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Traceable polymer 3D printing for critical applications

Reindustrialising Europe, one traceable part at a time. Jigs and fixtures, printed as soon as you order, each with its own passport.

SLS 3D printed part for a small satellite
ID on every part

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Our thesis

The next industrial revolution isn't about bigger factories.It's about no longer needing them.

AI has made software easy to build. Now it is coming to hardware, starting with 3D modelling: with the latest models, designing a part is easier than ever.

For two centuries, making things meant depending on someone else: their machines, their expertise, their timeline. That model is breaking. Europe is bringing its industry home, and the factories that return will be smaller, smarter and closer to the people who need them.

But a part made anywhere has to be trusted everywhere. So everything we make carries its own proof: what it is, what it was made from, and how.

ESA AM harmonisation 2026 asks for

  • Build logs that cannot be altered
  • Material lot linked to every build
  • Evidence kept for acceptance

3 ways to take production into your own hands

Order a part today, bring the machine in-house, or help qualify printed polymer for flight.

01 Printed parts

Available now

Traceable jigs and fixtures, printed right away

No queue, from 1 part. Every part ships with its own passport.

Order a test part
Part passport for a printed assembly jig: ID, status, material, lot, print date and inspection

ID laser engraved on every part.It links to this passport.

02 Our polymer SLS printer

Early adopters

The SLS printer that documents every part

Every layer checked, every part documented, and nothing leaves your site.

Apply as an early adopter
Render of the Optonics polymer SLS printer

03 Flight qualification

Partners wanted

Qualifying printed polymer parts for flight

Test data you can reproduce, because every test part carries its full build history.

Join the research
Render of a small satellite with printed polymer parts

Momentum

This is already happening

In use

Our traced parts ran in a hyperloop motor

We supplied parts to a hyperloop pod. They were installed in the motor assembly, each with its own record of material, production date and QC measurements.

Built in-house

A laser SLS 3D printer built from the ground up

Frame, electronics, laser and powder handling, designed and built by our own team. It is sintering parts.

Backed by

The European Space Agency's incubator

ESA BIC Latvia, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund.