3D Systems was named to MIT Technology Review's 50 Smartest Companies 2015 list.
Here are five observations:
1. The company was ranked number 42, ahead of companies such as IBM, Microsoft and Uber.
2. The company is "moving to dominate the commercialization of 3-D printing," according to the report.
3. The company developed a 3D printing flexible assembly line that deposits an 4 billion drops of material every minute in photo-quality color.
4. The printing platform offers production speeds 50 times faster than existing 3D jetting technologies.
5. According to a Transparency Market Research report, the company is a key player in the global 3D printing in medical applications market, which is expected to reach a value of $965.5 million by 2019.