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ORLANDO (May 20, 2008) – Michael Siemer, a former Disney Imagineer and founder of Orlando-based Mydea Technologies, is well known for his creativity and innovation in the fields of product design, development and rapid prototyping.
Now, the chief executive officer of one of the Southeast’s leading product development and rapid prototyping companies can add another engineering accolade to his professional resume: creating a fast and inexpensive metal-finishing process called “Metal Jacket,” which turns objects produced in high-resolution plastic and resin into finished products.
He will demonstrate the process this week when thousands of great
engineering minds throughout the United States converge on Central
Florida for a three-day additive manufacturing conference May 20-22
at the Coronado Springs Resort at Lake Buena Vista. The conference,
called RAPID, is put on by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers
and is the largest of its kind in the US. Siemer, who is part of
the Advisory Committee for the conference and was the previous
national chair for the association, personally played an instrumental
role in bringing the conference from the Midwest to Orlando this
year.
“Technology companies often use prototypes to sell their components,” he said. Those prototypes might range from widgets like simple tools and implements to more complicated simulator equipment that precisely replicates the cockpit of a fighter jet, a tank or a cruise ship.
Those companies often turn to Mydea – a member company of the University of Central Florida’s Technology Incubator – to create those three-dimensional prototypes and low-volume production items quickly and efficiently.
Mydea also creates many products for the medical and dental industries,
as well as models for land developers and architects, by using
processes like rapid prototyping to automatically produce complex,
physical geometries.
In addition to providing affordable product manufacturing, the
five-year-old company also offers confidential instant quotes on
its website at www.mydeatechnologies.com.Siemer said not needing
to register nor upload 3-D files in order to receive a price quote
often proves very valuable for those interested in having a product
prototype created confidentially.
“Our goal is to help consumers build their own prototypes and products, even down to the smallest of jobs,” he said. “We offer a very fast and inexpensive solution for simulated metal parts which has applications in both rapid tooling and direct digital manufacturing..
“We’re a “3D Kinko’s,” Siemer said, adding that while Kinko’s can copy anything on paper, Mydea can copy anything in 3D.
For more information about this
release, contact:
Michael Siemer, CEO, Mydea Technologies, 407-737-1991
Tom O’Neal or Carol Ann Dykes, UCF Technology Incubator, 407-882-0202
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, LV Communications, 407-644-4142
About Mydea Technologies:
Mydea Technologies was incorporated in July 2003 with a mission
to assist companies and individuals in all aspects of product development
including design and engineering, 3D modeling, rapid prototyping
and production. The company is committed to researching and utilizing
the newest innovations and technology for rapid product development.
Mydea Technologies is located in the Central Florida Research Park
in Orlando, FL. For more information, visit www.mydeatechnologies.com.
About the UCF Incubation Program
Since its founding in 1999, the
UCF Incubation Program has helped more than 100 emerging companies
create over $200 million in annual revenue and more than 800 new
jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With five facilities across
the metro Orlando community, the Incubation Program is collaboration
in economic development between UCF, Orange County, the City of
Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, and the Florida
High Tech Corridor Council. For more information, please visit http://www.incubator.ucf.edu. |
