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Stratasys Receives Design World Leadership in Engineering Award for Digital ManufacturingMINNEAPOLIS & REHOVOT, Israel --(Business Wire)-- Stratasys Ltd. (Nasdaq: SSYS), a manufacturer of 3D printers and materials for personal use, prototyping and production announced that it has been awarded the Leadership in Engineering award for Digital Manufacturing by Design World Magazine. Chosen by the publication's readers, the Leadership in Engineering award is an industry recognition program designed to acknowledge engineering leadership across several disciplines. Winners were chosen by Design World online users via a registration based online voting system. According to Design World, they received more than 7,000 votes across all categories which represented a 300 percent increase in overall traffic from the prior year program. Direct digital manufacturing is the process of using additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) systems for the purpose of production, as opposed to prototyping. Stratasys (News - Alert) views direct digital manufacturing as a growth area, and believes that in the future, production applications could grow even faster than prototyping applications. Stratasys' Fortus 3D Production Systems are designed primarily for production applications. Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS), headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. and Rehovot, Israel, manufactures 3D printers and materials for prototyping and production. The company's patented FDM® and PolyJet® processes produce prototypes and manufactured goods directly from 3D CAD files or other 3D content. Systems include 3D printers for idea development, prototyping and direct digital manufacturing. Stratays subsidiaries include MakerBot and Solidscape, and the company operates the RedEye digital-manufacturing service. Stratasys has more than 1700 employees, holds over 500 granted or pending additive manufacturing patents globally, and has received more than 20 awards for its technology and leadership. Online at: www.stratasys.com or http://blog.stratasys.com
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