Sele siyazi kangangexesha elithile ukuba in UMicrosoft banomdla ngokwaneleyo ekuphuhliseni itekhnoloji ye-3D yokuprinta ukuze baxhamle kwinkqubela phambili yayo enkulu. Ngenxa yoku, ixesha elide, bezingqonge indibaniselwano yeenkampani kunye namaziko ophando ukuzama ukumilisela inkqubo ekwaziyo ukuphuhlisa isinyithi 3D iteknoloji yokuprinta.
Phakathi kweenkampani apho iMichelin ifikelele kwisivumelwano sentsebenziswano, makukhankanywe iiFives, esele zisungule nazo iprojekthi ebizwa ngokuba 'Sofiaapho ndiyazi khona izakuzama ukulungisa yonke into eyenziweyo yentsimbi. Njengoko bekulindelwe, le nkqubo kutshanje idityaniswe ngabadlali abakhulu kwimakethi enje ngeAubert kunye neDuval, iSafran, iVolumu-e, iqela le-ESI kunye neFusia kunye nemibutho yophando yaseFrance efana neCentrale Supeles, CNRS, Polytechnique kunye ne-ENS Paris-Sacluy .
IMichelin ifumana inkxaso-mali engama-50 ezigidi zeerandi ukuphanda kunye nokuphuhlisa itekhnoloji yoshicilelo ye-3D.
Injongo yale manyano inkulu kukuphuhlisa izinto ezintsha, ukuphucula ukuveliswa kweenkqubo kwaye, ngaphezulu kwako konke, ukuqonda ngcono ubungozi obubandakanyekayo ekubandakanyeni olu hlobo lwetekhnoloji kwiinkqubo zangoku zokuvelisa. Njengoko sele kuphawuliwe, Omnye wabamkeli abaphambili bale projekthi licandelo lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya.
Njengeenkcukacha zokugqibela, xelela nje ukuba utyalomali lwe 50 million ifikile enkosi kuzo zombini i-BPI bank kunye ne-Auvergne-Rhone Alpes. Ukufezekisa inkxaso-mali enjalo, iprojekthi kuye kwafuneka iqinisekiswe ngamaziko aliqela anobungakanani beVia Méca, ASTech Ingingqi yeParis okanye iAerospace Valley.