Sigma Labs Inc (SASI)

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III. Market Opportunities

1.Established Quality Com-
panies
Currently there are companies and
non-profit organizations which offer
standard compliance auditing and safety certification, and coordi-
nate standards across multiple
OEMs. Such companies include
the Underwriter’s Laboratory (UL),
Sigma Labs, Intertek, American
Association for Laboratory Ac-
creditation (A2AL), and the Per-
formance Review Institute (PRI).
For example, UL provides prod-
uct review, compliance services
and certification in the additive
manufacturing (3D printing) space.
This services include addressing
equipment and materials compli-
ance, as well as providing printed
parts and product validation for
the medical, automotive, building
materials, jewelry, household prod-
ucts, and electronics industries.
An emerging trend is the consolida-
tion of partnerships at the high-end
3D printing space, where there is a
price premium and requirement for
quality, which ultimately validates
the need for the services outlined
above. For example, GE awarded
$500,000 to Sigma Labs, which an-
nounced the PrintRite3D software/
hardware system in 2012 to ensure
higher quality 3D printing of met-
al parts for critical applications.
Another example is EOS partners,
partnering with MTU, whose Op-
tical Tomography (OT) augments
the monitoring capabilities by us-
ing multiple sensors to verify sys-
tem status, and camera based OT
technology to control the expo-
sure processes. Those in turn en-
sure the material quality and finish.