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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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| assets     = {{increase}} [[United States dollar|US$]]1.526 billion <small>(2014)
| equity     = {{increase}} [[United States dollar|US$]]1.293 billion <small>(2014)</small>
| market cap = US$2.39 billion <small>11/20/2012</small>
| homepage = {{url|www.3dsystems.com}}
}}

'''3D Systems''', headquartered in [[Rock Hill, South Carolina]], is a company that engineers, manufactures and sells 
[[3D printer|3D printers]]. [[Chuck Hull]], currently the CTO and former president, patented [[stereolithography]] in 1986.<ref>[[U.S. Patent]] [http://www.google.com/patents/US4575330 4,575,330] (“Apparatus for Production of Three-Dimensional Objects by Stereolithography”)</ref>  3D Systems creates product concept models, precision and functional [[prototype]]s, master patterns for tooling, as well as production parts for [[direct digital manufacturing]].  3D Systems uses proprietary processes to fabricate physical obje(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]]