The acquisition was finalized on July 15, 2014. On April 2, 2014, Stratasys announced that they had entered into definitive agreements to acquire Solid Concepts and Harvest Technologies, which will be combined with RedEye, its existing digital manufacturing service business, to establish a single additive manufacturing services business unit. The acquisition facilitated a $1 million project for large MRI equipment, manufactured by Solid Concepts. In 2008, Solid Concepts purchased former composites manufacturing company, Composite Tooling Technologies, to further develop a composites line. In 2006, Solid Concepts acquired a model shop from Raytheon in Tucson, AZ, thus beginning their tooling and molding department. In late 2013, the company demonstrated a 3D printed version of an M1911 pistol made of metal, the 1911DMLS, using an industrial 3D printer. The air duct has been awarded a place in the visitors center at the facility with the purpose of immersing visitors in the evolution of additive manufacturing technology. In 2013, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII) recognized a FDM 3D Printed duct manufactured by Solid Concepts. In 2013, the company was awarded a Platinum Source Preferred Supplier by Northrop Grumman. Solid Concepts was ranked in the top twenty manufacturing companies in the greater San Fernando Valley by San Fernando Business Journal in 2007. The process has allowed lighter props for movies involving huge set pieces, such as the robots in Real Steel. In 2008, Solid Concepts branded and trademarked ID-Light, which is a method of printing SLA and FDM parts that is 1/12 the weight of regular SLA and FDM parts. The casting process has found use in the medical industry. The process involves heat and pressure to enhance the properties of the urethanes during casting. Lemker forged the path for QuantumCast™ Cast Urethanes, a proprietary casting process trademarked by the company. In 2001, Solid Concepts hired former AARK employee Jeff Lemker, who headed the evolution of cast urethane products at the company. The awards honor additive manufacturing expertise. Joe Allison has since been awarded the Distinguished Innovator Operator Awards, known as DINOs (formerly known as the Dinosaur Awards) by the Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) for innovation in laser sintering technology. Solid Concepts expanded throughout the United States, especially during the late 1990s early 2000s, opening facilities in Austin, TX, during the rise of Selective Laser Sintering Poway, CA, during significant advances in Urethane technology with a strong focus on medical equipment and Phoenix, AZ. They moved into CNC machining, Selective Laser Sintering, and composites within a few years after opening, and have since gained PolyJet, Z-Corp 3D Colored Printing, Fused Deposition Modeling, Direct Metal Laser Sintering, urethanes and tooling and injection molding processes. The company began with two SLA-250 Stereolithography machines. was founded by former 3D Systems engineers Joe Allison, Schuyler Mitchell, and Ray Bradford in 1991. The Solid Concepts logo originally featured layered lines comprising a "S" beside a "C" to represent layered manufacturing, but has since removed the layered lines, in order to better represent its composite, urethane, and tooling capabilities. Solid Concepts markets its products under its main name, as well as under the website-only offshoot company called. The company derives its name from its original focus on rapid prototyping through 3D printing (or additive manufacturing) with the idea that virtual concepts can be printed into solid reality, as the technologies that founded the company are capable of directly reading CAD data and creating parts. The company was founded in 1991, in the birthplace of Stereolithography. Solid Concepts is an additive manufacturing service provider as well as a major manufacturer of business products, aerospace, unmanned systems, medical equipment and devices, foundry cast patterns, industrial equipment and design, and transportation parts. The company is headquartered in Valencia, California, in the Los Angeles County area, with six other facilities located around the United States. is a custom manufacturing company engaged in engineering, manufacturing, production, and prototyping. Additive Manufacturing/ Rapid Prototyping, Cast Urethanes, Composites, Tooling & Injection Molding
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