Acquisition expected to be accretive to future operating income.

Rock Hill, SC- 3D Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: TDSC) has announced that it acquired the assets of Acu-Cast Technologies, a leading provider of rapid prototyping and manufacturing services that offers precision parts made on a wide range of traditional and additive manufacturing systems and a variety of finishing, molding and casting capabilities.

The terms of the transaction were not material. 3D Systems expects this acquisition to be accretive to its future operating income.

Concurrently, 3D Systems announced the launch of 3Dproparts, the world’s largest Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing parts service. The company expects its 3Dproparts service to bring together the widest range of production and additive grade materials and the latest additive and traditional manufacturing systems to enable 3D Systems to deliver to its customers the broadest available range of precision plastic and metal parts and assemblies.

“Our 3Dproparts service can handle any customer project – large or small – completely within our facilities and in-house expertise, delivering quality precision realparts made from production and additive grade plastics and metals with speed and efficiency,” says Abe Reichental, President and CEO of 3D Systems.

“We expect that the synergies generated by combining our latest generation of Pro systems and materials with Acu-Cast’s extensive experience in additive and traditional manufacturing, coupled with its part building know-how and state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, will provide our customers with the ultimate one stop shopping experience for all their design, prototyping and manufacturing needs.”

3Dproparts is further enhanced through a proprietary and secure 24-hour online quoting-and-ordering website that preserves user confidentiality. To try 3Dproparts automated quoting process, go to www.3Dproparts.com.

“Over the past decade we have become an important extension of the in-house modeling, prototyping and manufacturing capabilities of many of our customers as well as a fulfillment partner for many service bureaus,” says Gary Mitchell, formerly President of Acu-Cast Technologies. “As part of 3D Systems’ new 3Dproparts service, we plan to invite all of 3D Systems’ existing Preferred Service Providers and other leading service bureaus to use 3Dproparts as their comprehensive order-fulfillment center.

“Unlike other online and traditional service bureaus that offer narrow systems and materials selection and limited in-house capacity, from the get go, 3Dproparts is offering a complete choice of parts that are fully produced in-house on the latest generation equipment from a comprehensive range of plastic and metal production grade materials. 3Dproparts has the capacity to handle all of our customers’ peak demand requirements and to deliver the same quality service seven days a week,” concludes Mitchell.

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