Materialise B2B Case Studies & Customer Successes

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Materialise has over 25 years of experience in providing 3D printing services and software solutions for a variety of industries, including healthcare, automotive, aerospace, consumer goods, and art and design. With their open, flexible solutions and meaningful applications, they strive towards creating a better and healthier world driven by innovation.

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Showing 196 Materialise Customer Success Stories

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328 Support Services achieves lighter, cheaper, faster flight-ready spare parts with Materialise

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Aanderaa Data Instruments AS achieves cost-effective, durable low-volume buoy housings with Materialise

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ABB achieves precise, low‑maintenance assembly with Materialise 3D‑printed pneumatic grippers

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Additive Manufacturing achieves faster qualification and reduced NDT costs with Materialise

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adidas achieves personalized, high-performance 3D-printed midsoles with Materialise

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Agoria Solar reduces wind-tunnel costs and validates aerodynamics with Materialise 3D-printed scale models

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Airbus achieves 15% lighter, flight-ready cabin panels with Materialise

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Alphaform achieves rapid, cost-efficient prototyping and superior part quality with Materialise e-Stage

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Altair achieves a 20% lighter, faster-to-produce race car brake pedal with Materialise 3-matic

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Altair achieves topology-optimized, 3D-printed titanium spider bracket with Materialise

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Aoyama Optical France achieves mass customization of premium, on-demand eyewear with Materialise

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Archi.des achieves stunning, high-detail scale models for Spa renovation with Materialise 3D Printing

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Atmos achieves up to 30x more efficient surveying with Materialise 3D printing

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Atos achieves 66% lighter titanium satellite inserts with Materialise's Metal 3D Printing

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Atos achieves 66% weight reduction and accurate deformation prediction with Materialise's simulation software

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Audi achieves precision 3D-printed smart dresses with Materialise Magics

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Audi achieves flawless two-tone finish and reduced rework with Materialise RapidFit+ jigs

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Avio Aero achieves lightweight titanium turbine blade production with Materialise Streamics and Magics

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Avio Aero achieves aerospace AM process control, automation, and traceability with Materialise Streamics

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Avio Aero achieves industrial-scale certified 3D printing of GE9X turbine blades with Materialise

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AZ Herentals achieves pain‑free shoulder function and restored daily activities with Materialise’s custom 3D‑printed Glenius implant

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Bawsome achieves fully customizable statement sunglasses with Materialise

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CO-AM Platform Connects BMI, Toolkit3D, and Extol to Enable Mass-Personalized O&P Medical Products

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Meet Bradford Space’s Comet Propulsion System — and the 3D-Printed Brackets that Hold It in Place

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Cad2reality achieves fast, full-color, print-ready architectural maquettes with Materialise Magics

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How CO-AM Optimized Project Management Efficiency and Team Communications at Carpenter Additive

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Caterpillar achieves 80-hour time savings and meets tight deadlines with Materialise Magics (Materialise)

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CCE Zaventem, Belgium achieves lifelike facial reconstruction and implant-ready prosthetics with Materialise

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire achieves restored shoulder mobility with Materialise 3D-printed implant

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Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center achieves safer, less-invasive heart tumor treatment planning with Materialise 3D-printed heart models

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Classictacho GmbH achieves authentic Mercedes 300 SL backlight restoration with Materialise 3D Printing

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Clear Flight Solutions reduces bird nuisance and boosts airport safety with Materialise

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CNH Industrial achieves supply chain resilience and on-time delivery with Materialise's additive manufacturing

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Cochlear BAS achieves population-based design validation for Baha® Attract with Materialise's Anatomical Data Mining (ADaM™)

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CommScope doubles SLS production in one week with Materialise Magics Sinter Module

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Cornell University achieves weeks-to-days horse airway CFD file preparation with Materialise's Mimics Innovation Suite (Remesh)

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How Metal 3D Printing Helps Cool DARE’s First Liquid-Fueled Rocket Engine

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Energeticon achieves a single-piece translucent 1.7 m 3D-printed human body to visualize internal energy flows with Materialise

