Quickparts scales up production for defense programs

Manufacturing company Quickparts announced a nearly $6 million investment in its Seattle Aerospace & Defense Center of Excellence, adding 12 Stratasys NEO 3D printing systems across its facilities in the United States, France, Italy and the United Kingdom, the company said Tuesday.

The deployment is the company’s second major capacity investment in 18 months, following a November 2025 expansion in Seattle and the February 2026 launch of two proprietary materials, DuraKor and ThermaKor. Quickparts said the new equipment increases the company’s large-format 3D printing throughput by 40 percent and replaces earlier-generation machines across its U.S. and European sites.

Quickparts said the investment is aimed at national security space programs and defense manufacturing, sectors where a supplier’s ability to deliver parts on a fixed schedule matters as much as cost.

“Reshoring and industrial resilience are usually discussed as policy. We’re treating them as a balance-sheet decision,” said Avi Reichental, CEO of Quickparts. “Anyone can buy the same machine we just bought. What they can’t buy quickly is a qualified capability delivering to the same standard across four countries, at a scale that took us years to build.”

“Quickparts’ investment reflects the growing role large-format additive manufacturing now plays in critical applications across aerospace, defense, and space,” said Dr. Yoav Zeif, CEO of Stratasys. “We’re proud to partner with them as they scale their ability to support the world’s most demanding programs with proven industry-leading additive manufacturing technologies, materials, software, and services.”

Quickparts produces parts through both its own facilities and a certified network of manufacturing partners across North America, Europe and Asia. The company said standardizing equipment across its Seattle, French, Italian and British sites allows a part qualified in one location to be manufactured to the same standard in another, which it said gives customers flexibility if tariffs, export control changes or regional disruptions affect a specific facility.

Quickparts said its manufacturing work also supports specialty and performance programs in Europe, including motorsport aerodynamics and high-end vehicle production, alongside its space and defense work.