Simon Shen is confident on the prospect of the company in 2015, “There are still five to sex new 3D printers to be announced, you guys (reporters) will see me very often in this year.” He also revealed that the company has a coming food printer.

Gary Shu, Senior Manager at Market Development Division of XYZprinting, explained that SL is the gold standard for accuracy and resolution in the 3D printing world, reaching layer thicknesses and feature sizes that are worlds ahead of what is possible with fused deposition modeling (FDM).

Gary Shu further illustrated the process of SL is pretty straightforward, a laser is used to draw on the surface of a liquid plastic resin that hardens when exposed to a certain wavelength of light. The laser draws and hardens a layer at a time until the entire model is built. It’s simple, reliable, and quiet.

However, SL is traditionally one of the most expensive 3D printing processes. With pricey lasers and high-precision optical components, SL 3D printers can easily cost tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Surprisingly, the Nobel 1.0 only costs NT$ 54990.

Meanwhile, the Nobel 1.0 was awarded by Review.com as the EDITOR's CHOICE AWARDS.