Sigma Labs Inc (SASI)

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MATERIALISE FILING

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1091223/000119312514127103/d655315df1.htm#rom655315_1

what this relationship could mean. You connect the dots BUT it is like entering the "Pearly Gates" while you are still alive

As the news release says
"Sigma Labs, Inc. (SGLB), a developer of advanced, real-time, non-destructive quality inspection systems for 3D metal printing and other advanced manufacturing technologies, today announced it has signed a Technology Cooperation Agreement with Materialise NV of Leuven Belgium. The agreement sets forth the parties’ intent to collaborate technically and commercially in the integration, production and marketing of PrintRite3D® software-related products for metal-based additive manufacturing."

Materialise is NOT a manufacturer but a service center company with extraordinary qualities. They interface with most OEMs (Original Equipment Manufactureres) and thus interface to the world of additive manufacturing. If commercialization is what you wanted, NOW it is here. Thus Heaven

excerpts from their filing of which there are TOO MANY to choose from. ENJOY

"Our Company

We are a leading provider of additive manufacturing software and of sophisticated 3D printing services. Our customers are active in a wide variety of industries, including healthcare, automotive, aerospace, art and design and consumer products. Since our founding in 1990 by our Chief Executive Officer, Wilfried Vancraen, we have consistently focused on developing innovative applications of additive manufacturing technologies. We believe our proprietary software platforms, which enable and enhance the functionality of 3D printers and of 3D printing operations, have become a market standard for professional 3D printing, with a current installed base of more than 8,000 licenses. We believe that our commitment to enabling 3D printing technologies has significantly supported and accelerated the acceptance and proliferation of additive manufacturing and will continue to play an instrumental role as the industry evolves. In the healthcare sector, our technology was directly responsible for the design and manufacture of over 146,000 customized, patient-specific medical devices during 2013. In our 3D printing service centers, including what we believe to be the world’s largest single-site additive manufacturing service center in Leuven, Belgium, we printed more than 500,000 medical devices, prototypes, production parts, and consumer products during 2013. As of December 31, 2013, our team consisted of 958 full time equivalent employees, or FTEs, and fully dedicated consultants, holding 410 masters degrees, of whom 48 had PhDs. Our portfolio of intellectual property features 64 patents and 95 pending patent applications as of December 31, 2013. For the year ended December 31, 2013, we generated €68.7 million of revenue, representing 16.3% growth over the prior year, EBITDA of €7.6 million and net profit of €3.4 million. For a description of EBITDA and a reconciliation of our net profit to our EBITDA


Our 3D Printing Software Segment

In our 3D Printing Software segment, we offer proprietary software worldwide through programs and platforms that enable and enhance the functionality of 3D printers and of 3D printing operations. We have developed software that interfaces between almost all types of 3D printers, and various software applications and capturing technologies, including computer-aided design, or CAD, packages and 3D scanners, by enabling data preparation and process planning. Our programs interface with machines manufactured by leading original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, such as 3D Systems Corporation, Arcam AB, Concept Laser GmbH, envisionTEC GmbH, EOS GmbH, The ExOne Company, Renishaw PLC, SLM Solutions GmbH, Stratasys Ltd. and voxeljet AG. In addition, we offer software that enables our customers to more efficiently organize the entire workflow of a 3D printing operation with multiple 3D printing machines, many operators and complex data flow and logistical requirements. We believe that the capabilities of our software products and their unique compatibility with almost all 3D printing systems continue to set standards in the professional 3D printing software market. Customers operating machines from multiple OEMs and customers running large 3D printing operations are among those who can benefit the most from our software packages, and we believe that in many cases those customers demand compatibility with our software from the systems OEMs. Our flagship software products for additive manufacturing are Magics, which enables customers to import, repair and optimize a wide variety of CAD formats and to export standard tessellation language, or STL, files ready for additive manufacturing, and Streamics, which is a central additive manufacturing logistics and control system that centralizes our customers’ project data and makes it easier to collaborate among team members and communicate with customers. For additional information about our 3D Printing Software products, see “Business—Our Market Segments—Our 3D Printing Software Segment.”

We generate revenue in our 3D Printing Software segment from software licenses, maintenance contracts and custom software development services. As of December 31, 2013, our 3D Printing Software segment had an installed base of more than 8,000 software licenses to customers across Asia, Europe and the Americas. Key illustrative customers include Phonak Staefa Switzerland, Ford Motor Company, Airbus, Boeing, EADS, Hyundai, Stratasys Ltd., Toyota, 3D Systems Corporation and Renishaw PLC. For the year ended December 31, 2013, our 3D Printing Software segment generated €13.4 million of revenue, representing 19.6% of our total revenue and 19.9% growth over the prior year."