MakerBot Industries
MakerBot Industries, a desktop 3D printer manufacturer, was founded in Brooklyn, NY, in 2009 by Bre Pettis, Adam Mayer, and Zach Smith. It has released six generations of desktop 3D printers. As of 2013, MakerBot became the first company to sell 100,000 3D printers. In 2013, the company was acquired by Stratasys.
We have 2 objects that MakerBot Industries has been involved with.
![A black 3D printer with a hollow cuboid powder-coated steel frame. Inside the frame at the bottom there is a silver-colored rectangular acrylic platform on which the printed objects are built. Behind this there is a black plastic panel with a red letter M inside a circle as a logo on its top. In the bottom right corner there is a small green rectangular LCD screen and black directional buttons. Brand and name [MakerBot Replicator 2] are printed in white in the bottom right corner. In the top right there is a black wire containing electronics and a white tube of plastic printer filament to be melted and extruded.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/331434_ebf7273d0dc3a23b_n.jpg "Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printer")
