ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html><head><title>Protomold Email Update</title><!--Message originally sent to: <%IF NOT ISEMPTY [email] THEN [email]%><%ELSE%><%END IF%>--> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name="GENERATOR"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- a:link { color: #9933cc; text-decoration: underline; } a:visited { color: #9933cc; text-decoration: underline; } a:hover { color: #9933cc; text-decoration: underline; } a:active { color: #9933cc; text-decoration: underline; } .subheading A:link {text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 153, 51);} .subheading A:visited {text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 153, 51);} .subheading A:active {text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 153, 51);} .subheading A:hover {text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 153, 51);} --> </style></head> <body style="margin:0; background-image:url('images/striped_backer.gif');"> <div id="fake_body" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <div id="main" style="border-top: 4px solid rgb(210, 210, 208); margin: 7px auto 0pt; padding: 10px; width: 637px; background-color: rgb(224, 227, 219);"> <div id="header" style="width: 637px; height: 61px; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); padding-left: 2px;"> <a href="/Default.aspx?s=PMEU0106" name="top"> <img src="images/proto_logo_rg.gif" alt="Protomold" id="logo" style="float: left;" border="0" height="56" width="202"></a> <img src="images/eu_tagline.gif" alt="Email Update - January 2006" style="margin-left: 15px;" height="56" width="419"><br> </div> <div id="nav_inside" style="width: 637px; margin-top: 5px; height: 9px;" images/nav_backer_inside.gif="" )="" bottom="" repeat-x=""> </div> <div id="container" style="padding: 25px 0pt 5px; width: 637px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div id="backer" style="background-image: url(../december_update/images/backer.gif);"> <div id="left_body" style="border-right: 1px solid rgb(186, 186, 186); margin: 0pt 5px 15px 18px; float: left; width: 368px; padding-right: 20px; display: inline;"> <img src="images/eu_headline.gif" alt="January Update" style="margin-bottom: 25px;" height="30" width="213"> <p style="margin: 0pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(102, 153, 51);">What&#8217;s Happening in Telford, UK?</p> <p style="margin-top: 5px;">We thought you&#8217;d never ask. Our EU facility is up and running, orders are coming in, and prototypes are going out. We met our &#8217;05 goals, and the facility has already begun the process of doubling production capacity. But the best news is that the customers are happy. If it&#8217;s true, as we&#8217;ve heard, that folks are more reserved over there, the fact that customers describe the performance of Protomold Limited as &#8220;impressive&#8221; (and they have), suggests that they&#8217;re <em>very</em> happy.</p> <p style="margin: 20px 0pt 0pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(102, 153, 51);">News from the Great White North</p> <p style="margin-top: 5px;">Some of you may think, especially at this time of year, that &#8220;The Great White North&#8221; refers to our headquarters location here in Minnesota. Actually, as any Minnesotan will tell you, the real GWN is Canada, where we&#8217;ve been shipping an increasing number of parts. In fact, we now have an online export management system, which you can see for yourself on our <a href="/Default.aspx?s=PMEU0106">web site</a>. So if your location is great, white, and north of Minnesota and you need fast, affordable, injection molded prototypes, check us out, eh? </p> <p style="margin: 20px 0pt 0pt; underline: none; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(102, 153, 51);">News from Cyberspace</p> <a href="/WhatIsAProtoQuote.aspx"><img src="images/protoquote.jpg" alt="ProtoQuote screen shot" style="margin: 10px 8pt 8px 0px; float: left;" border="0"></a> <p style="margin: 5px 0pt 15px;"> If you liked ProtoQuote before, you&#8217;re going to love it now. With a major facelift and a lot more under the hood, ProtoQuote is faster, smarter, and easier to use than ever before. The look and feel is user-friendly, feedback is clearer, and the entire process is a whole lot faster. Feedback on your design is now clearly separated into three tabbed sections: critical changes, optional changes, and information-only notes. Powered by our expanded &#8220;server farm&#8221; the system&#8217;s upgraded algorithms now render images in a fraction of the time and give more specific information on draft and texturing requirements. We think you&#8217;ll like it, but don&#8217;t take our word for it. See for yourself <a href="/Default.aspx?s=PMEU0106">on the Protomold website.