Rietveld Architects, NY-based Architecture Firm Wins New Projects with an Objet 3D Printer

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Rietveld Architects, NY-based Architecture Firm Wins New Projects with an Objet 3D Printer

REHOVOT, Israel, March 14, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    Rietveld Architects [http://www.rietveldarchitects.com ], a NY-based architecture firm
known for its large-scale international projects, acquired its Objet 3D Printer and now
creates architectural models in just a few hours - a fraction of the two-month turnaround
time it required previously. Rietveld Architects has also discovered that the Objet 3D
Printer can help secure new projects.

    The Objet 3D Printer was a fairly straightfoward choice for Rietveld Architects. "We
were particularly impressed by the ability of this system to quickly produce highly
detailed, accurate models with minimal office clean-up," Rijk Rietveld, the firm's
partner, commented. "Other technologies produced brittle models and just didn't have the
fine detail of the Objet solution".

    Soon after installing the Objet 3D Printer, the architects discovered that the 3D
Printer also boosted sales. According to Piet Meijs, a Senior Associate at Rietveld
Architects, the Objet prototyping capabilities have helped the firm secure new projects.
"There is still very much a 'wow' factor. A potential client asked us to produce a
completely re-designed plan because the program changed. Within two weeks we put on the
table a 1:400 model of a new design. They knew they could only get it from us and not from
other architects."

    Using Objet 3D printing, highly accurate architectural models can be produced within
hours - reflecting the most recent change requests and updates. Clients can view a
physical model with the most intricate details, feel confident about the overall design
and how it fits with the surroundings, and reach faster decisions.

    Watch the video
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOaqRkLP4lI&list=UUs-dCDmiBi3OPeW-murdlgA&feature=plcp ] to
learn how Rietveld Architects shortens decision cycles and secures more business with
Objet 3D Printer.

    About Rietveld Architects

    In 1993 Margaret Rietveld founded Rietveld Architects and Rijk Rietveld joined a year
later. Presently, Rietveld Architects [http://www.rietveldarchitects.com ] has an
international staff, interior projects in New York City, and substantial new construction
in the Netherlands. The built projects reflect the result of fifteen years of the
successful cross-fertilization between European design sensibility and American ingenuity
and know-how. In recent years, the work of Rietveld Architects has been commended in
publications and recognized.

    About Objet

    Objet Ltd. [http://www.objet.com ] is a leading provider of high quality, cost
effective inkjet-based 3D printing systems and materials. A global company, Objet has
offices in North America, Europe, Japan, China, Hong Kong, and India.

    Objet's 3D printing systems and 3D printing materials are ideal for any company
involved in the manufacture or design of physical products using 3D software or other 3D
content. Companies using Objet's solutions can be typically found in sectors
[http://www.objet.com/INDUSTRIES ] such as consumer goods & electronics, aerospace &
defense, automotive, education, dental, medical and medical devices, architecture,
industrial machinery, footwear, sporting goods, toys and service bureaus.

    Founded in 1998, the company has thousands of customers
[http://www.objet.com/RESOURCES/Case_Studies ] worldwide including a substantial share of
the relevant Fortune 100 and Fortune 500. Its award-winning technology (13 awards in 8
years) is based upon over 110 patents and patent pending inventions.

    Objet's advanced 3D printing systems and range of about 70 materials
[http://www.objet.com/3D-Printing-Materials ] enable professionals to build prototypes that
accurately simulate the true look, feel and function of an end-product, even complex,
assembled goods. The Objet Connex [http://www.objet.com/3D-Printer/Objet_Connex_Family
](TM) line of multi-material 3D printers features the world's only technology to
simultaneously jet 2 materials. With this, users can print many different materials into a
single part and print various mixed parts on the same build tray. Users can also create
advanced composite materials, or Digital Materials
[http://www.objet.com/3D-Printing-Materials/Overview/Digital_Materials ](TM) featuring
unique mechanical and thermal properties. Objet's range of about 70 3D printing materials
[http://www.objet.com/3D-Printing-Materials ] simulate properties ranging from rigid
[http://www.objet.com/3D-Printing-Materials/Overview/Rigid_Opaque ] to rubber-like
[http://www.objet.com/3D-Printing-Materials/Overview/Rubber-like ], transparent
[http://www.objet.com/3D-Printing-Materials/Overview/Transparent ] to opaque and standard
to ABS-grade engineering plastics
[http://www.objet.com/3D-Printing-Materials/Overview/ABS-like ], with a large number of
in-between shore grades and shades.

    Objet's 3D printers [http://www.objet.com/3D-Printer/Products_Overview ] are available
in a range of form-factors, from cost-effective desktop 3D printers ideal for entry-level
professionals all the way to industrial-scale multi-material machines for front-line
designers and top manufacturers. Objet's 3D printers feature the industry's
highest-resolution 3D printing quality, based on 16-micron (0.0006 in.) super-thin
layering, wide material versatility, office friendliness and ease of operation.

    For more information, visit us at http://www.objet.com, and for more about 3D
printing industry-related news, business issues and trends, read the Objet blog
[http://blog.objet.com ].

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Eden, Eden250, Eden260, Eden260V, Eden330, Eden350, Eden350V, Eden500V, Job Manager,
CADMatrix, Connex, Connex260, Connex350, Connex500, Alaris, Alaris30, PolyLog, TangoBlack,
TangoGray, TangoPlus, TangoBlackPlus, VeroBlue, VeroBlack, VeroClear, VeroDent, VeroGray,
VeroWhite, VeroWhitePlus, Durus, Digital Materials, PolyJet, PolyJet Matrix, ABS-like and
ObjetGreen are trademarks or registered trademarks of Objet Geometries Ltd. and may be
registered in certain jurisdictions. All other trademarks belong to their respective
owners.

   
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