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European Face Centre achieves precise jaw-angle reconstruction with Materialise PROPLAN CMF and custom 3D-printed implants

Exactech, Inc. achieves rapid, population-driven orthopaedic device development with Materialise's ADAM services and 3-matic automation

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How CO-AM Offers Scalability and Efficiencies Across the AM Production Process at Extol

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Fiberneering reduces data and build preparation time by 90% with Materialise's Slice-Based Structures Module

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FiTme achieves 346% productivity increase in patient-specific nasal implant design with Materialise's custom plugin

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Fmhofmann Eyewear achieves industry-first fully 3D-printed, modular Cosmos eyewear with Materialise

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Fokker Technologies achieves lightweight, assembly-free cable twist wheels and cost savings with Materialise 3D printing

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Ford Motor Company achieves RAPID 2014 Slot Car success with Materialise Magics

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Formula Group T cuts steering wheel weight from 400g to 250g with Materialise 3-matic

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Formula Group T achieves custom, high-performance racecar components with Materialise

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Formula Group T achieves the world's first 3D-printed race car — race-ready in 3 weeks — with Materialise

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Fraunhofer ILT achieves 2‑meter self‑supporting LIGHT letters without build crashes with Materialise's slice‑based Build Processor

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Frydryszik Manufacturing + Technical Services (FMTS) achieves a working metal 3D printing machine in four months with Materialise

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Gatewing achieves low-weight, high-quality, cost-effective X100 parts with Materialise

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GE Aviation achieves 63% lighter titanium aerospace part with Materialise 3-matic

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How Gentle Giant Studios Revolutionized Their Use of AM and Accelerated Workflows by 65%

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Ghent University Hospital achieves precise, patient-specific clavicle reconstruction and reduced OR time with Materialise

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Ghent University Hospital achieves Belgium's first full face transplant with Materialise 3D printing and ProPlan CMF

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GKN Aerospace’s Additively Manufactured Winglet From Paper to Plane in Just 14 Months

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HANK Exoskeleton and AM Improve Patient Outcomes During Gait Rehabilitation

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HeyGears achieves personalized prosthetic designs in seconds with Materialise APIs

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Hoet Design Studio achieves rapid mass‑customization and design freedom in 3D‑printed eyewear with Materialise

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Hoet Design Studio achieves luxury, repeatable 3D-printed Cabrio eyewear with Materialise

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Hoet Design Studio achieves 3D-printed, production-ready Cabriolet Evo B eyewear with Materialise

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HOYA Vision Care achieves immersive virtual lens try-ons and precise eye exams with Materialise 3D-printed Vision Simulator and EyeGenius

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Hyundai Motors achieves 77% reduction in manual work and faster, more efficient prototyping with Materialise Streamics and e-Stage

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IBiTech achieves new insights into anisotropic liver microcirculation with Materialise's 3D imaging and modeling software

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IBiTech achieves precise 3D stent reconstruction and faster virtual testing with Materialise Mimics Innovation Suite

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Il Sentiero International Campus brings a 500‑year‑old text to life and makes it accessible (including Braille) with Materialise Magics

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Magics’ Honeycomb Structure Keeps the Gears Ticking at the Il Sentiero Campus

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Immaculate Creations achieves 10x production scale and automated file & support preparation with Materialise

InMotion Hosting achieves ultra-light, precisely fitted 3D-printed titanium wishbones for electric race car with Materialise

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Innoventric accelerates R&D to bring tricuspid valve therapy to patients faster with Materialise

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Intrion achieves faster, lighter robotic performance with Materialise

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Intrion achieves faster robot performance with Materialise

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Iris Van Herpen unveils living 3D‑printed "Hybrid Holism" couture at Paris Fashion Week with Materialise

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Iris van Herpen achieves groundbreaking 3D-printed haute couture with Materialise

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Iristick achieves 6-month faster time-to-market for agile 3D-printed smart safety glasses with Materialise

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Jaguar Land Rover achieves rapid, cost-effective realization of the CX-75 concept car with Materialise

