we are also proud to be sharing the design with other institutions that can 3D print so that patients across the country can benefit from our work.\"

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Formlabs\u2019 CEO and co-founder, Max Lobovsky, said: \"Formlabs has been working around the clock to provide assistance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we\u2019re hopeful that our efforts will help patients get the care they need. It is important that the medical devices we supply to medical professionals on the frontlines battling this disease are safe and work effectively so as not to put workers or their patients at risk. By working hand-in-hand with Northwell Health and USF Health to design and safely produce these swabs, Formlabs is providing a viable solution to the current shortage of nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs and can now produce them at scale to help hospitals better treat patients.\u201d\u00a0

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\u201cDuring this unprecedented time, Tampa General Hospital is proud to unite with USF Health, Formlabs and Northwell Health to ultimately help save lives. I\u2019ve been humbled and inspired by the perseverance, sacrifice and teamwork of our clinical teams collaborating to create the 3D printed nasal swabs to test patients in need, during emergency shortage situations. Thank you to Formlabs 3D printers for being a true partner to all of our physicians and teams working tirelessly to protect the health and safety of our community and beyond,\u201d said John Couris, president & CEO of Tampa General Hospital.

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It is worth noting that the \u201cFDA believes that a nasopharyngeal specimen is the preferred choice for swab-based SARS-CoV-2 testing,\u201d and that \u201ccollection should be conducted with a sterile swab.\u201d With years of experience in the medical industry and hundreds of hospitals already using its technology to develop tools for surgery on-premises, Formlabs adheres to a wide range of required sterilization, regulatory, safety, biocompatibility, and manufacturing standards. The company produces sterilizable, surgical-grade plastics for use in medical and dental applications, and its FDA-registered manufacturing site has an ISO 13485 certification. By turning to proven 3D printing technology to improve production processes, shorten supply chains and localize manufacturing, healthcare providers can quickly and efficiently gain better access to the supplies they need to combat COVID-19.\u00a0

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For more information on Formlabs\u2019 COVID-19 response, and to learn more about the 3D printed designs the company is validating with clinical partners, including test kits, ventilator splitters, face shields, and respiratory mask adaptors, click here. Click here for photos and videos.

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About Formlabs\u2019 Support Network for COVID-19 Response

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Formlabs has developed an initiative to match its customers who are willing to use their printers to help address critical supply chain shortages and other COVID-19-related healthcare activities with hospitals and other healthcare organizations that need 3D printing assistance. Formlabs is working closely with health systems, government agencies, and its network of more than 1500 skilled volunteers to help design, prototype, and produce parts to be tested and potentially adopted by clinicians. Learn more sign up, or request help here. To learn more, visit https://formlabs.com/covid-19-response/, or sign up, or request help here.Supply chain professionals can email covid-response@formlabs.com or call +1-617-453-2313.

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About Northwell Health

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Northwell Health is New York State\u2019s largest health care provider and private employer, with 23 hospitals, about 750 outpatient facilities and more than 13,600 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 70,000 employees \u2013 16,000-plus nurses and 4,000 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners \u2013 are working to change health care for the better. We\u2019re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.

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About the University of South Florida Health

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USF Health's mission is to envision and implement the future of health. It is the partnership of the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, the College of Nursing, the College of Public Health, the College of Pharmacy, the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, the Biomedical Sciences Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs, and USF Health\u2019s multispecialty physicians group. The University of South Florida, established in 1956 and located in Tampa, is a high-impact, global research university dedicated to student success. USF is ranked in the Top 25 nationally for research expenditures among public universities, according to the National Science Foundation. The USF System has an annual budget of $1.8 billion and an annual economic impact of $4.4 billion. For more information, visit health.usf.edu.

