Tangible Express Named Rapid Innovator of the Year

By DE Editors

Tangible Express (Springville, UT), a provider of rapid manufacturing, rapid prototyping, and rapid tooling, has been named the 2007 Rapid Innovator of the Year by the Low-Volume Manufacturers Association (L-VMA). L-VMA said it was particularly impressed by Tangible Express’s move to permit all entrepreneurs, inventors, engineers, and designers to share in the revolutionary benefits of “rapid ownership.”

Although less than two years old, Tangible Express has become a leader in the additive fabrication industry, operating a modern fleet of rapid machines, including the world’s most advanced selective laser sintering (SLS) machine as well as 13 other state-of-the-art systems.

Moreover, Tangible Express claims to be the first company in the world to make its entire line of rapid manufacturing and rapid prototyping machines available for “fractional ownership,” thus enabling companies both large and small to enjoy all the benefits of ownership without large expense or hassles.

Unlike typical service bureaus, Tangible Express not only hosts, operates, and maintains all of the equipment on behalf of fractional owners, it provides those owners with dedicated and trained support; an uninterrupted power supply; and the ability to swap or add capacity as the need arises.

L-VMA noted that manufacturers as far away as China have taken a strong interest in the Tangible Express approach, which was also a hot topic among many delegates attending the recent Euromold fair in Frankfurt,Germany.

The L-VMA will present the Rapid Innovator of the Year award to Tangible Express at a ceremony timed to coincide with the annual Rapid Conference & Exposition, to be held May 2008 in Lake Buena Vista, FL. For more details, go to Tangible Express at tangibleexpress.com.

Sources: News release and patent application information.