protolabs
Telford
Our company was founded in 1999 by Larry Lukis, a successful entrepreneur and
computer geek who wanted to radically reduce the time it took to get
injection-moulded plastic prototype parts. His solution was to automate the
traditional manufacturing process by developing complex software that
communicated with a network of mills and presses. As a result, plastic and metal
parts could be produced in a fraction of the time it had ever taken before. Over
the next decade, we would continue to expand our injection moulding envelope,
introduce quick-turn CNC machining and open global facilities in Europe and
Japan. In 2014, we launched industrial-grade 3D printing services to allow
product developers, designers and engineers an easier path to move from early
prototyping to low-volume production.