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Tampa General Hospital, a 1007-bed non-profit academic medical center, delivers world-class care as the region\u2019s only center for Level l trauma and comprehensive burn care. It is one of the nation\u2019s busiest adult solid organ transplant centers and is the primary teaching hospital for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. With five medical helicopters, Tampa General Hospital transports critically injured or ill patients from 23 surrounding counties to receive the advanced care they need. Tampa General houses a nationally accredited comprehensive stroke center and its 32-bed Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit is the largest on the West Coast of Florida. It also is home to an 82-bed Level IV neonatal intensive care unit, and a nationally accredited rehabilitation center. Tampa General Hospital\u2019s footprint includes 14 Tampa General Medical Group Primary Care offices, TGH Family Care Center Kennedy, TGH Brandon Healthplex, TGH Virtual Care and 15 outpatient Radiology Centers. Tampa Bay residents also receive world-class care from the TGH Urgent Care powered by Fast Track network of clinics, and they can even receive home visits in select areas through TGH Urgent Care at Home, powered by Fast Track. As one of the largest hospitals in Florida, Tampa General Hospital is first in the state to open a command center in partnership with GE Healthcare. For more information, go to www.tgh.org.

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Formlabs, the designer and manufacturer of powerful and accessible 3D printing systems, and BEGO, a leading specialist in the field of prosthodontics and implant dentistry, today announced a partnership that will allow Formlabs' dental customers to 3D print temporary and permanent crowns and bridges directly for patients with BEGO\u2019s best-in-class dental materials. The ability to use completely digital dental workflows with 3D printed temporary restorations will enable a rapid, low cost, iterative process that improves patient care and case acceptance rates. BEGO and Formlabs will showcase their new partnership at LMT Lab Day from February 21-22, where attendees can see and feel the materials. The partnership is a natural evolution of Formlabs\u2019 recently announced Dental Business Unit and Form 3B, which is focused on ensuring all dental care providers can bring an exceptional level of care to their patients.

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Dental professionals currently using Formlabs\u2019 Form 3B and Form 2 3D printers will be able to use BEGO resins to 3D print permanent single crowns, inlays, onlays and veneers, and temporary crowns and bridges. This enables dental labs to reduce the cost associated with current crown and bridge fabrication while simultaneously increasing the quality of the end product. The properties of this unique material will offer patients excellent aesthetics, a low tendency to age and discolor, low plaque accumulation, and high comfort due to low cold and heat sensitivity. Both the temporary and permanent materials will be offered to Formlabs users in different shades and can be individualized to a high aesthetic result.

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\u201cDirectly printing temporary crowns and bridges are one of the most sought after applications from Formlabs customers. By partnering with BEGO and leveraging their 130 years of dental experience, we will be able to not only address this need, but take it a step further by offering materials for permanent crowns. We are excited to see how this partnership can continue to advance the dental industry and overcome the major challenges labs and dentists face as digital dentistry becomes a standard for patient care,\u201d said D\u00e1vid Lakatos, Chief Product Officer at Formlabs.

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BEGO has more than 20 years of experience in developing 3D printing materials specifically for the dental community and is regarded as a specialist in all dental fabrication techniques. With this partnership, BEGO is one of the first companies to join the Formlabs Materials Partner Platform. The platform is part of the Formlabs Dental Business Unit and enables third-party material manufacturers to work with Formlabs to develop new and exciting resins for use in the dental industry.

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\u201cWe could not be happier to partner with Formlabs, especially at this time, where digital dentistry is reaching a breakthrough. It took some time and a lot of effort and commitment of all involved people to be able to offer to the market a fully validated workflow for final restorations. This partnership underlines BEGO\u2019s leading position in the dental 3D printing materials market,\u201d said Axel Klarmeyer, Chief Executive Officer of BEGO Dental.

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To learn more please visit dental.formlabs.com or visit BEGO and Formlabs at LMT Lab Day in Chicago, February 21-22. To see and learn more, stop by Formlabs booth (#P-1) and BEGO booth (#H-13)

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The BEGO Group is one of the internationally leading specialists in the field of prosthodontics and implant dentistry. Founded in 1890, the traditional German company provides dental technicians and dentists with innovative devices, instruments, materials, implants, services and methods for the production and processing of dental restorations. BEGO as an owner-managed company, now run in its fifth generation by Managing Partner Christoph Weiss, employs a global workforce of approx. 500 \u2013 and this number continues to grow. In 2015, BEGO was also the first company in the dental industry to market a 3D printing system (\"Varseo\"), developed in-house both with and for dental laboratories, for the fabrication of a wide range of dental restorations made from high-performance resins. BEGO has been a pioneer in dental 3D printing with the Selective Laser Melting (SLM) for over 20 years.

