ALOT vs SSYS

AstroNova Inc.

AstroNova, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes specialty printers, and data acquisition and analysis systems in the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada, Central and South America, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Product Identification (PI) and Test & Measurement (T&M). The PI segment offers tabletop and production-ready digital color label printers, as well as specialty OEM printing systems under the QuickLabel brand; digital color label mini-presses and all-in-one inline specialty printing systems under the TrojanLabel brand; and pressure sensitive labels, tags, inks, toner, and thermal transfer materials under the GetLabels brand. This segment also develops and licenses various specialized software programs to design and manage labels and print images, as well as manage and operate its printers and presses on an automated basis; and provides training and support. It serves chemicals, cosmetics, food and beverage, medical products, pharmaceuticals, and other industries, as well as brand owners, label converters, commercial printers, and packaging manufacturers. The T&M segment offers airborne printing solutions, such as ToughWriter used to print hard copies of navigation maps, arrival and departure procedures, flight itineraries, weather maps, performance data, passenger data, and various air traffic control data; ToughSwitch, an ethernet switches used to connect multiple computers or Ethernet devices; TMX high-speed data acquisition systems; Daxus DXS-100 distributed data acquisition platform; SmartCorder DDX100 portable all-in-one data acquisition systems for facility maintenance and field testing; and Everest EV-500, a digital strip chart recording system used primarily in telemetry applications. This segment serves aerospace and defense, automotive, commercial airline, energy, manufacturing, and transportation industries. The company was formerly known as Astro-Med, Inc. and changed its name to AstroNova, Inc. in May 2016. AstroNova, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in West Warwick, Rhode Island.

Stratasys Ltd.

Stratasys Ltd. provides connected and polymer-based 3D printing solutions. It offers 3D printing systems, such as polyjet printers, FDM printers, stereolithography printing systems, and programmable photo polymerization printers for rapid prototyping, such as design validation, visualization, and communication. The company also provides 3D printing materials, including approximately FDM spool-based filament materials, polyjet cartridge-based resin materials, non-color digital materials, and color variations for use in 3D printers and production systems. In addition, it offers GrabCAD Print Platform that offers job programming, scheduling, monitoring, order management, and analytics across various 3D printing technologies. Further, the company operates Thingiverse.com, an online community for sharing downloadable and digital 3D designs; and GrabCAD Community for mechanical engineers, designers, manufacturers, and students. Its products and services are primarily used in the automotive, aerospace, medical, dental, education, and consumer goods markets. The company sells its products through a network of resellers and independent sales agents worldwide. Stratasys Ltd. was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.