Impossible Objects Adds Ford® as Customer

NORTHBROOK, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Impossible
Objects today announced that Ford Motor Company, the best-selling
car brand in America and ranked in the top 10 of the Fortune 500, is a
customer.

Ford recently purchased two Impossible Objects “Model
One” 3D printing machines to be used by the company for research and
development.

“We believe there’s huge opportunity for our technology across the $12
trillion global manufacturing market, and we’re honored to have Ford as
a customer,” says Bob Swartz, Chairman and Founder of Impossible
Objects. “We’re looking forward to working with Ford and exploring all
the ways the company can use 3D printing at scale.”

The Ford news is the latest in a series of positive announcements for
Impossible Objects in recent months. The company raised
$6.4 million in Series A funding from leading investors in October 2017.
In addition, Ford joins a growing list of Fortune 500 companies signing
on to use Impossible Objects’ machines. That list includes Jabil,
a product solutions company providing comprehensive design,
manufacturing, supply chain and product management services, which
bought a machine in the summer of 2017. The Model One has won
several prestigious industry awards, including the Innovation Award at
the RAPID + TCT 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing conference for
the service or product that will have the greatest impact on the
industry, as well as the European TCT Technology Innovation Hardware
Award and the Society of Manufacturing Engineer’s (SME) 2018 Excellence
in Composites Manufacturing Award.

As demonstrated by the recent developments, industry experts and leading
manufacturers across a variety of sectors are recognizing and looking to
add Impossible Objects’ game changing technology to their manufacturing
process. Leveraging high-speed 2D graphics technologies, it enables
companies to use a wide-range of composite and advanced materials,
including carbon fiber, Kevlar and fiberglass together with PEEK and
other high performance polymers, to build the strongest, lightweight
parts at scale.

The Model One empowers customers throughout the entire manufacturing
process, from prototyping to high-volume production, allowing businesses
to:

• Create Stronger Parts: Through Impossible Objects’ unique
  process, Model One is able to create parts that are many times
  stronger than current 3D printers.
• Use a range of high-quality advanced materials: Impossible
  Objects enables companies to build truly functional parts, from high
  performance materials that other processes cannot use, such as carbon
  fiber and PEEK. Because of the composite makeup, customers will be
  able to customize the part applications, whether to have heat and/or
  chemical resistant properties, stiffness or flexibility, or other
  attributes.
• Power 3D printing at scale: With faster build speeds than other
  additive manufacturing technologies and traditional composite lay-up
  techniques, Impossible Objects has the potential to enable companies
  to build vital parts at production speeds 100x faster than current
  methods. Further, users can make the same part for the prototype and
  mass production.

The Model One is now shipping and being delivered to customers.

About Impossible Objects

Impossible Objects Inc. was founded in 2009 with the belief that
materials sciences inventions would enable 3D printing to revolutionize
the world in the same ways that computers and the Internet have
revolutionized the way we live, work and play. Impossible Objects is
venture-backed and is staffed by a multidisciplinary team with extensive
experience in manufacturing, additive manufacturing, materials sciences,
aerospace, composite materials and engineering, and developing and
commercializing new technologies.

Contacts

Bite Communications for Impossible Objects
Chris Kraeuter,
415-407-3567
[email protected]