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Formlabs, the designer and manufacturer of powerful and accessible 3D printing systems, is highlighting at CES 2020 its impact in empowering anyone to make anything.\u00a0

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The thousands of printed parts at the Formlabs booth are just a small representation of the millions of 3D printed parts that have found their way into the development and manufacturing of consumer tech devices, hospitals, sneakers and furniture. From vibrators by Dame Products to a vertebra representing the Mayo Clinic\u2019s Department of Radiology\u2019s Anatomic Modeling Lab, which creates patient-specific models for surgeons to prepare for complex procedures. Also featured in the booth is New Balance who will be showing off its line of shoes within the TripleCell collection, which is built off of Formlabs technology.\u00a0

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At CES 2020, the impact Formlabs has on consumer tech can be felt across Startup Alley - including first-time CES attendee Dame, a Formlabs user and leading sex tech company. This is the first year that CES is allowing sex technology on the show floor, and Dame will be featured at Formlabs\u2019 booth showing how it is using Formlabs to bring more thoughtfully engineered vibrators to market faster. Using their Formlabs printer to create numerous iterations of its vibrator at a fraction of the cost, Dame is able to grow its business and bring better products to its customers.

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\u201cWe\u2019re excited to be joining Formlabs at our first CES while the CTA is considering whether to keep sextech as a category,\u201d said Janet Lieberman-Lu, co-founder and CTO of Dame Products. \u201cVibrators are consumer electronics - they're personal care items like electric toothbrushes and razors - so they deserve to be showcased in the same venues.\u201d

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\u201cFrom dentists to designers, people are finding new and exciting ways to leverage our technology,\u201d said Max Lobovsky, CEO and co-founder of Formlabs. \u201cAt a show like CES, where most hardware products start with a 3D printed prototype, we\u2019re showing how 3D printing is becoming an integral part of product development to bring better products to consumers.\u201d

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Formlabs\u2019 continued focus on enabling accessible and affordable 3D printing for anyone is possible through the company\u2019s materials innovation. With 22+ SLA materials and counting, Formlabs has one of the largest libraries of proprietary resins for a company that also develops software and hardware in the industry - making it easier for startups and global brands to hit the ground running with the next world-changing product. Without the materials innovation partnership with Formlabs, New Balance would not have its TripleCell collection, which is made of a proprietary rebound resin that enhances performance and offers a 330 percent elongation for maximum use.

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\u201cCES is where companies come to show off the latest technology and advancements, so our TripleCell collection feels at home here with Formlabs, \u201d said Katherine Petrecca, New Balance General Manager of Footwear at the Innovation Design Studio. \u201cWe\u2019re at the forefront of a broader industry shift, where 3D printing is reshaping how we think about how design and manufacturing can be approached.\u201d

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At the start of the new year, Formlabs is also kicking off a new community spaces program called the \u201cFormlabs Community Spaces.\u201d Formlabs machines will be available for use in the following locations in the first quarter; Autodesk Technology Centers in Boston, San Francisco and Toronto, the Gnomon School of Design in Hollywood, mHUB Chicago and New Lab in New York.\u00a0

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About Formlabs
\nFormlabs is expanding access to digital fabrication, so anyone can make anything. Headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts with offices in Germany, Japan, China, Singapore, Hungary, and North Carolina, Formlabs is the professional 3D printer of choice for engineers, designers, manufacturers, and decision makers around the globe. Formlabs products include the Form 3, Form 3B and Form 3L, powered by an advanced form of stereolithography (SLA) called Low Force Stereolithography (LFS)\u2122 3D printing, Form 2 SLA 3D printer, Form Wash and Form Cure post-processing solutions, Fuse 1 SLS 3D printer, and Form Cell manufacturing solution. Formlabs also develops its own suite of high-performance materials that continue to push the boundaries for 3D printing, as well as best-in-class 3D printing software.

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GE Healthcare and Formlabs, today announced a collaboration that will enable clinicians to easily make 3D printed, patient-specific models from imaging data at a lower cost. Anatomical models that allow the combination of hands-on and visual communication and coordination amongst radiologists, surgeons, trainees, and patients around the world.