</a></p> <p style="margin: 20px 0pt 0pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(102, 153, 51);">News from the Future</p> <p style="margin-top: 10px;">If you think the new ProtoQuote is slick, just you wait. The developers won&#8217;t let us say exactly what they&#8217;re working on for the next release of ProtoQuote, but if you like the kind of dynamic 3D graphics you find in video games, have we got a quoting system for you!</p> <p style="margin: 20px 0pt 0pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(102, 153, 51);">The Journal: Not Just for Designers Anymore</p> <a href="/Journal.aspx"><img src="images/journal.jpg" alt="The Protomold Journal" style="margin: 10px 0pt 8px 8px; float: right;" border="0"></a> <p style="margin: 10px 0pt 0pt;">In addition to these email updates, you probably receive the quarterly Protomold Journal. (If you don&#8217;t and would like to, send us your &#8220;snail mail&#8221; mailing address at <a href="mailto:info@protomold.com"> info@protomold.com</a> and we&#8217;ll start your free subscription immediately. </p> <p style="margin-top: 10px;">With product design now impacting so much of what a company does these days, competitively, financially, and even strategically, the Journal now strives to address broader issues than ever before. If there are others in your organization, in purchasing, marketing, or the executive suite, who you think might benefit from a big-picture view of modern prototyping, email us their contact information (name, title, and mailing address) at <a href="mailto:info@protomold.com">info@protomold.com</a> and and we&#8217;ll give them a free subscription as well.</p> <p style="margin: 20px 0pt 0pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(102, 153, 51);">Feathers in Our Cap</p> <ul style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> <li style="padding: 0pt 0pt 8px 5px;">On October 1, the Inc. 500 list identified Protomold as the 96th fastest-growing private company in the U.S. </li> <li style="padding: 0pt 0pt 8px 5px;">On October 21, The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal&#8217;s 2005 Growth 50 list placed Protomold fourth among private Twin Cities companies.</li> <li style="padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 5px;">On October 27, Upsize Magazine named Protomold Minnesota&#8217;s Business Builder of the Year.</li> </ul> <p style="margin-top: 10px;">Our sincere thanks to all the customers who trusted us with their business last year. We look forward to serving you in 2006.</p> <p style="margin: 0pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(102, 153, 51);">Speaking of Customers&#8230;</p> <p style="margin: 10px 0pt 0pt;">...effective immediately our customer service reps all have new numbers.</p> <ul style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> <li style="padding: 0pt 0pt 8px 5px;">Kristy Pittman, 763-479-7527</li> <li style="padding: 0pt 0pt 8px 5px;">Susan Maass, 763-479-7524</li> <li style="padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 5px;">Cassie Johnson, 763-479-7523</li> </ul> <p style="margin-top: 10px;">Please call if you need assistance; we&#8217;re here to help.</p> <p style="margin: 0pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(102, 153, 51);">See You at the Show</p> <ul style="margin-top: 10px;"> <li style="padding: 0pt 0pt 8px 5px;"><a href="http://www.solidworks.com/pages/swworld/index.html">January 23-25, 2006, the SolidWorks World Conference 2006</a> at Caesar&#8217;s Palace in Las Vegas, Booth #103</li> <li style="padding: 0pt 0pt 8px 5px;"><a href="http://www.manufacturingweek.com/App/homepage.cfm?moduleid=42&appname=100084">March 20-23, 2006, National Manufacturing Week</a> at the Donald Stevens Convention Center, Rosemont Illinois, Booth #16,025 in the National Design Engineering section. <b>Save the $50 admission fee by sending an email to <a href="mailto:marketing@protomold.com">marketing@protomold.com</a> and we ll mail you a free admission ticket.