3D Printing Helps German Manufacturer Seuffer Cut Tooling Costs for Prototype Parts by 97%, Lead Time By 98%

3D Printing Helps German Manufacturer3D Printing Helps German Manufacturer Seuffer Cut Tooling Costs for Prototype Parts by 97%, Lead Time By 98% PR Newswire MINNEAPOLIS and REHOVOT, Israel, October 17, 2013 Seuffer uses Stratasys 3D printed injection molds to produce parts for functional testing in their final material Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS), a manufacturer of 3D printers and materials for personal use, prototyping and production, today announced that Robert Seuffer, GmbH & Co. KG (Seuffer), a German supplier of parts for household appliances and commercial vehicles, has incorporated Stratasys 3D printing in its manufacturing process to significantly reduce the time and cost of producing injection molded sample parts. The injection molding process is used by manufacturers all over the world to produce parts in a variety of materials, most commonly thermoplastics. Prototype parts are required to evaluate the part design for performance and fit before mass production. The ability to dramatically streamline the tool creation process for producing these prototype parts is another concrete example of how Stratasys 3D printing is revolutionizing manufacturing. "Working with the automotive industry, sample parts need to be tested in the environment of moving mechanical parts as well as in high temperature environments," explained Andreas Buchholz, Head of Research and Development at Seuffer.