MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Recognizing the growing market strength of its high-end FDM systems, Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS) announced it is branding the product group as FORTUS(TM) 3D Production Systems. The company has seen solid revenue growth for these high-end systems and a growing percentage of the business going to direct digital manufacturing applications compared to traditional rapid prototyping.
“Rapid prototyping still remains our customers’ largest application,” says Fortus VP of International Sales & Marketing, Woody Frost, “but direct digital manufacturing has become the fastest growing revenue source at Stratasys – even faster than 3D printing.
“Since Stratasys introduced Dimension and RedEye as individual brands several years ago, there has been some confusion about the identity of our flag-ship product line. Informally it has been called the FDM Group or the High-End Systems line. By branding this line as Fortus, we aim to give it a distinct and powerful brand name. Because our reputation was built on our part strength, we created a word based on the Latin word for strength.”
The Fortus product line comprises four systems with build envelopes ranging from 768 cubic inches to more than 31,000 cubic inches (12.58 liters to more 500 liters). All can produce parts from production-grade thermoplastics, direct from CAD files, making them effective for either precision prototyping or direct digital manufacturing applications.
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