Tagged With "MakerBot"

3D printers commoditized way too quickly. They are turning into desktop printers where there is only money in the supplies. It's a shame because they took a specialized product and tried to find a way to place it in every household by dropping the price tag.

Hurray for Ricoh in New Zealand!!! This move is bound to increase your sales and allows you to move into a closed market for consumables, plus you'll be able to gain access to additional new new accounts!!! Wish the US would make a move like this!

There were supposed to be more of us using 3D printers by now, but the concept has been slow to materialize . And MakerBot, the company that was supposed to bring 3D printing into the home, is suffering for it. The desktop 3D-printer maker announced today (Oct. 8) that it’s restructuring and cutting 20% of its staff. This comes only a few months after it cut a previous 20% and closed all its retail stores. MakerBot was acquired by Stratasys, a large, industrial 3D-printing firm, for $600...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. & BENTONVILLE, Ark., Jul 06, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- MakerBot , a global leader in the desktop 3D printing industry, today announced that it has expanded to offer the MakerBot ® Replicator ® Mini Compact 3D Printer in all 600+ Sam’s Club® locations nationwide . Select clubs now also feature a new in-club display that prominently showcases a physical MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D Printer, so customers can learn about the technology first hand. This Smart News Release...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. & HARRISBURG, Pa.--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- MakerBot ,a global leader in the desktop 3D printing industry, is pleased to announce it has signed an agreement with D&H Distributing as a distributor of MakerBot® 3D printers and scanners in the U.S. D&H specializes in important vertical markets for 3D printing, such as education, medical/healthcare, government and manufacturing. MakerBot is excited to work with D&H to help gain penetration in these spaces due to...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. & LOS ANGELES--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- MakerBot , in partnership with Sanrio , is excited to announce that 3D printable Hello Kitty® collectibles and accessories are now available on the MakerBot® Digital Store and in the MakerBot PrintShop ™ app! In celebration of Hello Kitty’s 40 th anniversary, MakerBot and Sanrio have collaborated and designed a line of 3D printable Hello Kitty collectibles, which can be 3D printed exclusively on MakerBot Replicator® 3D Printers. The...

New MakerBot Handbook Helps Educators and Students Get Started with Lesson Plans and Hands-on 3D Design Projects // <![CDATA[ window.videoDomain = 'http://video-api.wsj.com'; // ]]> BROOKLYN, N.Y., Jun 16, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Thousands of educators throughout the U.S. are embracing 3D printing as a new way to teach 21st century skills and prepare students for the jobs of the future1. Taking the first steps to introduce students to 3D printing, however, can be challenging. MakerBot,...

MakerBot Replicator Among Winners Chosen Out of Almost 5,000 Entries for 2015 Red Dot Award for Product Design // <![CDATA[ window.videoDomain = 'http://video-api.wsj.com'; // ]]> NEW YORK, Jun 29, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- MakerBot, a global leader in the desktop 3D printing industry, is proud to announce that the MakerBot® Replicator® Desktop 3D Printer (Fifth Generation Model) was awarded the prestigious Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015 . MakerBot believes in clean, consolidated...

January 27, 2015 03:01 AM Eastern Standard Time SAN DIEGO--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Investigators at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have made a medical breakthrough using 3D printing on a MakerBot® Replicator® 2X Experimental 3D Printer to create cartilage designed for tracheal repair or replacement. The results were reported today at the 51 st Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons in San Diego, in a presentation by Todd Goldstein, an investigator at the Feinstein...

BROOKLYN, N.Y., May 06, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Adventurous 3D print fans have some new 3D models to get excited about this week. The MakerBot® Digital Store is thrilled to announce two new models that take 3D printing to a whole new level and time. MakerBot is introducing the T-Rex Skeleton , an anatomically correct, realistic and scaled model of a full Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton! This giant lived in the forested river valleys of North America 65 million years ago and has always been a...

BROOKLYN, N.Y., Jun 09, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- First came Thingiverse and MakerBot®’s Desktop 3D Printers, then the MakerBot Digitizer™ Desktop 3D Scanner, then the MakerBot Thingiverse® app, and now MakerBot Mobile ! MakerBot is thrilled to announce access to the MakerBot 3D Ecosystem right in the palm of your hand – on your smartphone! MakerBot Mobile is the first mobile app that gives you the power to monitor and control a MakerBot Replicator® Desktop 3D Printer and access all things...

