NIDEK Corporation is a multinational company with offices in Japan, the US, Brazil, China, Singapore, and France. Its single research and development branch, NIDEK Technologies, is located in Padova, Italy, where some advanced technology has been greatly speeding up and improving the development of the company's vision diagnostic systems, or ophthalmological devices. Using a Stratasys Objet500 Connex3 multimaterial color 3D printer, the company has been able to cut lead times by 50% while achieving a 75% reduction in prototyping costs compared to previous prototyping methods. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/176134/nidek-technologies-stratasys/