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{{ infobox company
|name             = 3D Systems Corporation
|logo             = [[File:3D Systems Logo - from Commons.gif|300px|right|3D Systems Logo]]
|type             = [[Public company|Public]]
|traded_as        = {{NYSE|DDD}}
|industry         =
|foundation       = [[Valencia, California|Valencia]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]] ({{Start date|1986}})
|location_city    = [[Rock Hill, South Carolina|Rock Hill]], [[South Carolina]]
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3D Systems' technologies and services are used in the design, development and production stages of many industries, including aerospace, automotive, architecture, health care, dental, entertainment, recreation and consumer goods.  3D Systems offers professional- and production-grade 3D printers, in addition to a line of personal 3D printers and 3D-printed consumer products, supported by the affiliated online forum Cubify.  3D Systems is notable within the 
[[3D printing]] industry for developing [[stereolithography]] and the [[STL (file format)|STL]] file format.

== History ==
3D Systems was founded in [[Valencia, California]], by [[Chuck Hull]], the inventor and patent-holder of the first [[stereolithography]] (SLA) [[rapid prototyping]] system.  Prior to Hull's introduction of SLA rapid prototyping, concept models required extensive time and money to produce.  The innovation of SLA to reduce these resource expenditures while increasing the quality and accuracy of th(contracted; show full)
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.3dsystems.com}}

[[Category:Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange]]
[[Category:3D printer companies]]
[[Category:Companies based in South Carolina]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1986]]