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Protolabs is the world’s fastest manufacturer of custom prototype and on-demand production parts. We offer product designers and engineers multiple manufacturing technologies—3D printing, CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, and injection molding—to address their needs at each stage of product development and into production. We achieve our unprecedented speed with online quoting, proprietary software, and automated manufacturing processes that transform a CAD model into a final part within days, sometimes hours.
Our digitalized process starts with a customer uploading their 3D CAD model to receive an interactive quote with free design analysis and pricing information within hours. The manufacturability analysis helps customers eliminate problems, like sink or internal undercuts, before their design reaches the manufacturing floor, so modifications can be made early and often—without penalty. It’s an iterative process that lets designers and engineers avoid development speed bumps and reduce design risk, so they can get their products to market as fast as possible.
The articles compiled for this special digital issue focus on how one of the most heavily regulated industries continues to innovate with new technologies and advanced engineering practices.
Protolabs Joins Space Foundation
Protolabs joined the group just before the 41st annual Space Symposium in Colorado.
Hybrid Manufacturing for Production Optimization
A hybrid manufacturing environment can mix and match tools to achieve design freedom of additive manufacturing and offer precision of more conventional tools, according to experts.
Protolabs Issues Innovation in Manufacturing 2026 Report
The report shows there’s now a definitive shift from experimentation to aggressive scaling.
Protolabs Introduces AI-Enabled Manufacturing Platform
ProDesk by Proto Labs an enhanced way to prototype and a refined path to production, according to Protolabs.
Protolabs Grows U.S. Metal 3D Printing Capacity
Its strategy includes investing in increased additive manufacturing capacity for scalability and focused industry certifications for more applications in various segments.
Protolabs Offers Advanced CNC Machining Capabilities
Expanded machining service enhances innovation with tighter tolerances, diverse finishes, and quality documentation—with stateside, ITAR-compliance.
AM Transforms On-Demand Medical Device Production
AM enables high levels of customization for medical devices including implants, prosthetics and surgical guides.
AM Market Outlook Bumpy, but Bright
Experts tracking the progress in additive manufacturing point to positive signs while citing some cautionary challenges ahead.
Protolabs Expands Manufacturing Capabilities to Full-Service Production
Volume pricing,quality control, and program management are among the production benefits possible at the digital manufacturer.
AM Rides On-Demand Manufacturing Wave
Manufacturers step up use of on-demand models, leveraging AM to enable responsiveness to shifting market demands while gaining more design flexibility.
Protolabs Debuts Hybrid PhotoSynthesis Technology
Axtra3D printing capabilities complement digital manufacturer’s advanced photopolymer offering with repeatable printed parts in days, company says.
Protolabs Answers NASA Generative Design Project Call
Digital manufacturing leader meets challenge from NASA engineers to rapidly manufacture a generatively designed space travel apparatus; delivers part in 36 hours, Protolabs…
Protolabs 3D Printing Report Indicates Industry Growth
A survey of more than 700 members of the global engineering community and key market data identify the current and future state of additive manufacturing, Protolabs reports.
Product Development Teams Feeling the Need for Speed
Protolabs survey finds companies under pressure to get products to market faster while still juggling workforce challenges.
Clicking Parts Certification into the AM Puzzle
Validation and certification of 3D printed parts is getting easier as standards efforts mature and process monitoring capabilities take aim at consistent quality.
Protolabs Revamps Its Manufacturing Partner Network
The service, formerly known as Hubs, is viewed as a hybrid digital manufacturing model combining Protolabs' digital factories with global suppliers.
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