Case Study: Promolding achieves faster injection mold development and 3D-printed prototyping with Stratasys

Promolding cuts injection mold lead times by 93% with Stratasys

Promolding, a Dutch specialist in high-tech plastic parts manufacturing, faced challenges from customer demands for more complex products and faster turnaround times. Their traditional prototyping methods were unable to keep pace. To address this, Promolding looked to additive manufacturing and implemented a Stratasys Connex3 3D printer to facilitate in-house prototyping and explore new services.

The solution from Stratasys enabled Promolding to drastically reduce lead times. By 3D printing injection molds in-house, they cut development time from six weeks to just three days, a 93% reduction. This innovation allowed them to offer a new rapid mold development service for final product validation. The measurable impact included saving approximately two days during product development and the ability to produce over 50 samples from a single 3D printed mold for a client.

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