Case Study: Midwest Prototyping achieves uninterrupted production and on-time delivery with Materialise e-Stage (Materialise)

Providing Support When it is Needed Most

Midwest Prototyping, a 10-person prototype supplier in Wisconsin, faced a sudden crisis when their lead stereolithography programmer suffered a serious medical emergency and was out for months. The company had recently adopted Materialise e-Stage from vendor Materialise, and needed a way to maintain production and meet customer deadlines while internal expertise was temporarily unavailable.

Materialise e-Stage automated support generation so CEO Steve Grundahl could step into stereolithography programming and keep parts flowing across their machines, avoiding the manual programming backlog that would have overwhelmed the team. Thanks to Materialise, Midwest Prototyping sustained on-time deliveries during the months-long absence, trained two new SL hires on e-Stage, and reintegrated their lead programmer part-time—leading to e-Stage becoming a permanent part of their workflow.

Midwest Prototyping

Steve Grundahl

President