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Historically, software designed to allow manual preparation of image data into 3D printable files has been labor intensive, requiring hours of work. Using the GE Healthcare Advantage Workstationtm (AW) advanced visualization tools, specifically designed for the medical community, radiologists are able to produce models of normal and pathological anatomy using automation techniques that will speed up the pre-3D printing preparation work by taking advantage of the AW\u2019s diagnostic workflow. This can help to reduce the time to create segmented STL and OBJ files required for 3D models from hours to minutes. By bringing together all imaging techniques, AW boosts productivity across all modalities (CT, MR, PET, SPECT, Interventional), and presents a consistent user interface for over 55 clinical applications.

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Radiologists specializing in cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, neurology, and other areas will use an exclusive GE Healthcare/Formlabs bundle, which includes GE Healthcare\u2019s AW and Formlabs hardware plus materials.\u00a0 Formlabs will include a GE Healthcare exclusive service offering for training to enable our radiology customers in North America and Europe to \u2018get started\u2019 in printing anatomical models onsite at the hospital in two days.

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Combined with technology from Formlabs, including the Form 3B printer, PreForm print preparation software, and over 20 proprietary resins with unique properties, radiologists and biomedical engineers will be able to serve various surgical specialties with a single workflow. Further time savings are experienced with new Formlabs features, including the ability to start and monitor prints remotely, as well as the introduction of Light Touch Supports that allow for nearly immediate support removal. Formlabs materials, including biocompatible resins, are made at its in-house, US-based, ISO 13485 certified facility.

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3D printing is primarily used to manufacture orthopedic implants and guide surgical cutting, and peer-reviewed research on potential impact in patient care has expanded exponentially. Recent industry and regulatory advancements such as the establishment of clinical guidelines, 3D printing reimbursement tracking codes, and the integration of technology and software are all expected to support the widespread adoption of point-of-care 3D printing in hospitals.\u00a0

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\u201cWhen time is of the essence, GE Healthcare solutions help clinical imaging specialists get the diagnosis correct quickly and push the critical information they create into the hands of the broader care team,\u201d said R. Scott Rader, general manager of GE Healthcare Additive Solutions. \u201cAt the same time, patients in the information age are playing a more critical role every year in their care, but simply presenting imaging data to patients as grayscale \u2018slices\u2019 through the body can create more confusion than answers.\u00a0 The virtual reality renderings clinical imagers see every day in radiology reading rooms on AW can now be exported via AW 3D Suite in seconds, imported into Formlabs PreForm, and printed right at the site of care to add the sense of touch to what members of the care team see. This first step with Formlabs can help break down time and cost barriers to adoption of on-premises printing while empowering richer communication amongst care teams and their patients.\u201d

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\u201cFormlabs is proud to collaborate with GE Healthcare, a true pioneer and leader in medical imaging, as both organizations share an aim to support the practice of medicine and the pursuit of precision health. This collaboration represents an important milestone for the medical 3D printing community and will hopefully serve as a catalyst for its growth. Our clinical customers should be able to serve more patients, more efficiently, with trusted, reliable, and intuitive technologies. We are excited to see how this collaboration and other innovations may lead to improved quality of care and patient satisfaction, as well as financial benefits for healthcare systems,\u201d said Gaurav Manchanda, Director of Healthcare at Formlabs.

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"}, {"id": 543, "slug": "formlabs-launches-dental-business-unit-form3B-materials/", "title": "Formlabs Launches New Dental Business Unit, Formlabs Dental, With Form 3B and New Materials Designed to Meet the Demands of the Dental Industry", "subtitle": "Formlabs is increasing additive manufacturing adoption within the dental industry with a new dedicated dental business unit, service plan, hardware and resin materials providing dental, labs and orthodontic professionals what they need to go digital", "location": "SOMERVILLE, Mass.", "pub_date": "2019-11-12", "date": "Nov. 12, 2019", "content": "

Formlabs, the designer and manufacturer of powerful and accessible 3D printing systems, has today announced it is strengthening its commitment to the dental market. According to a Key Group survey, Formlabs is the most installed 3D printer for small, medium and large sized dental labs. Formlabs Dental, the company\u2019s newly announced dental business unit, is made up of a team of dental professionals dedicated to providing the best 3D printing solutions in the industry. The new Form 3B printer and platform will have the next generation of dental materials, dedicated service team, and software to help streamline workflows.

