About Us

Advancing Global Innovation Through Digital Manufacturing

Our Story

Hello! Welcome to the digital manufacturing revolution. Protolabs is the world’s fastest manufacturing service enabling companies across every industry to streamline production of quality parts throughout the entire product life cycle.

Founded in 1999, we radically reduced the time needed to produce moulded prototypes through complex software that automated the manufacturing process. Over the next two decades, we added CNC machining, 3D printing, and sheet metal fabrication, and later launched Protolabs Network, our global network of manufacturing partners. Our 25+ years of growth and expanding capabilities provide customers with the best digital manufacturing experience in the industry.

Our Mission

We shape the future by bringing customer ideas to life across every stage of the product life cycle.

Our Vision

Accelerating innovation by revolutionising manufacturing.

Founded in

1999

Fortune 100 Companies Served

95%

Parts Manufactured

700 Million

Customers Served

300,000

Global Manufacturing for Regional Onshoring

Our digital factories produce low-volume parts in days while our digital network of manufacturing partners unlocks advanced capabilities and volume pricing at higher quantities.

Working with Us

We’re here from start to finish to support you throughout your manufacturing journey. From custom prototyping to end-use production and every phase in-between, we're your trusted manufacturing partner helping you drive product development and innovation forward.

Start A Project

Prototyping

Optimise part design and accelerate iterative development with our rapid prototyping and low-volume production services. Benefit from automated online quoting, real-time pricing with design for manufacturability (DFM) feedback, and quality parts delivered in as fast as a day.

Production

Partner with our support team to gain improved cost-efficiencies with lower piece-part prices as volumes increase, benefit from quality certifications like ISO 9001, ISO 13485, and AS9100D, and access advanced capabilities for tighter tolerances, larger part sizes, enhanced finishes, and more.

Innovative Companies We Support

Community & Careers

Giving Back to the Community

We love giving back to the community and pride ourselves in being a responsible corporate citizen through the Protolabs Foundation, whose efforts are a sustaining investment in the future of the communities where our employees live and work, such as grants to fund local STEM-based projects in primary and secondary schools.

Join Our Team

Protolabs is built around our most valuable asset—our employees. We've purposefully cultivated a culture where employees feel valued, heard, and appreciated. Our company values reflect who we are as a company and to each other. Interested? We’re seeking dynamic, smart, and creative individuals to help us grow and shape the future manufacturing.

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