Massivit 3D Printing Technologies Ltd. (Massivit3D) is an Israeli public company traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE:MSVT) Its headquarters are in Lod. [1] The company develops, constructs and sells Additive Manufacturing printers for production of large parts and develops printing materials for use in their printers. [2]
Massivit 3D was founded in 2013 by Gershon Miller, Igor Yakubov and Moshe Uzan. [2] In 1994, Miller established "Idanit" printing, acquired four years later by Scailex Corporation (formerly Scitex) for $60 million. [3] In 1998 he was one of three founders of "Objet", which in 2012 merged with its competitor Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS), [4] that had market value of $5.7 billion. [5] In February 2021, By IPO it had raised $50 million. [2] The CEO is Erez Zimerman and the chairman is Yaron Yechezkel. [6] Investors includes: institutional investor (including Migdal and Mor Investment House), [7] Stratasys, [8] Yaskawa Electric Corporation [9] and Alpha hedge fund. [10] Among the investors in Masivit are: Tzur Daboosh, [11] the Owner and chairman of the Board Klil Industries, the Japanese electronics corporation, YASKAWA [12] and institutional bodies. Among the members of the company's board of directors is David (Dadi) Perlmutter, who was previously a vice president at Intel.
Massivit 3D main markets are: transportation, shipping, entertainment, furniture, construction and aviation. [2] [13] The first generation of the company's printers inject Dimengel, an acrylic-based plastic gel, that polymerized and creates solid layers under ultraviolet light. [14] In 2016, the company launched its first printer, Massivit 1800. [14] In 2021, the company launched Massivit 5000, an improved version of Massivit 1800. It provides a double material method on which two separate parts can be printed concurrently using disparate materials. [13]
The second generation of printers, based on Massivit 10000, was developed to manufacture molds for composite material end parts for the fibre-reinforced plastic industry. [15] It enabling production of jigs, molds, master tools, fixtures and mandrels. The process is designed to decrease manual labor and material costs, while reducing tooling time. [16] The product 3D prints an outer, wash away shell with the print head and intermittently fills the shell with a thermoset, epoxy casting material, forming an isotropic mold. The encapsulated mold is immersed in water causing, the outer shell to crumble without redundant pollutants, leaving the mold. [17] In May 2022, the company launched Massivit 10000, [18] that won two prizes: The American Composites Manufacturers Association award in the category 'manufacturing' [19] and the IBEX innovation award in the category 'boatbuilding'. [20] The company sells printers in 40 countries. [2]
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