跟随猜测那Aleph Objects，制造商Lulzbotopen-source 3D printers had met its end, the company has refused to deny claims that it isindeed shutting down.
归因于Aleph对象指出的一封电子邮件：“我们很遗憾地告知您，Lulzbot 3D打印机的Aleph Objects Inc的所有者决定截至2019年10月9日星期三，已决定关闭业务。运营将持续到10月31日。，2019年努力通过现有库存出售。”
Grant Flaharty, President, and CEO of Aleph Objects, did not deny the claims of the email, telling 3D Printing Industry:
“我目前没有评论。如您所见，我们正在继续制作产品并履行订单[我们]积极寻求新的所有权和资金机会。”
Initially, Lulzbot told 3D Printing Industry, “We did have a staff reduction but are not shutting down Friday.” Since then, this statement has been clarified by Lisa Ketner VP of Global Sales & Support as, “We would not be closing last Friday and we did not close last Friday.” While the choice of language is unusually specific regarding dates, Ketner could not confirm if the email sent to suppliers was genuine nor comment on the future of the company.
Aleph Objects’ staff reduction has made 91 of its 113 employees redundant, according toLoveland Reporter-Herald. Now, the Colorado-based publication has also reported that former employee, Zachary Hergenreder, has filed a class-action lawsuit against the company due to its failure to notify its workers in advance of their termination.
“Streamlining operations” or closing down the business
为了回应裁员引起的动荡，Aleph对象于10月11日发布了该声明，说Lulzbot打印机正在“简化操作”。尽管它进入了3D bioprinting market earlier this year, this was deemed as a result of the ‘lack of innovation’ by onlookers on the company’s part. Many from the 3D printing community also took to social media, attributing the pricing of the Lulzbot 3D printers as the cause of the company’s “demise”.
Lulzbot, lay-offs and a lawsuit
回顾一下16项员工评论betway必威手机版登录Glassdoor从2017 - 2019年开始，Aleph对象的工作环境被描述为“限制性，控制，负面”和“混乱”。尽管这样的小样本可能无法反映大多数员工的经验，但Hergenreder在周一提起的集体诉讼宣称该公司指控该公司违反了需要60天的终止通知的法律。betway必威手机版登录
As one of the 91 employees to be let go, Hergenreder states that the majority of staff were notified of the layoffs on Wednesday, the 9th of October at 3 p.m. According to theWorker Adjustment and Retraining Notification（警告）在科罗拉多州的行为，拥有100多名员工的公司必须向将在解雇前60天解雇的员工通知。Aleph物体没有提出警告通知。该诉讼还补充说，该公司还忽略了终止雇员的“工资，工资，佣金和奖金”。
正如MOE所说，该公司最近对中国商品征收的关税也受到了伤害，因为其3D打印硬件包括中国的电子电动机和电源。据报道，Aleph对象目前有22名员工。
Amidst the layoffs, a private message board was established by Aleph Object employees looking for new job opportunities in additive manufacturing. Those interested can contact[email protected]as well as sign up for the3D打印作业委员会，用于最新的行业空缺。
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特色图片显示了Lulzbot Mini 3D打印机和该公司的吉祥物Rocktopus。通过Lulzbot的照片。
