DSM Desotech and Vantico A&T Reach Patent Dispute Settlement Agreement.Business Editors ELGIN, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2003 DSM 1. DSM - Data Structure Manager. An object-oriented language by J.E. Rumbaugh and M.E. Loomis of GE, similar to C++. It is used in implementation of CAD/CAE software. DSM is written in DSM and C and produces C as output. Desotech Inc. and Vantico A&T US, Inc. announced that they have entered into a settlement agreement to resolve patent-related disputes involving their respective stereolithography The first 3D printing technology, which was pioneered by Chuck Hull of 3D Systems. See 3D printing. resin products, as an alternative to court proceedings. Accordingly, DSM Desotech Inc. has dismissed the legal proceedings All actions that are authorized or sanctioned by law and instituted in a court or a tribunal for the acquisition of rights or the enforcement of remedies. initiated in January 2002 at the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. James Reitz, business manager for DSM Desotech's solid imaging business activities (DSM Somos(R), New Castle, DE) notes, "The agreement provides a fair and cost-effective way to resolve intellectual property issues in this developing high-tech market niche, while minimizing disruption of this young market." George Sollner, global head of Vantico's tooling value sector, adds, "We are pleased that this matter has been settled and that both companies are free to continue with their respective plans to support the SL market through the development, testing and introduction of new SL resins that meet the growing and changing needs of customers." DSM Desotech is a world leader in the development of UV-curable materials and produces a broad range of high-performance solid imaging materials through its subsidiary business, DSM Somos(R)(a). Designed to respond to the needs of new product development and industrial design, Somos ProtoFunctional(R)(a) resins are recognized around the world and include the industry's first water resistant and high-temperature resistant materials, the first stereolithography materials to mimic properties of traditional engineering plastics, and the first composite materials for solid imaging. DSM Somos(R) also offers materials for selective laser sintering See laser sintering and 3D printer. and is the first manufacturer of powder elastomeric polymer (Somos(R) 201) that can be sintered sin·ter n. 1. Geology A chemical sediment or crust, as of porous silica, deposited by a mineral spring. 2. A mass formed by sintering. v. sin·tered, sin·ter·ing, sin·ters v. to produce highly flexible parts with "rubber like" characteristics. Each family of Somos(R) photopolymer A photopolymer is a polymer which is cured by exposure to light, often in the ultraviolet spectrum. These polymers are useful in dentistry for fillings and in rapid prototyping in the stereolithography and PolyJet processes. epoxy resins epoxy resins, group of synthetic resins used to make plastics and adhesives. These materials are noted for their versatility, but their relatively high cost has limited their use. is comprised of materials specially formulated and optimized for the variety of stereolithography platforms commercially available. For more information, visit www.dsmdesotech.com and www.dsmsomos.com. About DSM DSM Desotech is a business unit of the DSM business group Coating Resins. DSM is active worldwide in life science products, performance materials and industrial chemicals. The group had annual sales in 2002 of close to EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 5.6 billion and employs approximately 18,500 people at more than 200 sites across the world. DSM ranks among the global leaders in many of its fields. The company's strategic aim is to grow its sales - partly through acquisitions - to a level of approximately EUR 10 billion by 2005. By that time at least 80% of sales should be generated by specialties, i.e. advanced chemical and biotechnological products for the life science industry and performance materials. This strategy represents a continuation of the company's ongoing transformation and concentration on global leadership positions in high-added-value activities characterized by high growth and more stable profit levels. More information about DSM can be found at www.dsm.com. About Vantico Vantico manufactures a comprehensive range of RenShape(R)(b) SL photopolymers which are used for the production of accurate, durable models with such diverse characteristics as humidity and high-temperature resistance and tough, ABS- and polypropylene-like properties. Vantico also produces and markets a broad range of RenShape(R) Solutions epoxy epoxy Any of a class of thermosetting polymers, polyethers built up from monomers with an ether group that takes the form of a three-membered epoxide ring. The familiar two-part epoxy adhesives consist of a resin with epoxide rings at the ends of its molecules and a curing and polyurethane systems for modeling, moldmaking, prototyping and forming initial parts used in the automotive, foundry, aerospace and general manufacturing industries manufacturing industries npl → industrias fpl manufactureras manufacturing industries npl → industries fpl de transformation . The company has been a world leader in plastic tooling materials for more than 60 years and has been involved in the field of rapid prototyping Building a part one layer at a time using a method of additive fabrication such as 3D printing. Such parts are used for concept modeling to determine if the product design meets the customer's expectations. , rapid modeling and rapid tooling since it developed some 15 years ago. For more information, visit www.renshape.com. (a) DSM Somos and ProtoFunctional are registered trademarks of DSM Desotech, Inc. (b) RenShape is a registered trademark of Vantico AG, Basle, Switzerland. |
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