Zortrax
Polish manufacturer of 3D printers
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Zortrax is a Polish manufacturer of 3D printers and filaments for SMB market and rapid prototyping for industries, including robotics and automation, architecture, industrial design, engineering, aviation, industrial automation. Zortrax machines work with dedicated software, firmware and filaments.
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| Company type | joint-stock company |
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| Industry | 3D printing |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Founder | Rafał Tomasiak, Marcin Olchanowski |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Mariusz Babula (CEO) |
| Products | Zortrax Endureal, Zortrax M300 Dual, Zortrax M200 Plus, Zortrax Inventure, Zortrax M300, Zortrax M200, Z-SUITE software |
| Website | zortrax.com |
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History
Zortrax was founded by Rafal Tomasiak and Marcin Olchanowski.
Work on M200 started in 2011 and completed in 2013. On December 3, 2015 Zortrax opened its showroom in Warsaw, Poland – the Zortrax Store.
In 2016, the company launched Zortrax M300.[1]
In 2018, Zortrax launched Inkspire, a desktop resin 3D printer. It is an upgrade to traditional stereolithography printers.[2]
In 2020, Zortrax collaborated with the European Space Agency to develop a technology that enables the production of 3D printing composite parts using two blends of PEEK filament.[3][4]
Technology
Zortrax manufactures Layer Plastic Deposition (LPD) technology. The technology is using three-dimensional data to create three-dimensional model in layer after layer process.
Layer Plastic Deposition is a technology in which printer is melting thermoplastic material (filament) in the extruder and apply it precisely on heated platform layer after layer.
Zortrax Z-SUITE software is created specifically for Zortrax machines. Z-SUITE allows to open a .stl, .obj or .dxf file and set printing preferences. It is dedicated for both Windows and Mac users. Zortrax developed an application for storing and downloading 3D models - the Zortrax Library.
Prizes and awards
- 2014 50 Creative in Business for Brief Magazine[5]
- 2014 The Jan Wejchert Prize of the Polish Business Roundtable in Vision and Innovation Category[6]
- 2014 Design Alive Award for Best Strategists[7]
- 2014 25 Polish Best Industrial Designs[8]
- 2014 Best 3D Printer in the Plug’n’Play Category, 3D Hubs[9]
- 2015 Top Design Award in Science-Medicine-Industry Category[10]
- 2015 3rd Most Wanted 3D Printer in 3D Hubs Community[11]
- 2015 [12] Zortrax M200 - the Best Plug&Play 3D Printer in 2015&2016, the World's Best Desktop 3D Printer by 3D Hubs Community[13]
- 2015 Zortrax M200 - 2nd Best Overall FDM 3D Printer, 3D Printing Shootout by Make Magazine[14]
- 2017 Teraz Polska Polish Promotional Logo awarded by the Polish Promotional Logo Foundation[15]