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\u201cSince launching the Form 2, 3D printing adoption within the dental industry has increased significantly,\" said Dr. Jay Burton, DMD, MBA, Board Certified Orthodontist at SmileMaker Orthodontics. \"By bringing down the cost for entry, Formlabs revolutionized the dental market. Today\u2019s announcement of the Form 3B will continue to grow the technology\u2019s adoption and help to provide dental products you\u2019d be proud to deliver. The incredibly accurate Form 3B produces crisp and consistent dental parts and Dental Service Plan provides the confidence to go digital.\u201d

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Formlabs has over 50 materials scientists and print process engineers to back Formlabs Dental products with the strongest team in 3D printing. Formlabs has a robust offering of 10+ dental materials that are available to be used on the new Form 3B printer, including in-house developed biocompatible Surgical Guide Resin. Formlabs is also now offering four new shades in the Dentures material library. The company continues to improve and launch new print settings for its legacy Dental SG and Dental LT materials.\u00a0

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This one printer allows for a growing list of more than 10+ dental applications. Users can switch seamlessly between a library of resins with a no-hassle cartridge system. Each application is validated and tested by a team of dental experts to ensure quality and accuracy, including;\u00a0

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Crown and bridge models

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Clear aligner and retainer models

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Diagnostic models

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Surgical guides

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Occlusal splints

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Patterns for casting and pressing

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Dentures with 4 base and 6 tooth shades

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To support market adoption, the new Formlabs Dental Service Plan is backed by a dedicated team of certified dental specialists providing self-serve learning pathways and specialized trainings. The Dental Service Plan includes;

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Personalized in-person or video training\u00a0

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Priority email and phone support with dental specialists

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Hot swapping printers for nonstop production

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\u201cWhen patients visit the dentist, they want a fast, customized solution for their teeth,\u201d said Max Lobovsky, CEO and co-founder of Formlabs. \u201cOur new Form 3B printer is uniquely tailored to seamlessly digitize, streamline and expedite workflow so dentists and technicians can focus on providing patients with the outcomes they expect and deserve. We have already touched the lives of over hundreds of thousands of patients, having printed 13 million dental parts on the Form 2 and, with the launch of Form 3B, aim to expand that reach even further to ensure all dental care providers can bring an exceptional level of attention to their patients.\u201d

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\nIn addition, Formlabs Dental is announcing the Formlabs Materials Partner Platform for the Form 3B. The Formlabs Materials Partner Platform allows 3rd party manufacturers to work together with Formlabs, bringing the best and most cutting edge materials to the market on the popular and affordable Formlabs system. Interested manufacturers that would like to make their materials available on the Form 3B should contact Formlabs.

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To learn more please visit dental.formlabs.com\u00a0

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Press kit: http://bit.ly/34r9aLB

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"}, {"id": 542, "slug": "formlabs-aquisition-spectra-biocompatible-manufacturing/", "title": "Formlabs Announces Acquisition of Spectra and Investment in ISO 13485 Biocompatible Material Manufacturing", "subtitle": "Backed by the strongest engineering and material scientists in the industry, Formlabs acquisition strengthens its vertical integration, allowing for faster material development and innovation", "location": "SOMERVILLE, Mass. and MILLBURY, Ohio", "pub_date": "2019-11-12", "date": "Nov. 12, 2019", "content": "

Formlabs, the designer and manufacturer of powerful and accessible 3D printing systems, has today announced the acquisition of Spectra Group Photopolymers LLC. Spectra has been Formlabs\u2019 primary material supplier for its library of proprietary resin materials since Formlabs came to market in 2012. Today the company has announced its further investment into renovating the facility for biocompatible manufacturing.\u00a0

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For more than 20 years, Spectra has been a creative and inventive force in the field of photochemistry, UV/EB radiation cure and organic synthetic chemistry. Formlabs has invested over a million dollars into building out an\u00a0FDA registered, ISO Class 8 certified clean room in an ISO 13485 certified facility for dental and medical materials development within Spectra.

