Materialise & HOYA Partner to Deliver 3D-Printed, Vision Examination System & End User Visualisation Equipment to Eye Care Pr...
March 30 2016 - 8:00AM
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Materialise NV (NASDAQ:MTLS), is proud to announce a
partnership with HOYA Vision Care, a division of HOYA Group, a
global med-tech company and the leading supplier of innovative
high-tech and medical products, to co-create and manufacture parts
for high-quality visualisation equipment and vision examination
systems for optical shops. By working together with Materialise’s
design and engineering team and by producing parts in Materialise’s
certified additive manufacturing facility HOYA aims to realize a
range of tools that empower eye care professionals to deliver an
enhanced customer experience and differentiate themselves in the
highly competitive eyewear industry.
The first systems to be brought to market as a result of this
collaboration are HOYA Vision Simulator and HOYA EyeGenius. The
first is a highly innovative tool that allows consumers to
experience their new lenses before they buy them, in store by means
of virtual reality. The second is a complete vision examination
system with a new method to detect and correct fixation
disparity.
Materialise Executive Vice President of Production, Bart Van der
Schueren, stated, “HOYA has a known commitment to using creativity
and innovation to become the leading company in niche markets,
making them not only an ideal co-creation partner, but also a
company ready to utilize Materialise’s certified manufacturing for
high-quality, end-use products. With the first products already
making their way onto the market, with great initial feedback,
together with HOYA we are proving the added-value that 3D printing
is ready to deliver to the entire eyewear industry.”
“In Materialise, we have found an ideal partner for co-creating,
engineering and manufacturing new innovations that can quickly be
brought to the market with the quality expected of the HOYA name,”
stated Felix España, New Media Manager EMEA for Hoya Vision Care,
“Materialise’s design and engineering experts work closely with our
own to identify the designs, technologies and materials needed to
introduce true innovation into the eyewear industry and deliver a
premium consumer experience. Materialise’s software expertise and
manufacturing capacity are then able to turn these concepts into
high-quality, end-use products in quantities that meet the demands
of our customers.”
About MaterialiseMaterialise incorporates more than 25
years of 3D printing experience into a range of software solutions
and 3D printing services, which together form the backbone of the
3D printing industry. Materialise’s open and flexible solutions
enable players in a wide variety of industries, including
healthcare, automotive, aerospace, art and design, and consumer
goods, to build innovative 3D printing applications that aim to
make the world a better and healthier place. Headquartered in
Belgium, with branches worldwide, Materialise combines the largest
group of software developers in the industry with one of the
largest 3D printing facilities in the world. For additional
information, please visit: www.materialise.com.
About Materialise’s Manufacturing DivisionMaterialise
Manufacturing empowers 3D printing customers, both rapid
prototyping and additive manufacturing, to keep tight production
deadlines and meet the quality standards of even the most demanding
industries. The division’s designers and engineers work closely
with customers to co-create new products and applications that make
meaningful use of 3D printing. Two web platforms, Materialise
OnSite for industrial orders and i.materialise for small businesses
and consumers, offer easy access to one of the largest and most
complete 3D printing facilities in the world. In addition, a
certified manufacturing environment caters to customers who operate
in highly regulated markets. For more information, please visit:
http://manufacturing.materialise.com/
About HOYAFounded in 1941 in Tokyo, Japan, HOYA is a
global med-tech company and the leading supplier of innovative
high-tech and medical products. HOYA is active in the fields of
healthcare and information technology providing eyeglasses, medical
endoscopes, intraocular lenses, optical lenses as well as key
components for semiconductor devices, LCD panels and HDDs. With
over 150 offices and subsidiaries worldwide, HOYA currently employs
a multinational workforce of over 34,000 people. For more
information please visit www.hoya.com or www.hoya.eu.
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking StatementsSome of
the statements in this press release are "forward-looking" and are
made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements include statements relating to, among other things, our
planned commercialization efforts and regulatory approvals of our
technologies as well as the success thereof and our research and
development projects. These forward-looking statements are based
upon the expectations of management under current assumptions at
the time of this press release. We caution you that forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are
in some cases beyond our control that may cause our actual results
to differ materially from our expectations. We are providing this
information as of the date of this press release and do not
undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements
contained in this presentation as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, unless we have obligations under the
federal securities laws to update and disclose material
developments related to previously disclosed information.
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Press contacts:MaterialiseVanessa Palsenbarg,
Phone: +32 16 39 66 37Fax: +32 16 39 66 00Corporate Communications
Manager, MaterialiseEmail: press@materialise.comTwitter:
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