SOLID CONCEPTS UPGRADES QUALITY CERTIFICATIONS

VALENCIA, California - October 12, 2009

Solid Concepts Inc., a leading supplier of rapid prototyping and direct digital manufacturing services, announced today that it has upgraded its’ ISO certifications for their quality management system to the ISO 9001:2008 standard for their Valencia, Poway and Austin facilities. In addition, their Austin facility is now AS9100 certified along with the existing AS9100 certification they hold for their Valencia facility.

While the ISO certification has become a familiar quality benchmark for manufacturing, the AS9100 standard is one that many may not be familiar with. AS9100 is an international aerospace quality system standard overseen by the International Aerospace Quality Group. The quality management system is based on and exceeds the ISO 9001:2008 quality standard, including 80 additional requirements and 18 amplifications to the standard including independent validation of materials and processes.

“These certifications demonstrate the company’s commitment to meet the highest quality standards” said Beckie Christie, Director of Quality for Solid Concepts Inc. “Meeting these requirements ensures customers that the company will consistently meet their quality expectations.”

While the AS9100 standard is targeted to the aerospace industry, all customers benefit from the company meeting the strict quality requirements.

About Solid Concepts Inc.

Solid Concepts Inc. is a supplier of rapid prototyping and direct digital manufacturing services. Founded in 1991, Solid Concepts is a five-facility, multiple technology company known to be a solutions provider with project management and engineering expertise. Capabilities in Stereolithography (SLA), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), Advanced Cast Urethanes, CNC and FRP rapid prototypes and custom manufactured parts allows for low-volume production of plastic, urethane, and metal components directly from design data, resulting in significant time and cost savings. Tooling and Molding capabilities bring customer projects through to completion. ISO 9001 and AS9100 certifications.

• SolidView
  SolidView® software allows you to view, rotate, measure and communicate design intent with non-CAD users—starting with our free 3D CAD viewer—SolidView/Lite.
• SLA & PolyJet
  SLA® & PolyJet™ provide accurate concept models and master patterns in record time. Complete in-house finishing capability for production-like prototypes.
• SLS
  SLS® (selective laser sintering) produces rugged Nylon 11 and Nylon 12 prototype and production parts and is ideally suited for Direct Digital Manufacturing.
• FDM
  FDM (fused deposition modeling) produces both prototype and production parts from ABS plastic, polycarbonate, and Ultem materials.
• CNC
  CNC prototypes, parts and master patterns are ideal in applications where the material property or size requirements make other prototyping techniques unsuitable.
• Cast Urethane
  Cast Urethane (a proprietary advanced casting technology and advanced formula polymers) produce strong pre-production and short-run production components.
• Composites
  Composites (fiber reinforced plastic) technology produces large, rigid, accurate panels with excellent strength-to-weight ratio and surface finish. Chose between CompositeCast™, Hand Lay-up FPR and VARTM.
• Tooling
  Tooling from Solid Concepts provides quick-turn tooling options for Chinese tooling & production, export tooling from China, and domestic tooling, all with domestic project management.
• Molding
  Injection Molding from Solid Concepts brings you the best of both worlds by providing Chinese pricing and lead times along with Solid Concepts quality and domestic project management.