</b></li> </ul> </div> <div id="right_body" style="margin: 0pt 5px 15px 0pt; padding: 6px 0pt 15px; float: right; width: 220px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 248);"> <img src="images/resources_head.gif" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 13px 3px;" height="36" width="214"> <p style="margin: 0pt 17px; padding: 3px 0pt 0pt 23px; background: transparent url(images/checkmark.gif) no-repeat scroll 1px 0px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; display: block; height: 16px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">ProtoQuote®</p> <p style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 221); margin: 0pt 17px 1px; padding-bottom: 12px;"> <a href="http://www.protomold.com/quote/request.asp?s=PMEU0106">Upload your 3D CAD model and we will email to you an informative ProtoQuote </a></p> <p style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); margin: 0pt 17px; padding: 12px 0pt 0pt 23px; background: transparent url(images/checkmark.gif) no-repeat scroll 1px 9px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; display: block; height: 16px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Part Tester </p> <p style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 221); margin: 0pt 17px 1px; padding-bottom: 12px;"> <a href="http://www.protomold.com/quote/part_tester.asp?s=PMEU0106">See if your design is ready for Rapid Injection Molding.</a></p> <p style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); margin: 0pt 17px; padding: 12px 0pt 0pt;"><img src="images/dg_part.jpg" height="117" width="186"></p> <p style="margin: 0pt 17px; padding: 10px 0pt 0pt 23px; background: transparent url(images/checkmark.gif) no-repeat scroll 1px 9px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; display: block; height: 16px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Sample Part</p> <p style="margin: 0pt 17px 1px; padding: 5px 0pt 0pt;">If you'd like an instructional sample part with do's and don'ts of rapid injection molding, we'll happily send one free of charge. Just call (763) 479-3680, or email us at: <a href="mailto:marketing@protomold.com">marketing@protomold.com</a></p> <a href="http://www.protomold.com/professor/default.asp?s=PMEU0106"><img src="images/professor_bug.jpg" style="margin: 10px 17px;" border="0" height="96" width="186"></a> <p style="margin: 0pt 17px; padding: 3px 0pt 0pt 23px; background: transparent url(images/checkmark.gif) no-repeat scroll 1px 0px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; display: block; height: 16px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Friendly Advice</p> <p style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 221); margin: 0pt 17px 1px; padding-bottom: 12px;"> Need some friendly advice about plastics? Want to know how to save some money on laundry? <a href="http://www.protomold.com/professor/default.asp?s=PMEU0106">Visit the professor's lab today. </a></p> <p style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(235, 235, 235); margin: 0pt 17px; padding: 12px 0pt 0pt 23px; background: transparent url(images/checkmark.gif) no-repeat scroll 1px 9px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; display: block; height: 16px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Design Guidelines</p> <p style="margin: 0pt 17px 1px; padding-bottom: 12px;">As always, you can visit the <a href="/DesignGuidelines.aspx?s=PMEU0106">Protomold Design Guidelines</a> for helpful Rapid Injection Molding design information.</p> </div> <div class="clearer" style="overflow: hidden; height: 1px; clear: both; margin-top: -1px;"></div> <br></div> </div> <div id="protoquote_bug_shadow" style="width: 637px; margin-top: 10px; height: 9px;" images/nav_backer_inside.gif="" )="" bottom="" repeat-x=""> </div> <div id="protoquote_bug" style="padding: 20px 0pt 17px 13px; width: 624px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <a href="/Default.aspx?s=PMEU0106"><img src="images/protoquote_bug.gif" border="0" height="138" width="602"></a> </div> <div id="footer1" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(203, 206, 197); margin: 10px 0pt 0pt 15px; padding: 10px 5px 12px 0pt; width: 600px; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> To unsubscribe from this list, please contact <a href="mailto:marketing@protomold.com">marketing@protomold.com</a>.</div> <div id="footer2" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 15px; padding: 12px 5px 0pt 0pt; width: 610px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> <a href="/Default.aspx?s=PMEU0106">www.protomold.com</a> | 1757 Halgren Road Maple Plain, MN 55359 | P: (763) 479-3680 | F: (763) 479-2679</div> <div id="footer3" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 60px 15px; padding: 6px 5px 10px 0pt; width: 610px; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> Copyright © Protomold 1999-2006</div> </div> </div> </body></html>