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Posted: Monday, 22 September 2008 6:21PM

Troy's Edutronix Adds Three-D Printers

Troy-based Edutronix LLC has announced staff and business line additions.

The company says it has added three-dimensional printing and three-dimensional scanning gear from Z Corp. to its product portfolio.

The reverse engineering and rapid prototyping capabilities suit all applications from high school education through the most demanding commercial corporate environments. The devices use a combination of powder and cement, deposited in thin layers by technology now used in two-dimensional printing, to create highly accurate three-dimensional objects from CAD data.

The company also added staff: Greg Engle as sales account manager for education, Michele Nieswand as sales coordinator, Keith Locke as sales account manager for corporate, Rick Amato as application engineer and Jennifer Swiderski as marketing, public relations and media coordinator.

Edutronix' Educational Services business unit features career training software by Applied Technologies, which improves the students’ skills and ignites their interest in health sciences, agriscience and IT. The CAD Academy, featuring SolidWorks, ArchiCAD, Google SketchUp, A+ CAD, and Blender allows students to explore career paths through real world projects, while establishing a solid foundation for science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers. The Genesis World Language Labs permits the students to experience a dynamic software based language lab while allowing the instructor full control systems featuring the newest technologies available for multimedia interactivity.

The company also is participating in several upcoming educational conferences -- Oakland Tech Prep Wednesday in Farmington Hills; Trends Oct. 2 and 3, intended for Michigan community college educators in occupational studies, at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids; and Technology Discovery Day Oct. 31 at the University of Detroit Mercy.

The CAD Academy will also feature hands-on test drives for teachers Oct. 13 at Automation Alley in Troy and Oct. 15 at the Dasi office in Grandville. Both events take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

To register, e-mail grege@edutronix.com.

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