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JF Rey achieves sustainable, rapid-to-market 3D‑printed eyewear with Materialise

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K3D slashes pancake waste and boosts productivity 10% with Materialise

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Kalkhoff achieves a fully functional metal 3D‑printed e‑bike frame in six weeks with Materialise

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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology achieves personalized intranasal airflow simulations and diagnostic insight with Materialise's Mimics Innovation Suite

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KAYIWA achieves sustainable, precisely labeled 3D-printed DINO clothes rack with Materialise Magics

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King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre achieves optimal device fit for PPVI in wide RVOT anatomies with Materialise 3D‑printed models

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King's College Hospital achieves restored facial symmetry and jaw function with Materialise 3D planning and patient-specific titanium plate

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Kipling achieves a fully-flexible 3D-printed City Jungle Shopper with Materialise

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KISMET Yacht achieves a show-stopping 4-m 3D-printed jaguar bow with Materialise

KLIO Design achieves lightweight, mass-customizable 3D-printed vehicle parts for smart mobility with Materialise

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Koiwai achieves 90% reduction in casting lead time with Materialise

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Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) achieves lightweight, printable lattice aerospace parts with Materialise 3-matic

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KU Leuven achieves accurate, robust finite‑element femur models for interprosthetic gap analysis with Materialise

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KU Leuven achieves lightweight, high-performance battery pack for World Solar Challenge with Materialise

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KU Leuven achieves automated, scalable FEA and clearer insights into short‑stem femoral implant stress shielding with Materialise's Mimics Innovation Suite

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La Sagrada Familia achieves faster, precise 3D prototyping with Materialise Magics

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Labman achieves faster prototyping and streamlined production with Materialise OnSite

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Laerdal Medical reduces infant mortality with a seamless NewBorn Heart Rate Sensor developed with Materialise

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Layer Design achieves a true-to-life GO Wheelchair prototype for concept launch with Materialise

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Leading Shoe Manufacturer achieves 80% faster texturing and massive file-size reduction with Materialise

Leuven University Hospital restores shoulder motion and avoids further revisions with Materialise's 3D‑printed Glenius implant

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LIFESAVER achieves on-time M1 prototype for life‑saving water system launch with Materialise

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LIFT Aircraft achieves flight-ready status in under 13 months with Materialise

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Linjebygg Offshore AS (LBO) achieves increased trade‑fair engagement with a detailed 3D‑printed prototype from Materialise

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LMT’s MRI-Compatible Incubators Get 33% Lighter with AM

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Luxexcel achieves global expansion and automated online 3D-printed optics ordering with Materialise Streamics

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Rethinking and Redesigning Upgrading an Automotive Tool with Additive Manufacturing

Marchesini Group achieves 30% faster resin and metal 3D printing with Materialise e-Stage

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McLaren achieves an award-winning, high-performance 3D-printed metal eyewear collection with Materialise

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Medtronic Endovascular achieves standardized patient‑based aortic device testing with Materialise's Mimics Innovation Suite

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More Compact, Less Complex Metrohm Applikon Reimagines High-Precision Analysis Instruments with Metal 3D Printing

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Midwest Prototyping achieves 42% reduction in SLA mold weight with Materialise Magics' honeycomb structures

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Midwest Prototyping achieves uninterrupted production and on-time delivery with Materialise e-Stage (Materialise)

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MMI achieves rapid scale-up to market-ready microsurgery instruments with Materialise's additive manufacturing

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MMI Uses Modular AM-Inspired Surgeon Training Board for Robotic Microsurgeries

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Morrow Eyewear achieves scalable, stylish 3D-printed autofocal frames with Materialise

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MythBusters creates full-size Homer Simpson head mold for wrecking-ball test with Materialise Magics

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Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) achieves streamlined, traceable additive manufacturing production with Materialise Streamics

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NedLight Eco LED Systems saves high-profile exhibition lighting project in under a week with Materialise

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Why NEURTEK Chose AM to Redesign Its Ergonomic Scratch Tool

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New Mexico Orthopaedics achieves precise, predictable total knee revision planning with Materialise OrthoView

