快速半径总部位于芝加哥的高级数字制造公司，由于“最近的资本市场动荡，这严重阻碍了该公司建立所需资本结构的能力”，因此已申请破产。”此后仅九个月，快速半径于2021年7月宣布将在纳斯达克证券交易所，届时，夏季开始了一波裁员。
The business has declared that it will remain operational and serve customers in the due course despite having filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the美国破产法规在特拉华州。迄今为止，该业务已使用减法方法以及多喷气融合，融合沉积建模和数字光合成生产了汽车，航空和消费品行业的商品。
“Every year since our founding, Fast Radius has grown our revenue, expanded our customer base, and extended our service offerings. However, recent headwinds in the capital markets have inhibited our ability to adequately put the capital structure needed in place,” said Fast Radius Co-founder and CEO Lou Rassey. “Our board has deemed this filing an appropriate next step. We continue to be convinced of the importance of innovation in manufacturing and the potential for our Cloud Manufacturing Platform.”
该公司的下一步是什么？
“快速半径超过2亿美元的投资creating a first-of-its-kind Cloud Manufacturing Platform. Like cloud computing, we provide a platform of software tools and manufacturing solutions to help engineers design and make commercial-grade parts for a 360 billion USD market. We have served over 2,000 manufacturing customers and 23,000 software users since 2020. We thank our suppliers and partners for their continued support through this process. We also thank our team members for the continued commitment and dedication to serving our customers,” added Fast Radius Co-founder and CEO.
作为破产申请的一部分，Fast Radius已要求法院制定特定的营销和销售程序。据说该公司正在与一个或多个潜在伙伴进行积极讨论。对可能的策略的评估和调查正在进行中，拟议的出价截止日期为2022年12月5日。
快速半径将继续开展业务，而破产法院正在开会并符合适用的美国法律。作为债务人，公司受到《破产法》的保护。快速半径已提起标准的法院动议，要求批准利用流动资产和运营现金流，以协助其在整个程序中继续运营。这包括继续支付员工的工资和福利。此外，该公司表示，它打算以备案日期或之后交付的商品和服务的标准条款全额支付供应商和供应商。
快速半径anticipates that its common warrants and stocks will be delisted from the NASDAQ Stock Exchange, but that it will continue to function normally and sustain all existing alliances and services. Although stocks and warrants will be qualified for a quotation on both platforms, there could be no guarantees that trading in the company’s common stock will begin or continue on the OTC Bulletin Board or Pink Sheets.
快速半径的先前里程碑
Previously, Fast Radius and UK-based medical technology firm Axial 3D created a new “DICOM-to-print” service for North American surgeons and hospitals. The partnership’s goal was to deliver clinicians in the US, Canada, and Mexico to obtain better surgical planning using patient-specific, micro-millimeter-accurate 3D printed anatomical models. These models, which were created from the patient’s own 2D scans, were allegedly delivered to surgical teams in as little as 48 hours.
Additionally,快速半径and Desktop Metal collaborated协助引入商业级申请台式金属生产系统.
快速半径had raised $48 million in Series B funding， 由...领着联合包裹服务(UPS), to increase its production capacity globally. By doing this, the business was expected to improve the Fast Radius Operating System (FROS) software that helps customers incorporate additive manufacturing into the process of developing new products.
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