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Years of experience

2006 - 2008

2008

  • Launch SurgiCase Orthopaedics
  • 2nd edition Materialise Innovation Forum
  • 1st edition Medical Innovations Conference - Vienna / 6th Mimics UGM
  • 2nd edition Rapid Implant Manufacturing Forum
  • Set-up software development unit in Malaysia
  • Set-up SurgiCase guide production unit
  • Release SurgiCase CMF 3
  • Establishment of Materialise Austria GmbH
  • Local presence in Sweden
  • SimPlant OMS

2007

  • Release MiniMagics
  • Launch e-Stage Beta program
  • Release Mimics 11
  • Release Magics 12
  • Orthopaedic collaboration agreement with Biomet
  • Acquisition OBL
  • Launch SurgiCase CMF
  • RP4Baghdad recognised by MSF
  • Set-up Materialise Dental Spain and Italy
  • First edition Materialise Innovation Forum - Leuven
  • Launch new Materialise website
  • Additional FDM capacity: 2 Maxum systems
  • Additional sintering capacity: 1 EOS P730 and 1 EOS Formiga P100
  • Expansion mammoth centre with Mammoth VIII
  • 10th anniversary of online RP service
  • RedEye Europe hosted by Materialise
  • 1st edition Rapid Implant Manufacturing Forum
  • SimPlant Academy World Conference - Washington
  • New corporate style Materialise Dental
  • Release SimPlant 11
  • Start SurgiGuide production in Japan

2006

  • Set-up Measuring and Scanning unit
  • Additional sintering capacity: EOSINT P700 machine
  • Expansion SLA capacity with mammoth VI and mammoth VII + SLA7 + 1 medical SLA8
  • Investment in GOM scanner
  • Investment in Objet machine
  • First SLA car presented at Euromold
  • Launch MGX One-Shot
  • OnSite: Permanent 10% discount on online prototype orders
  • Patent litigation against Nobel Biocare 
  • Start up Materialise Dental as separate company in the Materialise Group  
  • Release SimPlant 10
  • Release Mimics 10
  • Release Magics 11
  • 1st global business co-operation with an implant company : Astra Tech
  • Launch Magics e-RP Beta program
  • First RP Summit
  • First successes of 3-matic in CAE market 
  • Release Facilitate

2001 - 2005

 

2005
  • Set-up Materialise Austria
  • Move vacuum casting to Materialise CR
  • OnSite Service, completely web-based
  • Launch Magics X
  • Launch RP 4 Baghdad
  • Extension MGX collection
  • Additional FDM machines
  • Rapid Shell Modelling software available for commercial sale
  • 5th Mammoth machine
  • Opening new HQ building
2004
  • Start OnSite project
  • Set-up European FDM-centre
  • MatCR operational
  • Start Materialise China
  • Launch MGX-brand and division
  • Set-up Materialise Korea
  • Release of 3-matic software
  • Set-up SimPlant Academy
  • Launch SimPlant CMF
  • Launch SAFE
  • Set-up Software User Community
2003
  • Tooth Supported SurgiGuide
  • Additional large sinter capacity
  • Set-up Made@Materialise division
  • Set-up Mammoth centre in collaboration with ARRK Japan
  • Set-up UK training centre
  • Joint Venture Materialise Yokogawa Japan
  • Set-up Materialise Czech Republic
2002
  • New Simplant Master introduced
  • Large Vacuum Casting machine
  • New stereo materials
  • Magics Communicator in 5 languages
  • First EPOS project
  • Finalising Phidias project
  • New mucosal SurgiGuide and large implant guides
  • Set-up Software Development Service Department
  • Set-up Belgian training centre
  • Set-up US training centre
  • Set-up Quality programme
  • Collaboration agreement with ARRK
  • Merge Sim/PLANT and SurgiCase software: SimPlant 8
  • Next Day sofware available in 4 languages
  • Large painting unit
  • Additional Mammoth machines
  • Set-up separate Medical division 
2001

  • Release of Next Day 2
  • Addition of 3D CMM in Belgium
  • Investment in CNC machining in France
  • Materialise on the road
  • Release of Magics Z
  • Release of Magics Tooling 3 (EDM-module)
  • RapidParts Service full solution (from quote to moulded components)
  • Release of Communicator Master
  • Start of second US office in Vernon
  • Launch of second Mammoth machine
  • Acquisition of Columbia Scientific
  • Next Day service extended to other techniques
  • Launch of Tooling Expert 

  

1996 - 2000

2000
  • Start of Materialise Japan
  • Start of Materialise Malaysia
  • Start of Materialise Ukraine
  • Launch of Mammoth machine
  • Release of Magics RapidFit
  • Release of SimPlant  

1999
  • Release of Magics Communicator
  • Materialise takes over MSE: RIM and Materialise France
  • Start of Materialise UK
  • Start of Materialise Germany
1998
  • Start of Materialise France
  • Release of Magics Tooling
  • Materialise invests in SLS
1997
  • Development of Technical Curtain Coating machine
  • Launch of NextDay Service
  • Start of Hatlas (Tooling) and Pisa (SimPlant) project
1996
  • Investment in Sanders machine and Spincasting
  • Start of Materialise USA
  • Medical Machine is working: first Curtain Coating machine
  • Colour stereolithography is released

1990 - 1995

1995
  • Investment in Sanders machine and Spincasting
  • Materialise gets second European Stereolithography Excellence award
  • First Windows product: Magics View
1994
  • Release of Magics 2 (STL toolkit)
  • Materialise experiments with Rubber-Plaster moulding
1993
  • Start of the Phidias project
  • Installation of first vacuum cast machine

1992

  • Release of Magics software
  • Materialise wins for first time European Stereolithography Excellence award
  • Machine development results in first working prototype machine

1991

  • Materialise experiments with new SLA resins
  • First medical model
  • Release of CT-Modeller (Mimics software

1990

  • Materialise set up by Wilfried Vancraen in a joint venture with University of Leuven

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