We Are Now Manufacturing 3D Printers and Filaments in the USA! - Original Prusa 3D Printers
It’s been two years since I wrote about Printed Solid joining our Prusa family. I’ve known David Randolph, the CEO of Printed Solid, for years. He’s a great friend, and joining forces made sense to both of us, so we went ahead with our plan to improve the availability of Original Prusa printers and filaments beyond the big pond. We started with educational, government, and enterprise contracts because David has years of experience in this field.
Over time, the team, the premises, the range of products, and the customers that Printed Solid took care of kept growing significantly. And how does it look now?
The modest premises in Newark, Delaware, are now bustling with people, there are new spaces for filament manufacturing lines, a print farm, a service area… And the latest additions? Brand new high-speed Prusament lines and workstations for the assembly of our Original Prusa MK4! And we’re not stopping. We’re planning to become the largest manufacturer of 3D printers and filaments in the USA within a year.
Back in the early days, when the Prusa Mendel was my latest and greatest addition to RepRap, most of my interactions with the community were just via IRC chat (something like Discord, but simpler and better 😅). Then someone told me about Maker Faire, and how awesome it is, and I decided to go. It was amazing to meet so many new people like me for the first time in my life – MAKERS. But now the fun part: a good half of the people I met and knew my printers thought Prusa was short for “Print USA.” It is funny and amazing, and actually looking at it from the perspective of someone seeing the word Prusa for the first time, it makes a lot of sense.
