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Prototyping firm targets small businesses in Texas
October 26, 2011
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EULESS, TEXAS (Oct. 26, 2:45 p.m. ET) --PartSnap, a start-up company that carries out 3D printing,
laser scanning and urethane casting, has started offering its service to users in North Texas.
PartSnap uses Objet Poly Jet technology to produce 3D plastic models suitable for testing and design
validation, or for producing artistic, architectural or medical models. The company said it also offers 3D
laser scanning as a means of transferring legacy designs into modern 3D CAD data. Urethane casting can
be used to produce multiple models of a design prior to investing in permanent tooling, PartSnap said in
an Oct. 20 news release.
PartS nap said it was founded partly in response to the lack of accessibility to rapid prototyping technology
for small businesses and individual innovators. The company, which is run by husband-and-wife team
Michael and Lauren Moussa, said it aims to make its services accessible and affordable.
PartSnap will now be able to service businesses in the Dallas/Fort Worth and greater North Texas area.
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Commuters' backup route in Euless now needs its own backup
Posted Tuesday, Noy. 01, 2011
BY TERRY EVANS
tevans@star-telegram.com
There's a problem with the alternative of choice for many drivers avoiding all the construction on Airport Freeway in Northeast Tarrant
County.
The Texas Department of Transportation is working on Texas 10 in Euless, sending impatient commuters scrambling for yet another way to
avoid the $2.5 billion North Tarran! Express project, which is widening more than 13 miles of Northeast Loop 820 and Texas 121/183.
"They're resurfacing the road ," said Debra Ogle, daughter of Verna Kight, who owns Verna's Cafe on Texas 1 O. "It's hurt us some. We've
been slow since they started three weeks ago."
The diner, near the highway's eastern end, saw business increase as construction gradually made Airport Freeway less hospitable. But
lately, people who like to lunch at Verna's have found it tough to navigate Texas 10's various paved and unpaved stages.
"It's a milling and overlay project." Transportation Department spokesman Val Lopez said. 'We're removing the surface and applying a new
asphalt surface."
Lopez said the $1.65 million project by Austin Bridge & Road of Irving is being done now because that part of Texas 1 0 needs maintenance
now. North Tarrant Express won't be done until 2015, and the state isn't willing to wait.
;'Ovenaying extends the life of the road," Lopez said. "It will feel like a new road."
Euless spokeswoman Betsy Deck said the timing is unfortunate. Drivers whose escape route is clogged look elsewhere, caUSing "traffic
jams everywhere," she said.
Deck said the state has done what it can to minimize the traffic impact.
"They're keeping construction time limited, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., to try to avoid rush hour," she said. "Unfortunately, they're not always
finished by 3."
Lopez said the work is going a lot faster than expected and should beat the prediction of lasting through December.
"When we started the project. we thought it would be three months," he said. "It's going so fast they'll be done by the middle of November."
In the meantime, some drivers have opted for a second alternative.
"They're going down [Farm Road] 157 to Trinity Boulevard," Ogle said.
Only a little bit south of Texas 10, Trinity Boulevard has six lanes from Greenbelt Road east to Texas 360 and beyond, into CentrePort
business park.
It has four lanes between Greenbelt west to East Loop 820.
To keep up with daily lane closures, see www.txdot.gov, keyword: Road Conditions.
Terry Evans, 817-390-7620