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Twikit is an enterprise software company headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, with additional offices in New York City and Stuttgart. The company specializes in mass customization and digital manufacturing, offering a 3D customization platform that enables brands and enterprises to conceptualize and manufacture products tailored to individual customer preferences. Twikit's unique approach integrates software development, product design, and engineering to provide seamless end-to-end solutions, allowing clients to visualize and configure products in real time. By combining product parametrization and user experience with digital manufacturing processes, Twikit enhances existing business operations and enables advanced product individualization at scale.

Voxel8 Inc. is a Somerville, Massachusetts-based company that specializes in designing and manufacturing advanced electronic devices and digital 3D printing technologies. Incorporated in 2013, Voxel8 offers desktop 3D printers that utilize thermoplastics and UV resins, enabling the rapid fabrication of customizable electronic devices. The company's proprietary Project Wire software facilitates the design of 3D printable electronics, streamlining the production process. Voxel8's unique technology is particularly applicable in textile applications, allowing for the zonal tuning of mechanical properties and the enhancement of aesthetic features in products such as footwear, apparel, and medical devices. This additive manufacturing approach minimizes waste and supports sustainability through the use of bio-based materials. Voxel8's innovations enable customization of individual prints, enhancing performance characteristics like abrasion resistance, cushioning, and grip, while also incorporating full-color graphics and 3D embellishments. The technology was developed in collaboration with Professor Jennifer Lewis at Harvard University, positioning Voxel8 at the forefront of digital manufacturing in the textile and electronic sectors.

Copprint specializes in producing Nano Copper Ink, a self-sintering conductive ink designed for cost-effective printed electronics. This ink offers rapid sintering, high conductivity, and substantial cost reduction compared to silver ink, making it suitable for various applications such as RFIDs, touch panels, printed antennas, PCBs, heaters, fabrics, 3D printing, batteries, and other printed electronics.