PSA Peugeot Citroen Purchases Stratasys' FDM 400mc

Second largest European automaker acquires Stratasys' 10,000th additive fabrication machine.

by DE Editors | Published June 26, 2008

Stratasys (Minneapolis, MN), announced that PSA Peugeot Citroën, Brazil, has purchased Stratasys’ 10,000th additive fabrication machine. Purchased was the high-precision FDM 400mc for the automaker’s Product Engineering Facility in Porto Real City, Rio de Janeiro State. The equipment will be used by design engineers for both rapid prototyping and direct digital manufacturing. Engineers will mainly prototype components like grilles, trim, and mirrors, but also interior and drive-train parts. When used in conjunction with the company’s new thermoplastic formulation — ABS-M30 — it creates parts up to 67 percent stronger than the standard Stratasys ABS formulation.

A business unit of PSA Peugeot Citroën, France, the second-largest European automaker, and a strong competitor in the Mercosur Market, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Brazil produces both the Peugeot and the Citroën lines of automobiles.

Of the 34 manufacturers of additive fabrication equipment worldwide, Stratasys is the only one to have reached 10,000 installations. Industry expert Terry Wohlers said that the sales are largely due to the Dimension 3D printer sales.

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.