I hope that you will persist with your interest in LOM technology. I have co
founded a new entity called Cubic Technologies, Inc., which is funded by a
well-respected financial group. The new company has all the necessary spare
parts, machines and other inventory needed for its operations and for
servicing LOM machines at customer sites. Cubic Technologies will be
building LOM machines and their upgrades. It will also engage in other
innovative developments related to the Rapid Prototyping industry.
Additionally, it will market LOM materials, service LOM machines and engage
in service bureau work. I believe that within our new organization we have
all the necessary technical talent that can continue advancing the technical
innovation in LOM systems and provide support to LOM customers.
We hope to earn our business by providing consistently high level of
service, excellent quality of products and staying competitive in our
pricing.
The companies interested in the above product and services or simply old
friends from the Rapid Prototyping community please contact me at:
Cubic Technologies
Michael Feygin, President
Tel: 310-630-8844
FAX: 310-630-8841
e-mail FeyginM@hotmail.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rp-ml@ltk.hut.fi [mailto:owner-rp-ml@ltk.hut.fi]On Behalf Of
cwhovery@cswebmail.com
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 10:59 AM
To: rp-ml@bart.lpt.fi
Subject: Re: Rumor! Is it true?
For what it is worth:
We had been very interested in a Helisys machines because I liked the
appearance of the model for our architectual clients. Also the price/build
volume/speed on these machines seems pretty good on the used market. I
washoping to make a purchase before the end of the year and had solicited
some prices on the used market.
However, during this process, It does seem that Helisys has closed it doors.
I had been trying to get in touch with them for several weeks both via their
e-mail and phone to get our "sample building" made as a demo. When I got no
response I had started to inquire arround with Marshall and others Then in
Geoff's "Rapid Prorotyping report online" there was a brief mention that the
editors had learned that all employes had been laid off just as the SEC
filing that was posted demonstrates.
I spoke with the people at Sibco and they said they are committed to
supporting the Helisys products for seven years. In addtion they said that
there is someone producing the machines under license in Japan (not Kira) so
there seems a chance for a renaissance there.
It has seemed to me that there had been a large number of the machines on
the used market but this of course could be becasue there are probably a
relatively large percentage of Helysis machines in the total RP pool.
My question now is what has the cessation of Helisys operations done to the
resale price of machines and more broadly to the list, why did they have to
cease opperations. It has been clear that they have had declining sales for
some time. Has their tradional market for patterns been coopted by better
high speed CNC? Was part warpage really the issue that many said it was,
and if so why did it not affect SLA when it came up in those processes. Are
the new concept modelers just "cooler" and probably faster?
It does seem that a good analysis both from the business and technolgy sides
is worth while particularly with several new companies still coming or
trying to come on line in the new year. Certainly there is a huge element
of luck and/or timing with a new product, but it seemed that Helysis was,
for a new industry, one of the more stable of the pack.
Looking forward to more comment and so maybe a chance to the thread subject.
Best to all
Charles Overy
PS. Pleese exkuse any typos and speling mistakes. Like others, I will
clame to be chalenged in speling and gramar, butt I hope I kan git my pointe
akros. Also, due to skills reassements and a desire for corporate
productivity gains, we had to move all young children to the HTML and web
publishing departments. My editor/spell checker is reportedly now making
$150K a year writing Cold Fusion code and saving up for a first car when
he/she gets a dirvers license.
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