Z Corporation to Share Expertise in Prototyping and Architectural Modeling at RAPID 2009 Conference

Sponsor of Kickoff Keynote and New Architecture Track Helps Companies Accelerate and Improve Manufacturing Performance via 3D Printing

05/06/09

BURLINGTON, Mass., USA – Z Corporation will detail best practices for prototyping and architectural modeling, as well as expose hidden trends, at North America's largest annual rapid manufacturing conference and exposition, RAPID 2009.
Z Corporation is exclusive sponsor of the opening keynote and the event’s first-ever architecture track.

RAPID 2009 is North America's largest annual rapid and additive manufacturing conference and exposition. The RAPID 2009 Conference & Exposition takes place May 12 - May 14 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center in Schaumburg, Illinois.

Tuesday, May 12 at 8 a.m.: The opening keynote features Discovery Channel’s Mike North, PhD, host of the “Prototype This!” series, detailing the challenges of creating spectacular, one-of-a-kind machines at breakneck speeds for the show. North will showcase complex multicolor parts produced by Z Corporation 3D printers, the industry’s fastest 3D printers and only ones capable of simultaneously printing in multiple colors.

Thursday, May 14, at noon: Z Corporation’s presentation in the new architecture track is titled “The New Face of Architectural Modeling: How Architects are Using 3D Printing Today.” It will detail the emergence of 3D printing as a standard architecture technology and will feature real-life stories of Z Corporation customers improving the quality, execution and profitability of their work. The presenter is Olimpio DeMarco, director of channel program and business development for Z Corporation.

Throughout RAPID 2009, Z Corporation will exhibit in booth 423 with demonstrations of multicolor 3D printing, scanning and stunning ZPrinted parts.

“RAPID 2009 is an important show for North American manufacturers at a critical time,” said Z Corporation Vice President of Marketing Kevin Lach. “We look forward to sharing new ideas and best practices for improving business performance through fast, affordable and colorful 3D printing.”

About Z Corporation
Z Corporation makes products that enable users to capture, edit, and print 3D data with unprecedented speed, ease, versatility and affordability. These products include the world’s fastest high-definition 3D printers — machines that produce physical 3D models from digital data in full color – and uniquely portable 3D scanners – handheld machines that digitize 3D surfaces in real time. Z Corporation technology is enabling a wide range of applications in manufacturing, architecture, civil engineering, reverse engineering, geographic information systems (GIS), medicine and entertainment.

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