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\u201cFrom the beginning, it\u2019s been important that Formlabs provide a reliable and accessible printing process,\u201d said Max Lobovsky, CEO and co-founder of Formlabs. \u201cSupporting a successful print process meant rigorous engineering, innovative material development, and enabling a seamless end-to-end process for our users. Most 3D printing companies are not vertically integrated and don\u2019t have access to their own resin manufacturing, but we believe materials are a critical component in opening up new applications, workflows and disrupting industries.\u201d

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\u201cFormlabs has been an excellent partner and joining forces has meant growing our capabilities,\u201d said Alex Mejiritski, president at Spectra Photopolymers. \u201cBiocompatibility is an exciting addition for Formlabs and Spectra, we\u2019re looking forward to continuing our investment in innovative Formlabs materials.\u201d

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As part of the acquisition all Spectra customers will continue to be retained and served without interruptions. Spectra will also continue to provide its expertise and engage in independent business developments where appropriate.

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Today, Formlabs has also announced its new dedicated dental business unit Formlabs Dental, Form 3B dental 3D printer, and materials aimed to meet the needs of dental, lab, and orthodontic professionals. Among the new materials include: Formlabs newly formulated Surgical Guide Resin and four new shades in the Digital Dentures material family.

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As part of the new hardware announcement, the company is opening its materials platform for the Form 3B and extending offers to resin manufacturers to validate and add their materials to the ecosystem. With Formlabs\u2019 investment in biocompatible manufacturing at its Ohio facility, verticals such as dental, healthcare, and audiology will reap the benefits of the company\u2019s superior printer and material solutions.\u00a0

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\nPress kit: http://bit.ly/34r9aLB

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About Formlabs
\nFormlabs is expanding access to digital fabrication, so anyone can make anything. Headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts with offices in Germany, Japan, China, Singapore, Hungary, and North Carolina, Formlabs is the professional 3D printer of choice for engineers, designers, manufacturers, and decision makers around the globe. Formlabs products include the Form 3, Form 3B, and Form 3L, powered by an advanced form of stereolithography (SLA) called Low Force Stereolithography (LFS)\u2122 3D printing; Form 2 SLA 3D printer; Form Wash and Form Cure post-processing solutions; Fuse 1 SLS 3D printer; and Form Cell manufacturing solution. Formlabs also develops its own suite of high-performance materials that continue to push the boundaries for 3D printing, as well as best-in-class 3D printing software.

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"}, {"id": 324, "slug": "formlabs-advances-digital-fabrication-with-launch-of-form3-form3l/", "title": "Formlabs Advances Digital Fabrication With the Launch of Form 3 and Form 3L, Built on the Next Generation of 3D Printing Technology", "subtitle": "Formlabs scales hardware offering with two new products built on Low Force Stereolithography (LFS)\u2122 technology", "location": "SOMERVILLE, Mass.", "pub_date": "2019-04-02", "date": "Apr. 02, 2019", "content": "

Formlabs, the designer and manufacturer of powerful and accessible 3D printing systems, has today announced the addition of two new advanced professional Low Force Stereolithography (LFS) 3D printers to its hardware lineup: Form 3 and Form 3L.

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LFS 3D printing is an advanced form of stereolithography (SLA) that delivers consistently flawless parts. The LFS process uses a flexible tank to drastically reduce the forces of the peel process, providing incredible surface finish and detail, and linear illumination to deliver accurate, repeatable parts.

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\u201cWe\u2019ve completely re-engineered our approach to resin 3D printing with the Low Force Stereolithography (LFS) print process behind the Form 3 and Form 3L,\u201d said Max Lobovsky, CEO and co-founder of Formlabs. \u201cWe entered the industry seven years ago with the first powerful, affordable desktop SLA 3D printer and since then have shipped more than 50 thousand printers, and our customers have printed more than 40 million parts. Now users are leading the way in how to grow 3D printing from one machine to many, from prototyping tool to game changer. We're excited to take another huge leap forward with LFS 3D printing, dramatically improving the print quality and reliability people can expect while still offering the most powerful and affordable 3D printer on the market.\u201d

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Benefits of the LFS process include:

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Incredible detail and surface finish: a flexible tank dramatically reduces forces on parts while printing.
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Pinpoint precision: the Light Processing Unit (LPU) maintains a uniform, high density laser spot to ensure accurate, repeatable prints.
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Easy clean-up and smoother parts with tear-away light-touch supports.
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Nonstop printing: Integrated sensors help maintain ideal print conditions and send you alerts about the state of your machine.
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Constant uptime with upgradeable, modular components and foolproof design.
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Remote Print: 3D print from anywhere via the online Dashboard.
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The powerful LFS print process behind the Form 3 is built to scale: Form 3L simultaneously uses two Light Processing Units (LPUs) to bring large format 3D printing in-house. Form 3L offers five times the build volume and two times the laser power of the Form 3 to print large parts fast.

