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Materialise Celebrates 30 Years with a Gift of Sustainability

Nele Motmans
February 02, 2021
Materialise Celebrates 30 Years with a Gift of Sustainability

People are the cornerstone of Materialise. To show this commitment, Materialise donated a banana plant in each of their employees’ names to the Bananas for Every Woman project. It’s an initiative started in Benin that aims to improve nutrition in the region and provide women with financial autonomy.

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Baobab Express Attains B-Corp Status — A First in West Africa!

Andrea Rees
September 17, 2020
Baobab Express buses at bus terminal in Benin

Baobab Express, an enterprise launched in 2014 to create a safe, low-cost, and dependable method of transportation for the inhabitants of Benin, has become the first company in West Africa to receive the prestigious B Corporation certification!

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Slowing Coronavirus Spread with 3D-Printed Hands-Free Door Openers

Madeleine Fiello
March 19, 2020
Slowing Coronavirus Spread with 3D-Printed Hands-Free Door Openers

Do less harm, use your arm! To avoid the further spread of germs like coronavirus, Materialise designed a hands-free 3D-printed door opener. We are making the design available to all for free as part of our mission to create a better and healthier world. Join us in our mission and make a change!  

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Hitting New Heights: Run4Benin 2018 Raises More Money Than Ever

Stephanie Benoit
April 13, 2018
Hitting New Heights: Run4Benin 2018 Raises More Money Than Ever

Every spring, we start raising funds for an initiative particularly close to our hearts: the Benin Summer School. This year, our software department challenged the company to raise the ambitious amount of 10,000€ - and even introduced some friendly competition in pitting Materialise headquarters against all our offices combined. So if we were going to be successful, it was clear that we couldn’t just stick to the traditional Run4Benin, the race we run each year to raise money for Benin.

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Bednet Virtually Transports Bedridden Schoolchildren to the Classroom with Mobile Unit

Stephanie Benoit
November 23, 2017
Bednet Virtually Transports Bedridden Schoolchildren to the Classroom with Mobile Unit

Bednet is an organization which enables children with long-term or chronic illnesses to follow classes from the comfort of their own home. The patient’s friends and classmates can see them on a screen at the back of the class, and they can follow the lesson as if they were physically present. We donated 3D-printed parts for the Bednet mobile unit, which was nominated for the prestigious Henry van de Velde Life Quality Award last year!

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The Long March: 3D Printing Goes to Shangrao Primary School

Daisy Liu, Emma Wan
October 31, 2017
The Long March: 3D Printing Goes to Shangrao Primary School

You may have read about last year’s Silk Road initiative, where our Chinese office took a “Dream Bus” around the west of China to inspire and educate young children in remote areas about 3D Printing. This year, the saga continues as the Long March – the Dream Bus will start in Jinzhai and make its way to Dingxi across the south of China.

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Benin Summer School 2017: Electric Motorcycles, Healthy Eating and Solar Power

Stephanie Benoit
October 27, 2017
Benin Summer School 2017: Electric Motorcycles, Healthy Eating and Solar Power

Every year two of our employees volunteer to head the Benin Summer School, a social initiative organized by Materialise and Belgian charity Hubi & Vinciane. This year Matthias Floru and Christoph Hamacher had the honor of handing over university scholarships to Loth Chabi, Moussibaou Babatounde and Narcisse Koudjangnihoue!

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Little Hearts of China Project: 3D-Printed Models Illuminating Complex Pediatric Cases

Marta Sambaer
June 22, 2017
Little Hearts of China Project: 3D-Printed Models Illuminating Complex Pediatric Cases

In April 2017, a young patient with serious cardiac deformity was the happy recipient of a successful heart surgery. His case was very complex and the surgery entailed high risks. What makes this surgery even more special however, is that it was one of the first to be performed under the patronage of Little Hearts of China. This charity project brings in selected young patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) from the western region of China and offers them advanced medical care that would otherwise not be available locally.

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Raising Money for Benin with the Run4Benin 2016!

Stephanie Benoit
November 09, 2016
Raising Money for Benin with the Run4Benin 2016!

Every year Materialise organizes the Run4Benin – a company-wide 15km race along the fields surrounding the buildings of our headquarters. It’s a fundraiser organized to sponsor our Summer School in Benin – an initiative which enables local students with management potential to do a university degree and consequently stimulate entrepreneurship in Benin. This year our Medical department was in charge of the organization – and they decided to do things a little differently.

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Stimulating Young Entrepreneurs at the Benin Summer School 2016

Stephanie Benoit
September 01, 2016
Stimulating Young Entrepreneurs at the Benin Summer School 2016

Started in 2012, the Benin Summer School is one of the social initiatives started up by Materialise. Located in Papané, Benin, the idea behind the program is to select the three best students of the region – and then support these students financially throughout their university studies. The goal is to stimulate the local economy by giving its brightest young citizens the tools to build up useful businesses that last. We work together with a local NGO, Hubi and Vinciane, who helps the two volunteers from Materialise work with the students for two weeks on a project they need to develop and present in order to get selected as part of the final three. Meet Jonas and Dorina, who volunteered to teach the summer school this year.

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