3D Systems Corporation, operating through its subsidiaries in the United
States, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, designs, develops, manufactures,
markets and services solid imaging systems and related products and materials
that allow complex three-dimensional objects to be manufactured directly from
computer data without tooling, greatly reducing the time and cost to produce
prototypes or limited-run production parts. Our solid imaging systems rapidly
produce physical objects from digital data using computer-aided design and
manufacturing, or CAD/CAM, software utilities and related computer applications.
We market our systems as an integrated package that combines equipment and
related software, materials and service to offer our customers one of the widest
ranges of solid imaging solutions in the world.

Our systems are used for applications that include rapid prototyping,
concept modeling. three-dimensional printing and "instant manufacturing".  ... More..."http://secfilings.nasdaq.com/edgar_conv_html%2f2004%2f03%2f15%2f0001047469-04-007939.html#FIS_BUSINESS"