Stratasys Reports Record Q1 Financial Results

Following our first quarter performance, we remain confident in our ability to achieve our goals for 2008, as excitement surrounding our new products remains high. We look forward to a very successful year, Crump concluded.

Stratasys provided the following information regarding its financial guidance for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008:

  • Maintaining revenue guidance of $130 million to $136 million.
  • Reiterating non-GAAP earnings guidance of $0.81 to $0.89 per share, which excludes stock-based compensation expenses required under SFAS 123R.
  • Reiterating GAAP earnings guidance of $0.77 to $0.85 per share.
  • Stock-based compensation expenses required under SFAS 123R estimated at $0.04 to $0.05 per share.

Appropriate reconciliations between non-GAAP and GAAP financial measures are provided in a table at the end of this press release.

The Company will hold a conference call to discuss its first quarter financial results on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).

The investor conference call will be available via live webcast on the Stratasys web site at www.stratasys.com under the "Investors" tab. To participate by telephone, the domestic dial-in number is 888-713-4215 and the international dial-in is 617-213-4867. The access code is 29733934. Investors are advised to dial into the call at least ten minutes prior to the call to register.

Participants may pre-register for the call at www.theconferencingservice.com/prereg/key.process?key=PRYPWHVPE Pre-registrants will be issued a pin number to use when dialing into the live call which will provide quick access to the conference by bypassing the operator upon connection.

The webcast will be available for 90 days on the "Investors" page of the Stratasys website.

(Financial tables follow)

Stratasys Inc., Minneapolis, manufactures office-based rapid prototyping and manufacturing systems and 3D printers and offers rapid prototyping and manufacturing parts services. According to Wohlers Report 2007, Stratasys supplied 41 percent of all systems installed worldwide in 2006, making it the unit market leader, for the fifth consecutive year. Stratasys patented the rapid prototyping process known as fused deposition modeling (FDM). The process creates functional models and end-use parts directly from any 3D CAD program using ABS plastic, polycarbonate, PPSF, and blends. The company holds over 180 granted or pending rapid prototyping patents globally. Stratasys products are used in the aerospace, architecture, defense, automotive, medical, education, electronic, and consumer product industries. The companys systems are also used for direct digital manufacturing (DDM) and rapid tooling applications. For more information on the company, go to www.Stratasys.com; www.RedEyeRPM.com; or www.DimensionPrinting.com. FDM is a registered trademark and FDM 200mc, FDM 360mc, FDM 400mc, and FDM 900mc are trademarks of Stratasys, Inc.

Forward Looking Statements

All statements herein that are not historical facts or that include such words as expects, anticipates, projects, estimates, vision, planning or believes or similar words are forward-looking statements that we deem to be covered by and to qualify for the safe harbor protection covered by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Our belief that we have the largest part-building service is based on the number of dedicated machines. Except for the historical information herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties; these include the continued market acceptance and growth of our DimensionTM 3D printer and our FDM 200mcTM , 360mcTM , 400mcTM , 900mcTM, MaxumTM, TitanTM, and VantageTM productivity lines; the size of the 3D printing market; our ability to penetrate the 3D printing market; our ability to maintain the growth rates experienced in this and preceding quarters; our ability to introduce and market new materials such as ABS-Plus and ABS-M30; and the market acceptance of these and other materials; the impact of competitive products and pricing; the timely development and acceptance of new products and materials; the success of our recent R&D initiative to expand the direct digital manufacturing capabilities of our core FDM technology; the success of our RedEyeRPMTM and other paid parts services; and the other risks detailed from time to time in our SEC Reports, including the our quarterly reports to be filed on Form 10-Q throughout 2008; and our annual report on Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2007.

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