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New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital achieves life‑saving single‑surgery repair for a newborn’s complex congenital heart defect with Materialise

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Artist Nick Ervinck achieves intricate, visionary 3D-printed sculptures with Materialise

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Nike achieves a flawless large-scale 3D-printed sculpture for its global launch with Materialise software

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Improving Small Series Production for Nikon Handheld 3D Scanners

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Nissan Motor Corporation cuts data preparation time by 50% and turns months into seconds with Materialise Magics

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Nissin Manufacturing achieves 87.5% faster support preparation and 50% less post-processing with Materialise e-Stage for Metal

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Nokia achieves a fully functional, 3D-printable Lumia 820 cover with Materialise

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North Carolina State University achieves a world-first 3D-printed feline knee implant to restore a cat’s mobility with Materialise

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Ochsner Health System achieves life-saving, precision surgical planning with Materialise Mimics inPrint

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Odette Lunettes achieves rapid, sustainable, personalized fast-fashion eyewear with Materialise

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Ossila Makes Assembly 5 Times Faster with 3D Printing

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OSSTEM IMPLANT achieves faster, more reliable 3D-printed dental implants with Materialise Magics (Materialise)

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Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute achieves 25% reduction in THA planning time for LLD and femoral offset with Materialise OrthoView

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Panasonic achieves bespoke, high-detail LUMIX GM1 camera covers with Materialise 3D printing

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Peugeot UK achieves 3D-printed anechoic acoustic interiors for the FRACTAL concept car with Materialise

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Philips achieves €89,000 annual savings and fewer part failures with Materialise 3D printing

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Phits™ Insoles achieves 400% production growth and scalable, sustainable 3D‑printed orthotics with Materialise

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Phoenix Children’s Hospital increases pediatric total artificial heart eligibility with Materialise’s Mimics Innovation Suite

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Phonak achieves mass-customized, faster, more comfortable hearing aids with Materialise

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Pinarello achieves 42.5% lighter seat clamps and 2,000‑part, three‑week production with Materialise metal 3D printing

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Pininfarina achieves revolutionary additive-manufactured Sintesi concept car with Materialise

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Pinovo (Norwegian corrosion‑handling specialist) achieves safer, eco‑friendly sandblasting and 75–90% waste reduction with Materialise's Additive Manufacturing

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Plastkon achieves a successful ISPO launch and exceeds commercial expectations with Materialise

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Primo Toys achieves 20% cost reduction and 25% faster assembly with Materialise's Additive Manufacturing

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QualiCal achieves major downtime reduction and increased revenue with Materialise 3D‑printed METRO

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Rady Children’s Hospital achieves 3D-guided mechanical growth modulation for scoliosis with Materialise’s Mimics Innovation Suite

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Raging Heroes achieves up to 92% reduction in support generation time with Materialise e-Stage

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RBM Noor achieves lifelike, test-ready chair prototypes and rapid design validation with Materialise

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Rimac Automobili achieves a show-stopping Concept_One debut with Materialise's rapid, high-precision 3D-printed parts

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Röchling Automotive achieves 35% engine weight reduction with Materialise

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Rosswag speeds metal AM process-parameter development to 20–30 minutes and saves 20+ hours/month with Materialise Process Tuner

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences achieves a life-size, scientifically accurate Lier mammoth replica with Materialise 3D printing

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RP CAST achieves more time- and cost-effective precision casting with Materialise Magics (Materialise)

RS Print achieves Paula Radcliffe’s comeback with Materialise 3-matic 3D-printed custom insoles

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Sahlgrenska University Hospital achieves precise, predictable distal radius correction and restored function with Materialise 3D planning and patient-specific guides

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Sambon Precision & Electronics achieves 3-hour time savings on data prep per file with Materialise Magics

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Samsonite Europe achieves faster product development and streamlined production with Materialise

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Samsonite Europe achieves a market-ready, highly detailed 55 cm S'Cure prototype in 8 days with Materialise

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Why Sartorius Chooses Additive Manufacturing to Deliver Biocompatible Components

