The Digital Thread

Protolabs' quality system starts when a customer uploads a part file and runs through the entire manufacturing process and into shipping.

Protolabs puts products where they’re needed. When they’re needed.

Industry 4.0 is considered the future. How can manufacturers unlock the opportunities it offers?

Protolabs send a 3D Printed replcia of Matti Suuronen's Futuro house into the stratosphere

As product development speeds up, the design rules are changing. Nowhere is this more apparent when looking at the industrial 3D printing process of direct metal laser sintering.

Understand the common characteristics of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU material) and how they can benefit elastomeric part designs.

From design through on-demand production, digital manufacturing is catapulting lean manufacturing to another level.

How complex software and automated machinery are changing the manufacturing industry forever.