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April 14, 1992
3-D Systems Inc. said it plans a shareholder vote on whether the Canadian-based company should reincorporate in the United States. 3-D's main operating unit is 3D Systems in Valencia, where the company makes machines that employ chemicals, a laser and a computer to rapidly produce plastic-like models of industrial equipment and other products. The parent company, based in Vancouver, B.C.
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BUSINESS
July 29, 1997
3-D Systems Corp., the Valencia-based company whose products are used to make three-dimensional models based on computer-generated designs, reported a net loss of $280 million in its second quarter, compared to a net income of $801 million a year ago. Revenues for the quarter that ended June 27 rose 17% to $21.80 million, from $18.56 million a year earlier. Arthur B. Sims, chairman and CEO of the Valencia-based company, said the quarter's results were affected by continued sluggish U.S.
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BUSINESS
August 13, 1991
3-D Systems Inc. said its biggest stockholder, Ciba-Geigy Ltd., has agreed to lend up to $2.5 million to help finance the company's operations over the next year. 3-D Systems is a Canadian company whose main unit is 3D Systems, a Valencia maker of machines that combine a computer, laser and chemicals to rapidly make plastic-like prototype models for manufacturers. The company has been struggling recently. 3-D Systems lost $2.
BUSINESS
May 9, 1995
Three-D Systems Corp., a Valencia-based company that makes computer-based systems that produce product models, reported a 60% surge in earnings on record first-quarter sales. The company posted a profit of $1.33 million in the quarter that ended March 31, compared to earnings of $828,561 a year earlier. Sales climbed to $13.6 million, up 44% from $9.47 million in the same three-month period of 1994.
BUSINESS
October 20, 1992
3-D Systems Inc. narrowed its losses in the third quarter with the help of a 62% jump in sales. In the quarter that ended Sept. 25, the company lost $544,177 compared with a year-earlier loss of $3.23 million, and its sales climbed to $6.93 million from $4.28 million. 3-D Systems is the Canadian holding company of 3D Systems Inc., a Valencia maker of equipment that uses a computer, laser and chemicals to rapidly make plastic-like models of industrial and consumer products in the prototype stage.
BUSINESS
May 21, 1991
3-D Systems Inc., the Canadian parent of Valencia-based 3D Systems Inc., said it had a net loss of $2.28 million for the three months that ended March 31, compared to a year-ago profit of $400,621. The company, which makes and markets machines for rapidly producing three-dimensional industrial models, said its revenue for the period fell 36% to $4.63 million from $7.19 million last year.
BUSINESS
November 19, 1991
Buffeted by a continued soft economy, 3-D Systems Inc. of Vancouver, Canada, whose principal operating unit is 3D Systems Inc. of Valencia, reported a third-quarter loss on a steep drop in revenue. 3D makes machines that are used by various manufacturers to build prototypes. In the quarter that ended Sept. 27, 3-D lost $3.42 million, while its revenue fell 40% to $4.28 million. A year earlier, 3-D earned $14,722 on $7.21 million in revenue. In the latest nine-month period, 3-D lost $7.
BUSINESS
January 26, 1993
3D Systems Inc. in Valencia said it has signed agreements to have its products distributed in Hong Kong, China and the former Soviet Union. 3D makes devices that employ a laser, computer and chemicals to rapidly produce plastic-like models that companies use to make prototypes and models of their finished goods. 3D is the U. S. subsidiary of 3-D Systems Inc., a Canadian concern. The company said it signed one distribution pact with Asia Info Sciences Corp. (H.K.) Ltd.
BUSINESS
June 2, 1992
The parent of 3D Systems Inc. in Valencia said it has begun issuing to its existing shareholders rights to purchase 9 million shares of common stock under its previously announced plan to raise about $10 million. The company said shareholders will receive one right for each 10 common shares they owned on May 26. Each right will entitle the holder to purchase five common shares at an exercise price of 88 cents each. The over-the-counter stock closed Monday at $1.25 a share.
BUSINESS
June 30, 1992
3-D Systems Inc. said it has completed a rights offering that will generate $7.9 million in proceeds for the company. 3-D is the Canadian parent of 3D Systems, a Valencia manufacturer of equipment that makes plastic-like prototype molds for various products. Holders of the rights purchased a total of 7.68 million 3-D common shares at 87.5 cents a share, and the company said it is now selling the remaining 1.32 million shares under the program to an investor group for the same price.
BUSINESS
August 2, 1994
3D Systems Corp., a Valencia maker of imaging systems used by manufacturers to fabricate solid objects quickly, reported profit turnarounds in its second quarter and first half from losses a year ago. In the three months ended July 1, 3D earned $506,675, compared with a loss of $495,562 in the second quarter of 1993. Its sales in the recent quarter totaled $10.4 million, a 44% gain from $7.23 million in sales a year before. For the six months, the company had net income of $1.
BUSINESS
June 7, 1994
3D Systems, the Valencia maker of machines that produce small-scale models of objects designed on computer screens, reported a profit of $828,561 in the first quarter that ended April 1, compared to a loss of $695,212 in the same period a year earlier. The turnaround was on a record revenue of $9.47 million, up 32% from $7.16 million a year earlier.
BUSINESS
January 26, 1993
3D Systems Inc. in Valencia said it has signed agreements to have its products distributed in Hong Kong, China and the former Soviet Union. 3D makes devices that employ a laser, computer and chemicals to rapidly produce plastic-like models that companies use to make prototypes and models of their finished goods. 3D is the U. S. subsidiary of 3-D Systems Inc., a Canadian concern. The company said it signed one distribution pact with Asia Info Sciences Corp. (H.K.) Ltd.
BUSINESS
October 20, 1992
3-D Systems Inc. narrowed its losses in the third quarter with the help of a 62% jump in sales. In the quarter that ended Sept. 25, the company lost $544,177 compared with a year-earlier loss of $3.23 million, and its sales climbed to $6.93 million from $4.28 million. 3-D Systems is the Canadian holding company of 3D Systems Inc., a Valencia maker of equipment that uses a computer, laser and chemicals to rapidly make plastic-like models of industrial and consumer products in the prototype stage.
BUSINESS
June 30, 1992
3-D Systems Inc. said it has completed a rights offering that will generate $7.9 million in proceeds for the company. 3-D is the Canadian parent of 3D Systems, a Valencia manufacturer of equipment that makes plastic-like prototype molds for various products. Holders of the rights purchased a total of 7.68 million 3-D common shares at 87.5 cents a share, and the company said it is now selling the remaining 1.32 million shares under the program to an investor group for the same price.
BUSINESS
June 2, 1992
The parent of 3D Systems Inc. in Valencia said it has begun issuing to its existing shareholders rights to purchase 9 million shares of common stock under its previously announced plan to raise about $10 million. The company said shareholders will receive one right for each 10 common shares they owned on May 26. Each right will entitle the holder to purchase five common shares at an exercise price of 88 cents each. The over-the-counter stock closed Monday at $1.25 a share.
BUSINESS
April 7, 1992
3-D Systems Inc. said it hopes to raise about $10 million by giving its stockholders rights to purchase 9 million additional 3-D common shares. 3-D is a Canadian company whose primary unit is 3D Systems Inc., a Valencia-based maker of machines that combine lasers, chemicals and a computer to rapidly manufacture plastic-like models of industrial parts and other products.
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