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In addition to the new hardware, Formlabs also announced today a new material; Draft Resin. Draft Resin prints at 300 microns layer lines and is 3-4X faster than other standard resins, making it ideal for rapid prototyping.

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\nTo learn more please visit formlabs.com or stop by the Formlabs booths at AMUG in Chicago March 31-April 4 at booth D4 or at Hannover Messe in Hannover April 1-4 in Hall 6, G08.
\nOn May 7 and 8, 2019 at the Flynn Cruiseport in Boston, join us at Digital Factory and Formlabs User Summit.
\nPress kit: http://bit.ly/2CDjPrd

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About Formlabs

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Formlabs is expanding access to digital fabrication, so anyone can make anything. Headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts with offices in Germany, Japan, China, Singapore, Hungary, and North Carolina, Formlabs is the professional 3D printer of choice for engineers, designers, manufacturers, and decision makers around the globe. Formlabs products include the Form 3 and Form 3L, powered by an advanced form of stereolithography (SLA) called Low Force Stereolithography (LFS)\u2122 3D printing, Form 2 SLA 3D printer, Form Wash and Form Cure post-processing solutions, Fuse 1 SLS 3D printer, and Form Cell manufacturing solution. Formlabs also develops its own suite of high-performance materials that continue to push the boundaries for 3D printing, as well as best-in-class 3D printing software.

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"}, {"id": 538, "slug": "formlabs-stacks-global-leadership-cfo-and-eu-managing-director/", "title": "Formlabs Stacks Global Leadership Team with New CFO and EU Managing Director", "subtitle": "", "location": "SOMERVILLE, Mass.", "pub_date": "2019-03-07", "date": "Mar. 07, 2019", "content": "

Formlabs, the designer and manufacturer of powerful and accessible 3D printing systems, today announced it has hired Jikun Kim as its new Chief Financial Officer and Stefan Hollaender as its EU Managing Director. Both leaders offer unmatched strategic management experience and counsel when it comes to scaling innovative international technology companies.

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\u201cWe\u2019ve seen consistent, steady growth and both Jikun and Stefan will provide critical strategic support during this next phase,\u201d said Max Lobovsky, co-founder and CEO of Formlabs. \u201cThese appointments help to build out our global leadership team as we continue to scale internationally.\u201d

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Jikun Kim has more than 20 years of strategic management experience in high growth technology companies, both public and private, serving as the Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Kim served as Chief Financial Officer of EMCORE Corporation, Merex Group and at AeroVironment, Inc. \u00a0

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Prior work experiences include Equity Research Analyst at Morgan Stanley covering semiconductor companies in Asia and Principal at Booz Allen & Hamilton, a global strategic management consulting firm. Mr. Kim has an MBA from Columbia Business School, a master\u2019s degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles and a bachelor\u2019s degree in electrical engineering from University of California at Berkeley.

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Stefan Hollaender brings more than 20 years of management experience to the table, most recently serving as Senior Vice President of Partner Management for T-Systems International. There, he worked to build a strategic partner ecosystem for the digital business of Deutsche Telekom.

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With stints at Hewlett-Packard, SONY, Microsoft and T-Systems, Stefan has a knack for general and product management, marketing, sales and leadership. His track record in building strategic ecosystems and his strong entrepreneurial spirit make him an ideal candidate to drive new innovative opportunities for Formlabs in Europe. He holds a degree in business administration and technology from the University of Stuttgart, Germany.

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Jikun Kim will join Formlabs\u2019 Boston office and Stefan Hollaender will be based in the Berlin office.

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Both roles are effective immediately.

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