Press Release

Leuven, Belgium – November 16, 2015. Materialise NV (NASDAQ: MTLS), a leading provider of Additive Manufacturing software and of sophisticated 3D printing solutions in the medical and industrial markets, partners with Former’s Farm, an Asian manufacturer of desktop 3D printers, to together work on custom-made software for Former’s Farm printers.

Materialise is building partnerships with machine manufacturers to improve the communication between 3D software and a wide range of 3D printers. Former’s Farm is a Korean company specialized in developing and distributing filament for 3D printers, building desktop FDM printers for educational, prototyping and design purposes, and providing print services for prototyping companies.

Some key values of the company are collaboration, communication and connection. Their recent partnership with Materialise ties in with this philosophy. “I believe that co-operating with Materialise can bring a marvelous change in the home 3D printing field that goes beyond the 3D printer. This software can extend our usage of 3D printers,” states Mr. Kang, Former's Farm CTO.

The Form Engine software, customized Builder software, that Materialise and Former’s Farm are developing for the new 3D printer, will simplify the 3D printing process. The intuitive user interface will guide new and experienced users from uploading the file to watching their model print before their eyes. Users will be able to easily analyze their file, generate support structures and slice it. If their models contains errors, they will be able to repair them via 3DPrintCloud, a toolkit for 3D Printing in the cloud that helps users prepare their models for 3D Printing through an easy, fast, automated and secure process.

Materialise and Former’s Farm look forward to the development of the Form Engine.

For more information about Former’s Farm, please visit:

http://www.formersfarm.com/ (Korean website)

http://www.formersfarm.com/en (English website)

For more information about the Materialise Builder software, please visit:

http://software.materialise.com/materialise-builder

For more information about Materialise 3DPrintCloud, please visit:

https://cloud.materialise.com/

About Materialise      
With its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium, and branches worldwide, Materialise is a provider of Additive Manufacturing (AM) software solutions and sophisticated 3D printing services in a wide variety of industries, including healthcare, automotive, aerospace, art and design and consumer products. Materialise has been playing an active role in the field of AM since 1990, through its involvement in AM for industrial and medical applications, by providing biomedical and clinical solutions such as medical image processing and surgical simulations and by developing unique solutions for its customers' prototyping, production, and medical needs. For additional information, please visit: www.materialise.com.

For more information, please contact:

Materialise HQ Press Office

Technologielaan 15

3001 Leuven

BELGIUM

 
Vanessa Palsenbarg

Corporate Communications Specialist

Phone: +32 16 39 66 37

Fax:    +32 16 39 66 00

Email: Vanessa.Palsenbarg@materialise.be

Twitter: @belgiancanuck

About Former’s Farm
Former’s Farm was founded in May, 2013 and is specialized in providing sophisticated personal 3D printers. Pinetree v 2.4, an FFF 3D printer released in October 2013, became the first brand of Former’s Farm 3D printers. Thanks to confidence in printing quality and accumulated knowhow from ‘Pinetree’, the other 3D printers, ‘Sprout’ and ‘Sprout mini’, are on sale since May 2014 and May 2015 respectively. Former’s Farm is committed not only to manufacturing a new kind of 3D printer, but also to providing great printing service and education. Former’s Farm is devoted to make user-friendly 3D printers to give their customers an incredible 3D printing experience. The company is always up for new ideas that can be the seed of innovation for the future.

For more information, please contact:

Former’s Farm Branch Office

Golfzone Tower 405,

735 Yeongdong-daero,

Gangnam-gu Seoul, KOREA

Jungrok Yoon

CEO

Phone: +82 70 4837 1136

Fax: +82 2 6190 1614

Email: farmer3742@gmail.com

Instagram: @formersfarm