Prodways Group is positioned across the entire 3D printing value chain, from designing machines and materials through to supplying 3D-printed parts.
Over the last year, Prodways Group has been developing vertical applications using 3D printing, in order to get closer to end customers and their specific requirements. Accordingly, in March 2016, Prodways Group launched PODO3D - a subsidiary dedicated to 'wearable' biomedical equipment. The aim is to deeply transform the orthopaedic insole market with its ScientiFeet product range.
Thanks to 3D printing, ScientiFeet brings a new value proposition to the market, serving podiatry professionals:
- a profitable solution, a product that stands out from the competition, very popular with patients;
- added value for practitioners in terms of patient diagnosis, and savings in time through outsourced production.
Whether orthopaedic, in response to a medical condition, for comfort or to improve sports performance, insoles today represent a growing global market driven by underlying trends:
- social: rapidly increasing practice of sports (walking and running, etc.), greater attention to well-being and health through preventative measures;
- health: prevalence of diabetes and obesity, as well as chronic back pain;
- demographic: an ageing population.
The process of manufacturing a 3D insole is broken down into five distinct stages: the patient's diagnosis by the practitioner, scanning the patient's foot, the 3D digital modelling and ordering of the pair of insoles, and the printing and dispatch of said insoles.
The insoles are 3D-printed by the Prodways Group PRODUCTS division using selective laser sintering technology. Once the production has been finalised, the pairs are delivered to the practitioner's office, who hands them over to the patients. After a 12-month trial period, the solution has been marketed since January 2017.
ScientiFeet is already being used by some 50 regular customers and several dozens of pairs of insoles are manufactured daily. More than 4,000 pairs of ScientiFeet insoles have already been printed.
ScientiFeet will be presented at the 21st podiatry trade fair (Parc Floral de Paris, Château de Vincennes, stand number 51) to be held in Paris on 31 March 2017 and 1 April 2017.
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About Groupe Gorgé
Groupe Gorgé is an independent group that specializes in high-tech industries. Today, the Group is active in the fields of security and protection in extreme environments, as well as in the 3D printing sector. It employs around 1,700 people, is located in eight countries and directly exports around 40% of its activity. In its more than twenty-five year history, Groupe Gorgé has always developed and driven the latest technological and industrial innovations.
Smart Safety Systems: Developing complete, innovative technological solutions for complex missions in hostile and confined environments.
Protection of High-Risk Installations: Protecting people and ensuring the active and passive protection of installations for energy markets and industrial and tertiary sectors in France. Ensuring the maintenance of these protection systems.
3D Printing: Enabling major industry players to find new routes to successful innovation and production processes by providing systems, 3D printers and new premium material.
In 2016, the Group reported revenue of €281.2 million. It is backed by 1,800 employees and operations in over ten countries.
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