Molder Takes 3D Printing In-House To Speed Product Development

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"Bringing this function in-house is very much in keeping with the way our company conducts its business. We design and build our own molds in-house. We try to do most everything in-house," says senior design engineer Tom Ziegenhorn of Matrix Tooling, Inc., and Matrix Plastic Products, a full-service plastic injection molding and tooling specialist in Wood Dale, 111. Ziegenhorn is referring to the company's recent acquisition of the Objet30 Desktop 3D Printer from Object of Israel (objet.com), which is in the process of merging with Stratasys, Inc. (stratasys.com).