Carbon (company)

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Carbon, Inc.
Company type Private
Industry Technology
FoundedDecember 2013;11 years ago (2013-12)
Founder
  • Joseph DeSimone
  • Philip DeSimone
  • Alex Ermoshkin
  • Nikita Ermoshkin
  • Edward Samulski
  • Steve Nelson
Headquarters1089 Mills Way,
Redwood City, California
,
United States
Number of locations
3 offices (2019)
Area served
Worldwide; 11 countries
Key people
ProductsCarbon M1 printer, M2 printer, M2d printer, M3 printer, M3 Max printer, C6 cassette, L1 printer, Smart Part Washer, programmable resins
Website www.carbon3d.com

Carbon, Inc. [1] is a digital manufacturing company that manufactures and develops 3D printers utilizing the Continuous Liquid Interface Production process. The company was founded in 2013, and maintains its headquarters in California, United States. [2] [3] [4]

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History

The company was founded in 2013 [5] by Dr. Alex Ermoshkin based on ideas he originally developed with his son, Nikita Ermoshkin, to develop their own at-home 3D printer and further refined with input from Dr. Joseph DeSimone. In March 2015, Joseph gave a TED talk that previewed a 3D printer prototype using Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP). [6] Carbon engaged in four fundraising ventures between 2014 and 2017 from investors such as Sequoia Capital, Google Venture, GE, Fidelity Management & Research, Adidas, BMW, and Johnson & Johnson. [7]

Craig Carlson left Tesla to lead Carbon's engineering team in 2014. [8] In March 2016, Silicon Valley–based entrepreneur Josh Green joined [9] as general counsel. In November 2018, Elisa de Martel was named chief financial officer. [10] In December 2018, Dara Treseder joined [11] as the company’s first chief marketing officer. In November 2019, Ellen Kullman was appointed President and CEO. [12] [13] Kullman served on Carbon's board prior to becoming President and CEO. [14] Carbon’s board of directors includes former Ford CEO Alan Mulally, [15] and Sequoia Capital partner Jim Goetz. [7]

Products

Carbon offers several varieties of hardware and software that use digital light synthesis, a technique developed by the company. 3D printer models are differentiated by the size of the build area. They are connected to the cloud to allow for predictive maintenance, remote monitoring, and over-the-air software updates. The company has made three series of printers – the M1, M2, and M3 printer. There is also the large scale printer designed for high-volume production called the L1 printer. [16] The company has also made a part washer named the Smart Part Washer, which also records product information in addition to washing and serializing parts. [17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Carbon Inc - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  2. ↑ DeSimone, Joseph (19 March 2015), What if 3D printing was 100x faster? , retrieved 2019-05-29
  3. ↑ "Carbon® Goes Global with First Fully Integrated Digital Manufacturing Platform for Dental Market" . Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  4. ↑ "Adidas Uses Carbon's 3D Printing to Mass-Produce Futurecraft 4D Shoes". www.engineering.com. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  5. ↑ "About Carbon - Who We Are & Our Vision". Carbon. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  6. ↑ Joseph DeSimone (2015-03-19). "What if 3D printing was 100x faster?". TED Talks . Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  7. 1 2 Kolodny, Lora (15 September 2016). "Carbon raises $81 million for international expansion of its rapid 3D-printing tech". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  8. ↑ "Craig Carlson, VP of Engineering". Carbon. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  9. ↑ "Legendary Silicon Valley Deal Maker, Josh Green, Joins Carbon As General Counsel". Carbon. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  10. ↑ "Carbon Announces Strategic Updates to Its Board of Directors, Names New Chief Financial Officer". Carbon. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  11. ↑ Rooney, Jenny. "Next-Generation CMO Dara Treseder Moves To 3-D Manufacturing Company Carbon". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  12. ↑ "Carbon's new CEO discusses local manufacturing, funding and a potential IPO". TechCrunch. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  13. ↑ Saric, Iska (21 November 2019). "Carbon Appoints Ellen Kullman President and CEO, Dr. Joseph DeSimone Named Executive Chairman". Business Wire. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  14. ↑ Stankiewicz, Kevin (2019-11-26). "How 3D printing company Carbon is trying to shape the future of manufacturing". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  15. ↑ McKenna, Beth (2015-06-20). "Can Former Ford CEO Alan Mulally Help Drive Carbon3D to the Front of the 3D Printing Company Pack?". The Motley Fool. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  16. ↑ Saunders, Sarah (2022-01-26). "Carbon's Next Gen 3D Printers Smoother and Faster with 4K Light Engine". 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  17. ↑ Kolodny, Lora (March 6, 2017). "Carbon moves into high-volume manufacturing with SpeedCell system, and bigger 3D printers – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
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