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Scherf Design achieves a lightweight, wearable 3D-printed metal high heel with Materialise 3-matic Lightweight Structures

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SCHUNK (gripping-systems expert) achieves 15-minute custom 3D-printed gripper design and ordering with Materialise (3D printing software & services)

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SEIKO achieves award‑winning, precision 3D‑printed Xchanger eyewear with Materialise

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Shell achieves safer, scalable robotic inspections with Materialise 3D-printed scale models

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Shree Rapid Technologies cuts resin support material use by 50% and automates support generation with Materialise e-Stage

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SIGN Fracture Care International achieves improved fracture care for the developing world’s poor with Materialise's Mimics Innovation Suite

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Skåne University Hospital achieves restored mobility for a teenager with Materialise 3D-printed hip (Mobelife aMace®)

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SL Corporation (Korean automotive parts manufacturer) achieves 40% jig weight reduction and 10% lead-time cut with Materialise Magics

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Smoby Toys achieves 50% production cycle reduction with Materialise

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Punch Powertrain Solar Team wins 2013 World Solar Challenge with Materialise 3D-printed battery stacking system

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Soleon achieves lightweight, high-performance pest-control drones with Materialise 3D printing

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SonoWand achieves small‑series, high‑quality production of its real‑time brain scanner with Materialise

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Staab Studios achieves an accurate, exhibition-ready 3D replica of King Tut’s mummy with Materialise

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How Stirling Dynamics Mastered the Art of Application Spotting

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Stratasys achieves a colorful, multi-textured 3D-printed telescope with Materialise 3-matic

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TAILORED FITS achieves comfortable, high-performance 3D-printed ski boots with Materialise

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Tata Motors achieves faster, more efficient prototype production with Materialise

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Titan Company achieves unlimited design freedom and shorter lead times with Materialise Magics

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Toyota Motor Corporation achieves 72% car seat volume reduction and reduced heat capacity with Materialise Build Processor

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Trimble achieves certified, faster production of lighter drone frames with Materialise

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Tupperware achieves time and cost savings in prototyping with Materialise OnSite (Materialise)

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University Hospital Brussels, Belgium achieves more accurate and faster hip biomechanics restoration with Materialise's Mimics Innovation Suite

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University Hospital Gent achieves knee preservation for a six‑year‑old cancer patient with Materialise 3D‑printed surgical guides

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University Hospital Gent achieves full mobility and return to windsurfing with Materialise 3D surgical planning

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University of Antwerp achieves rapid, cost-effective production to reduce post-harvest food spoilage with Materialise 3D printing

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University of Antwerp achieves increased lung capacity and eliminates wheezing with Materialise's Mimics Innovation Suite

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University of Leicester achieves lifelike Richard III skeleton replica with Materialise

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University of Limerick achieves improved aneurysm rupture assessment and surgical planning with Materialise's Mimics Innovation Suite

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University of Michigan achieves life‑saving airway restoration for an infant with Materialise’s 3D‑printed bioresorbable splint

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University of Southampton achieves successful hip re‑revision and restored independence with Materialise's aMace 3D‑printed implant

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University of Stellenbosch achieves validated patient-specific knee implant design with Materialise

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Volum-e cuts metal support removal by 50% and speeds support generation by 80% with Materialise e-Stage (Materialise)

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Volvo Car Gent achieves lighter, cheaper, and more precise production jigs with Materialise

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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland achieves a 76% lighter, leak‑resistant hydraulic valve with Materialise

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Fashion. Function. Fit. Meet the Vuzix Shield and Its 3D-Printed Titanium Bridge

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Wake Forest University School of Medicine achieves a detailed virtual crash-test human model for injury prediction with Materialise's Mimics Innovation Suite

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WIRED UK awards top online 3D printing rating to Materialise’s i.materialise

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XUBERANCE® achieves a flawless 27‑meter 3D‑printed chain‑dress wedding veil with Materialise's Build Processor

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Yuniku achieves 3D‑tailored, vision‑centric eyewear and a digital, scalable supply chain with Materialise

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