{"id":1014,"date":"2011-09-22T01:15:53","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T01:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1014-3d-systems-heads-south.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:12:43","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:12:43","slug":"3d-systems-heads-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/3d-systems-heads-south","title":{"rendered":"3D Systems Heads South"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing the business strategy of broad&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.3dsystems.com\/2011\/09\/3d-systems-acquires-formero.html\" target=\"_blank\">acquisition<\/a>, 3D Systems has now bought Australian based rapid prototyping service <a href=\"http:\/\/www.formero.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Formero<\/a> and with that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xyzinnovation.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">XYZ Innovation<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unlike previous acquisitions, 3D systems has chosen this time to rebrand the businesses as 3D systems Asia-Pacific, making it abundantly clear with a &#8216;Who was Formero?&#8217; tagline on the XYZ Innovation site..<\/p>\n<p>Will this mean cheaper, faster 3D printing in Australia? Will XYZ continue to sell <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renishaw.com\/mtt-group\/us\/selective-laser-melting.html\" target=\"_blank\">MTT SLM<\/a> machines or will it become a 3D Systems only ecosystem? 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