Sikwazile isikhathi esithile ukuthi ku- UMichelin banentshisekelo eyanele yokuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe bokunyathelisa be-3D ukuze bazuze entuthukweni yayo enkulu. Ngenxa yalokhu, sekuyisikhathi eside bezungeza inhlanganisela yezinkampani nezikhungo zocwaningo ukuzama ukwethula uhlelo olukwazi ukuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe bokuphrinta bensimbi ye-3D.
Phakathi kwezinkampani uMichelin afinyelele kuzo isivumelwano sokusebenzisana, kufanele kukhulunywe ngeFives, abasanda kwethula iphrojekthi ebizwa ngokuthi 'Sofialapho engazi khona izozama ukubheka lonke uchungechunge lokukhiqiza lensimbi elengeziwe. Njengoba bekulindelekile, lolu hlelo lusanda kujoyinwa abadlali abakhulu emakethe abanjengo-Aubert noDuval, Safran, Volume-e, ESI Group kanye neFusia kanye nezinhlangano zocwaningo zaseFrance ezinjengeCentrale Supeles, CNRS, Polytechnique ne-ENS Paris-Sacluy .
IMichelin ithola u-50 million woxhaso lokucwaninga nokuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe bensimbi bokuphrinta be-3D.
Inhloso yale nyunyana enkulu ukwenza izinto ezintsha, ukuthuthukisa ukukhiqizwa kwezinqubo futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukuqonda kangcono izingozi ezibandakanyeka ekufakeni lolu hlobo lobuchwepheshe ezinqubeni zamanje zokukhiqiza. Njengoba kuphawuliwe, omunye wabemukeli omkhulu wale phrojekthi umkhakha wezindiza jikelele.
Njengemininingwane yokugcina, vele ngikutshele ukuthi utshalomali lwe- 50 million euro sesifikile sibonga ibhange le-BPI kanye nesifunda sase-Auvergne-Rhone Alpes. Ukufeza imali enjalo, iphrojekthi kudingeke ukuthi iqinisekiswe yizinhlangano eziningana zobukhulu be-Via Méca, i-ASTech Paris Region noma i-Aerospace Valley.