Z Corporation Achieves Key Milestones

By Z Corporation, PRNE
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

3D Printing Company Sets Record in Sales of Printing Materials; Ships 6,000th ZPrinter

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, February 24, 2011 - Z Corporation, maker of breakthrough 3D printing, rapid prototyping and
3D scanning technologies, today announced it has reached several milestones
reflecting the value Z Corporation solutions offers to its customers.

(Logo: photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20040630/ZCORPLOGO )

The first milestone is record sales of consumables, the build materials
used to print 3D models. In Q4 2010, Z Corp. sold more consumables than in
any previous quarter in the company's 16-year history. Customers ordered and
received over 7 million cubic inches of materials from Z Corp. in 2010. Based
on an average size model such as a coffee cup, this would be the equivalent
of printing 25,000 new design ideas every week.

"I'm thrilled by these results," said John M. Kawola, Z Corp. CEO. "As we
read the industry reports, it appears increasingly likely that more models
are being printed on ZPrinters than any other 3D printing technology, making
our customers the most productive in the world. It's important to us that our
customers are experiencing the productivity they hoped for. The more models
they produce, the more ideas they communicate and the more value they
create."

Independent industry analyst Todd Grimm supported that stance. "Z Corp.'s
findings are consistent with findings in my '3D Printer Benchmark'
(www.tagrimm.com/benchmark-2010/index.html) report last June that the
ZPrinter had the highest speed, more than double the throughput, and the
lowest average materials and part cost with respect to comparable 3D
printers."

The use of 3D printers in the product design process is becoming
increasingly prevalent across a wide range of industries. For over 10 years,
Z Corporation has provided its line of ZPrinters to mechanical engineers,
industrial designers, architects and educators. The ZPrinter's combination of
speed, high throughput and low operating cost enables these users to maximize
the number of 3D printed models that can be produced and thus effectively
used to communicate ideas, check form and fit and accelerate the design
process.

Other milestones pointing to a strong 2011 include:

6,000th ZPrinter(R) - The company shipped its 6,000th ZPrinter in Q4. Z
Corp. introduced the first ZPrinter 3D printer in 1996 and has sustained
growth by continuously setting benchmarks for 3D printer speed, quality,
affordability, color and office friendliness.

Revenue growth - The company saw strong revenue growth in 2010 with
increasing momentum in the second half of the year.

New products - The company introduced three rapid prototyping systems in
2010, the ZBuilder(TM)
(www.zcorp.com/en/Press-Room/New-ZBuilder-Ultra-Rapid-Prototype-Machine-Delivers-Functional-P/news.aspx)
Ultra for creating functional plastic prototypes, and two value-priced 3D
printers
(www.zcorp.com/en/Press-Room/Z-Corp–Introduces-Two-Value-Priced-3D-Printers-Starting-at-Just/news.aspx),
the ZPrinter 150 and the ZPrinter 250. The company also introduced ZScan(R)
5.0 software
(www.zcorp.com/en/Press-Room/Z-Corporation-Releases-New-ZScan-5-0-Software/news.aspx)
expanding the functionality of its ZScanner(R) 3D laser scanners.

Top-tier customers - Organizations such as Airbus Operations GmbH, Foster
+ Partners, GE Energy, Hyundai-Kia Motors, Israeli Defense Forces, Newell
Rubbermaid
, SHoP Architects, Sketchers, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., and
educational institutions such as Helwan University, The American University
UAE, RMIT University School of Architecture and Design recently invested in Z
Corp. technology.

About Z Corporation

Z Corporation 3D technologies help product designers, engineers and
architects create the right designs the first time. Professionals use
ZPrinter 3D printers, ZBuilder Ultra rapid prototyping machines and ZScanner
3D laser scanners to compress the design cycle, generate new concepts,
communicate clearly, foster collaboration, and reduce errors. These solutions
span the entire 3D CAD/BIM design process from concept through design
verification. For more information, visit www.zcorp.com.

    CONTACT:    JULIE REECE                    ED MARSHALL
                Z CORPORATION                  BEAUPRE & CO.
                +1-781-852-5058                +1-603-559-5816
                JREECE@ZCORP.COM               EMARSHALL@BEAUPRE.COM
                WWW.ZCORP.COM                  WWW.BEAUPRE.COM

Julie Reece of Z Corporation, +1-781-852-5058, jreece at zcorp.com; or Ed Marshall of Beaupre & Co., +1-603-559-5816, emarshall at beaupre.com

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