Dassault’s 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace is split into two services, 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace Make and 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace PartSupply.

Precision Southeast Inc., which also has a facility in Indiana, specializes in custom injection molding along with several engineering services, including metal-to-plastic conversions, rapid prototyping and tooling. The company’s press sizes range from 20 to 600 tons. Precision offers overmolding and in-mold assembly and a range of value-add services, such as assembly, ultrasonic welding, leak testing and decorating that includes pad printing and hot stamping.

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One of the themes at this month’s SOLIDWORKS World 2018, was the growing eco-system around 3D printing. Bolstering the adoption of advanced manufacturing, Dassault Systèmes used SWW18 to launch the 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace.

Describing the service Bernard Charlès, Vice Chairman and CEO of Dassault Systèmes, says, “…the 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace transforms the supply chain into a value chain: a single, virtual, social enterprise, pioneering a new way to do business, innovate, and create value in industry,”

The transaction facilitates the merger of two Gladstone Investment Corp. portfolio companies to establish a custom injection molding company with facilities in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Indiana that offer a comprehensive range of plastic injection molding capabilities. The credit agreement was used to pay off existing debt and to consolidate the debt capital in the resulting consolidated entity.

3DEXPERIENCE is Dassault Systèmes’ on-site and cloud-based software solution for businesses that require 3D design. The software program incorporates apps for content & simulation, information intelligence, social collaboration, and 3D modelling, served by the broad range of Dassault Systèmes programs, including familiar 3D design software SOLIDWORKS and CATIA.

Marketplace Make is the on demand aspect of the platform, where customers can identify an appropriate industrial service partner from manufacturers in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The current list of 50 service partners includes Protolabs, Stratasys Direct Manufacturing, FIT Additive Manufacturing and 3D Systems On Demand Manufacturing. Combined, these service providers offer the power of more than 500 machines.

Marketplace is part of the 3DEXEPERIENCE platform and connects 50 digital manufacturers with customers who require objects on demand. The platform encompasses all means of digital manufacturing, from 3D printing through to laser cutting and injection molding, fulfilling a clear demand for 3D service price comparison sites.

3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace partner Protolabs is sponsoring the 2018 3D Printing Industry Awards design competition. Submit your entries now. You can also make your nominations here.

Xometry, an online quoting platform for mechanical and industrial engineering, is also to become a part of Marketplace Make in the future. The U.S. platform will bring with it a roster of  800 partners.

3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace PartSupply is a comprehensive catalog of digital, sourceable components. An online search tool, PartSupply lists 30 million 3D files, guaranteed for manufacture with a chosen method. Editing these files to meet certain specifications is also made easy by  SOLIDWORKS and CATIA compatibility.

Until she retired in September 2021, Clare Goldsberry reported on the plastics industry for more than 30 years. In addition to the 10,000+ articles she has written, by her own estimation, she is the author of several books, including The Business of Injection Molding: How to succeed as a custom molder and Purchasing Injection Molds: A buyers guide. Goldsberry is a member of the Plastics Pioneers Association. She reflected on her long career in "Time to Say Good-Bye."

The merger establishes a custom injection molding company with facilities in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Indiana that offer a comprehensive range of plastic injection molding capabilities.

GI Plastek is a manufacturer of custom injection molded products using structural foam, gas assist and straight injection molding. It also offers value-added assembly and secondary finishing operations, including painting, inserting and decorating. The company’s press sizes run from 220 to 1,574 tons. In 2016, GI Plastek added two new large tonnage machines with an 1,100- and 500-ton clamping force and installed a new multi-booth mechanized paint line for a total investment of $2 million, according to the company’s website.

In August 2009, Wincove Capital acquired GI Plastek. Six years later, Gladstone Investment Corp. acquired Wincove-GIP Acquisition Inc. (d.b.a. GI Plastek) from Wincove Capital.

GI Plastek (Wolfeboro, NH) has merged with Precision Southeast Inc. (Myrtle Beach, SC) to create PSI Molded Plastics Inc. Citizens Bank’s Commercial Banking unit is providing $23 million in credit to help fund the merger.

The 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace on the whole is designed to reduce risk and errors in digital manufacturing processes, and streamline the production process by managing transaction details.