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Who is Protolabs?

Protolabs is a quick-turn manufacturer that helps product development teams minimise design risk, accelerate time to market and reduce production costs. We do this through rapid production of prototypes and low-volume parts, using industrial 3D printing, CNC machining and injection moulding technologies.

They automate the entire front-end of the manufacturing process in order to produce parts in as fast as 1 day. This allows customers to accelerate development cycles, validate designs quicker, and get to market faster. The Protolabs digital thread, includes automated design for manufacturability analysis, rigorous process controls, equipment standardisation, and digital inspections. This ensures the highest level of manufacturing reliability, repeatability, and part quality.

Protolabs have the broadest selection of in-house rapid manufacturing services and an unmatched global footprint and manufacturing capacity guaranteeing on-time delivery and supplier reliability every single time. Our digital model enables faster and more efficient product development, which reduces R&D costs and minimises design risks. Additionally, their low-volume manufacturing services enables supply chain flexibility and cost-reduction opportunities by allowing you to economically procure the exact number of parts you need, when you need them.

Find out how to make the most out of your Protolabs Partnership in our interactive guide available here or get in touch with us at +44 (0) 1952 683 047 or visit our main website: https://www.protolabs.co.uk/ 

 
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Testimonials

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“It has been very enlightening to us here at HP that we are able to get parts so rapidly out of the actual materials that we’re going to use in the final production.”

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J.D. Hankins - New Product Introduction Engineer
HP

“Responding to a growing market need for energy efficiency and flexibility meant acting swiftly. We needed a prototype and injection moulding partner that could help us get the product to market as quickly as possible and having worked with Protolabs on several projects, we were able to design the solution to meet the short development time expectations.”

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John Appleton
Hager

“It always takes time to enhance design accuracy, but we cannot alter delivery times. With Protolabs, we do not have issues with the timing or cost problems associated with regular prototyping methods.”

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Kazuya Kamakura - Senior Staff
Visual Products Operations Division, Epson

Protolabs has set an unprecedented process that not only allowed me to take a concept to completion in a very short time, but the way they have automated everything turned out to be surprisingly helpful

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Jamie Hyneman
Executive Producer, Host & Engineers Mythbusters Discovery Channel
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