Case Study: Indaero achieves 66% faster production and 50% cost reduction with Stratasys FDM 3D printing

Indaero Takes Tooling for the Aerospace Industry to the Next Level with Additive Manufacturing

Indaero, a Spanish aerospace engineering and manufacturing specialist serving customers like Airbus, needed to strengthen its long-term strategy and differentiate its end-to-end design-to-production services by producing low‑volume, complex tooling faster and more cost‑effectively. To achieve this, Indaero invested in additive manufacturing using Stratasys FDM® Technology, including the Fortus 450mc 3D Printer and ULTEM™ 9085 materials, to enable robust, lightweight production tools that meet aerospace specifications.

Using Stratasys technology, Indaero redesigned and 3D printed curved production tools (printed in ULTEM 9085) that perfectly fit aircraft panels, allowing single-operator use and on‑demand tooling. The Stratasys-enabled solution produced a tool 9 kg lighter than the aluminum predecessor, was 66% faster to produce than CNC machining, cut manufacturing costs by over 50%, freed operator time and accelerated delivery, delivering measurable gains in productivity and competitiveness.

Indaero

Darío González Fernández

Chief Executive Officer