Case Study: Dunlop Systems & Components achieves £20,000 savings and fast in-house tooling for EV prototypes with Markforged

How Dunlop is Changing the Game

Dunlop Systems & Components, a British automotive manufacturer near Birmingham specializing in anti‑vibration solutions, struggled with frequent tooling replacements, long lead times and spiraling third‑party toolmaker costs when customers changed designs. To address these issues they turned to Markforged’s industrial composite 3D printing—specifically the Markforged Mark Two desktop printer—to bring prototyping, tools and fixtures in‑house.

Using Markforged’s Mark Two to print Onyx with continuous carbon fiber, Dunlop moved much of its tooling production on‑site, cutting tooling spend from about £20,000 to £11,000 year‑to‑date, saving £20,000 in six months and reducing a parts quote from an estimated £8,000 to £2,000; the team projects £40,000 saved this year and plans to add a Markforged Industrial Series X7 to keep up with demand. The Markforged solution sped turnaround, removed supplier bottlenecks and allowed the department to take on more design challenges without delay.

Dunlop Systems & Components

Mark Statham

Production Engineering Manager