3D Systems Exhibiting at Project Lead the Way Training Institute at the University of South Carolina
ROCK HILL, South Carolina, June 6, 2007 – 3D Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: TDSC), a leading provider of Rapid 3-D Modeling, Prototyping and Manufacturing solutions, today announced it will be exhibiting its InVision® LD 3-D Modeler on Thursday, June 7, 2007, at the Project Lead the Way Summer Training Institute at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina.
Project Lead the Way is a national alliance of middle schools, high schools and colleges with industry to prepare an increasing and more diverse group of students for success in science, engineering and engineering technology. PLTW courses augment current math and science courses being offered in schools and give students the opportunity to earn college credits.
The University of South Carolina, a PLTW Affiliate, is holding two summer training institutes in June. During the weeks of June 3-15 and June 17-29, teachers will be immersed in intensive, content-specific, project-based programs that will prepare them to teach the PLTW curriculum to students during the school year.
3D Systems is newly involved in the PLTW Summer Training Institute and plans to display its InVision® LD 3-D Modeler, an affordable, classroom-compatible desktop modeler that builds rigid plastic parts in various color options for concept design. 3D Systems will be exhibiting in the 300 Main Street Building, behind the Swearingen Engineering Center, on the USC campus from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 7, and will be giving demonstrations and answering questions about its technology solutions.
About 3D Systems Corporation
3D Systems is a leading provider of 3-D Modeling, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing solutions. Its systems and materials reduce the time and cost of designing products and facilitate direct and indirect manufacturing by creating actual parts directly from digital input. These solutions are used for design communication and prototyping as well as for production of functional end-use parts: Transform your products.
More information on the company is available at www.3dsystems.com or via e-mail at moreinfo@3dsystems.com.