Paris, November 25th 2014, 7 :00 am

Prodways is pleased to announce its new distribution agreement with RP Support, a leading service, hardware and materials provider to the additive manufacturing market. As a sole supplier for the DLP® (Digital Light Processing) based 3D printing technology incorporating the ProMaker L series hardware range based on MOVINGLight® technology and the PLASTCure range of premium materials, RP Support will supply, service and provide technical support for both the UK and Ireland markets. Prodways, based in les Mureaux, France is a company of Groupe Gorgé, an international industrial group with a product offering that pushes the leading edge of technology, supplying demanding industrial sectors such as aeronautics and defense. Prodways’s overall objective is to work with industrial clients to find new routes to successful innovation and production processes, by delivering the most effective 3D printers on the market. With this in mind, Prodways approached RP Support, a company already established and renowned for their excellent level of service, technical support and knowledge in the additive manufacturing market, to represent them in the UK and Ireland. David Storey, Executive Director at RP Support comments, “RP Support is extremely pleased to be working in partnership with Prodways. It is a great success story for this innovative technology to be further engineered and launched into the 3D printing market. We believe this exciting product range from Prodways will complement both our own business portfolio and the general additive manufacturing industry very well.” Raphael Gorgé, Chairman of Prodways states, “With Prodways and its MOVINGLight® technology, we are convinced that we are offering the market the perfect technology at the perfect time. This advantage, coupled with our ambition, efforts in R&D, both on 3D Printing systems and materials, as well as developing key distribution partnerships with successful companies like RP Support should allow us to establish Prodways in a leading position in 3D Printing.”

About RP Support RP Support Limited is a leading service, hardware and materials provider offering honest and professional technical support to all users of stereolithography and laser sintering equipment and Prodways® range of ProMaker hardware and MOVINGLight® technology materials for 3D Printing. It also offers support on existing products or development assistance for newly introduced additive manufacturing hardware. Alongside this RP Support also provides a wide range of services including laser head refurbishment, solid state laser upgrades, maintenance and repairs tailored to suit any requirement, upgrades to hardware, spare parts such as encoders, computers, optics and vacuum pumps, as well as user training and service contracts. There is also a comprehensive range of laser sintering powders and stereolithography materials provided through partnerships with market leading suppliers ALM and DSM Somos® coupled with cost effective ‘time and materials’ service visits, for increased productivity of hardware. RP Support’s business aim is to give legendary support with outstanding value for money service. More information can be found at: www.rpsupport.co.uk Press release