Company: VLDXW
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001641172-25-022475
Chunk: 133

Company: Velo3D, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form: S-1
Chunk 133
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 traditional metal manufacturing solutions. We compete with these suppliers, as well as channel partners, for customers, and for certain of our products. We also compete with businesses and service bureaus that use such equipment to produce models, prototypes, molds and end-user parts. Development of new technologies or techniques not encompassed by the patents that we own may result in additional future competition.

Our competitors operate both globally and regionally, and many of them have well-recognized brands and product lines. Additionally, certain of our competitors are well established and may have greater financial resources than us.

We believe principal competitive factors include technology capabilities, materials, process and application know-how, total cost of operation of solution, product reliability and the ability to provide a full range of products and services to meet customer needs. We believe that our future success depends on our ability to provide high-quality solutions, introduce new products and services to meet evolving customer needs, market opportunities, and extend our technologies to new applications. Accordingly, our ongoing R&D programs are intended to enable us to continue to advance our technology and develop innovative new solutions for the marketplace.

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Government Regulations

We are subject to various laws, regulations and permitting requirements of U.S. federal, state and local and foreign authorities. These include:

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 promulgated by environmental and health agencies, as described below under “- Environmental     
 Matters”;                                                                                       |
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 U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration;                                             |
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 U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.K. Bribery Act and the anti-corruption laws of        
 other countries;                                                                                |
| ● | laws                                                                                            
 pertaining to the hiring, treatment, safety and discharge of employees; and                     |
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 and trade restrictions and export control regulations, including the U.S. International Traffic 
 in Arms Regulations and the U.S. Export Administration Regulations.                             |

We believe that we are in material compliance with all such laws, regulations and permitting requirements.

Environmental Matters

We are subject to various environmental, health and safety laws, regulations and permitting requirements, including those governing the emission and discharge of hazardous materials into ground, air or water; noise emissions; the generation, storage, use, management and disposal of hazardous and other waste; the import, export and registration of chemicals; the cleanup of contaminated sites; and the health and safety of our employees. Based on information currently available to us, we do not expect environmental costs and contingencies to have a