BROOKLYN, N.Y., Jun 16, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- It’s here! The highly anticipated new MakerBot® Replicator® Z18 3D Printer , with its massive build volume and the best price/performance in the extra-large professional 3D printer category, is now shipping. Customers who preordered the MakerBot Replicator Z18 a few months ago will start receiving notification that their 3D printer has shipped and arrange for delivery. Orders placed today will have an approximate six- to eight-week lead-time,...

BROOKLYN, N.Y.–Big things are building at MakerBot! MakerBot has two exciting announcements this week: order availability for the MakerBot Replicator Z18 3D Printer, MakerBot’s largest 3D printer to date, which is expected to ship this spring, and the start of shipping for the new fifth generation MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D Printer! Orders for the new MakerBot Replicator Z18 3D Printer with its massive build volume of 30.5 L x 30.5 W x 45.7 H cm (12.0 L x 12.0 W x 18.0 H in), can be...

Home Depot to Start Selling 3D Printers Online and in Select Stores 07/14/2014 BROOKLYN, N.Y. & ATLANTA -- MakerBot and The Home Depot® announce a collaboration to bring MakerBot® Replicator® Desktop 3D Printers to customers on homedepot.com/makerbot and in 12 Home Depot stores in California, Illinois and New York beginning July 14, 2014. This is the first time The Home Depot has offered 3D printers for sale in its stores and will be a pilot program for MakerBot and The Home Depot.

BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2014-- A new era of innovation is coming to central Florida, and it is also an era of education, technology and entrepreneurship. MakerBot, a global leader in desktop 3D printing, is very proud to become an...

MakerBot Announces Distribution Agreement with Ricoh Offers MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printers and MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanners to the New Zealand Market Auckland , New Zealand, December 11, 2013 -- Desktop 3D printing just got easier for Kiwi businesses with Ricoh New Zealand named as an authorised reseller of the award-winning MakerBot® Replicator® 2 Desktop 3D printer and the MakerBot® Digitizer™ Desktop 3D Scanner in New Zealand. The MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D...

MakerBot Digitizer Shipping to Customers This Week! Updates to MakerWare Offer New Features Plus Support Flexible and Dissolvable Filaments BROOKLYN, N.Y.It's an exciting time at MakerBot. The global leader in desktop 3D printing has commenced...

A print Kiwi and U.S. company to sell printers combine 3-D in New Zealand. Ricoh New Zealand has been appointed as an authorized reseller of printer MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Digitizer and MakerBot Desktop 3D Scanner. Ricoh New Zealand’s managing director, Mike Pollok, said this was an exciting opportunity in what is clearly a rapidly developing industry. “We are delighted to have been appointed by MakerBot to represent its products in the New Zealand market, not only because they...

Israeli 3D printer manufacturer Stratasys has appointed Ricoh NZ as sole representative for its entire product range; Tasman Machinery will no longer sell the company’s products. Tasman Machinery has been a reseller of Stratasys industrial 3D printers in New Zealand since 2009, and expanded its offerings in 2013 when Stratasys acquired 3D printer maker Objet. Ricoh was appointed distributor of MakerBot consumer level 3D printers in December 2013, shortly after Stratasys acquired MakerBot.

Oh how I miss "bandit", taught me so much about wide format. Hoping "bandit" can get back in the industry one day! I posted "Selling Copiers (A week in my life) 5 years ago. This thread starts off with Monday and what we do on Sunday. Because any good sales person needs prep and plan going into Monday AM. Check it out. Enjoy these threads from 5 years ago this week! This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Second Week of June 2004 Art Post · 6/15/149:04 PM Cathedral)...

Busy night tonight, last week was busy, and business seems to be picking up some speed for me moving into the end of the first quarter. In April I'll be going to ITEX in Las Vegas because it couldn't be a more important time to go with all of the recent changes. If you have the time and the bucks, I recommend attending this year. Enjoy the threads from 5 years ago this week! This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago Second Week of March 2004) Art Post · 3/9/141:48 PM...