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Dimension Leads In Project Lead The Way
Industry-Leading Dimension 3D Printers Provide Educators Advanced Tools to Foster Student Interest in Engineering Careers
MINNEAPOLIS — November 28, 2005 — The Dimension 3D Printing Group, a business unit of Stratasys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSYS), announced today it has been selected by Project Lead the Way® (PLTW) as a key technology supplier to schools in the organization’s nationwide engineering program. Through PLTW, educators will receive a special discount on the purchase of Dimension 3D printers, giving them greater access to advanced tools to promote student interest in engineering careers. PLTW is a not-for-profit organization that promotes pre-engineering courses for middle and high school students.
Beginning Dec. 1, 2005 through Nov. 30, 2006, PLTW educators will be able to purchase a Dimension® BST 3D Printer for $21,900, more than $3,000 off the standard retail price. With the purchase of a Dimension 3D Printer, PLTW educators also will receive an educational bonus pack, which includes one year’s worth of ABS plastic printing material.*
Dimension 3D Printers are helping high schools, technical colleges and universities extend their science, computer-aided-design (CAD) and machine tool curriculums by enabling students to build functional 3D models. Dimension 3D Printers provide an affordable, easy to use, one-step process for students and instructors to explore concepts in durable ABS plastic.
“At Project Lead the Way, we want to put cutting-edge technologies from suppliers, such as Dimension, into the hands of students across the nation to help spur interest in pursuing engineering careers,” said Tom White, director of technology for PLTW. “Dimension has a deep commitment to helping educate our future engineers, evident through its successful Extreme Redesign student design contest and Education Grant Program. The company is furthering the efforts of educators nationwide by participating in PLTW’s technology supplier program.”
PLTW forms partnerships with public schools, higher education institutions and the private sector to increase the quantity and quality of engineers and engineering technologists graduating from educational systems across the United States. Today, the programs are offered in more than 1,300 schools in 45 states and the District of Columbia. For more information, please visit www.pltw.org.
“Project Lead the Way is a fantastic organization with an incredible mission, and we are pleased to partner with them as a key technology supplier,” said Jon Cobb, vice president and general manager of 3D printing for Stratasys. “As more and more schools embrace innovative technologies such as 3D printing in their engineering curriculums, students will continue to be exposed to a wide variety of engineering skills and practices, helping to generate further interest in pursuing an engineering career and growing their talents.”
Extreme Redesign Student Design Contest
Dimension also is accepting student design entries through Dec. 31, 2005 for its second annual “Extreme Redesign: The Ultimate 3D Printing Challenge,” a global design and 3D printing contest for high school and college students that will award scholarships to student winners. Winners will be selected in February 2006 and will receive $2,500 or $1,000 scholarships. First place winners will travel to an awards ceremony at the National Design Engineering Show in Chicago in March 2006. Complete contest rules and submission information is available at www.dimensionprinting.com/extreme.html.
* One year's worth of free materials is based on average material consumption from our current educational customer base. Certain restrictions may apply. Contact your local dealer for more details.
About The Dimension 3D Printing Group
The Dimension 3D Printing Group is a business unit of Stratasys, Inc., based in Minneapolis, Minn. Dimension 3D printers – which include the Dimension BST and the Dimension SST – are networked, desktop modeling systems that provide CAD (Computer-Aided-Design) users a fast, office-friendly, low-cost alternative for building functional 3D prints. Dimension 3D printers build accurate models layer by layer using durable ABS plastic, allowing users to not only evaluate design concepts, but test 3D prints for functionality, form and fit. As the first desktop 3D printer that sells for less than $25,000, Dimension incorporates many key features found in modeling systems that cost tens of thousands of dollars more. For more information on Dimension 3D printers, visit www.dimensionprinting.com.
