Quickparts is expanding its additive manufacturing footprint with 12 Stratasys NEO800+ SLA 3D printers that will be installed across facilities in the United States, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom. The company says the purchase is part of a broader investment that brings its commitment to the Seattle Aerospace & Defense Center of Excellence to nearly $6 million.
According to Quickparts, the additional systems will raise its large-format production capacity by 40%. The project is positioned not only as a capacity increase but also as a standardization effort across four countries, intended to make it easier to build the same parts in different locations using comparable equipment and production conditions. The new units will join six Stratasys NEO machines already in the company’s network.
The NEO800+ is described in the source material as a large-format resin 3D printer for industrial production. Quickparts plans to use the expanded fleet for applications that include end-use manufacturing in aerospace and defense. The company also says that a part qualified at its Seattle operation can be produced to the same standard at sites in France, Italy, or the UK, giving it more flexibility to shift work between regions if needed.
The investment also points to where Quickparts expects more of its future activity. The company says the latest spending is aimed in part at national security, space, and defense programs, while its Seattle site is being expanded to support crewed deep-space and national security space work. This follows a previous $2.5 million expansion completed in November 2025, when the site added equipment and was formally established as the company’s Aerospace & Defense Center of Excellence.
Quickparts also works with manufacturing partners across North America, Europe, and Asia, but the report suggests that space and defense programs favor a greater share of in-house production. Those customers often require tighter control over how parts are made, tracked, and delivered. In parallel, Stratasys reported in August that its aerospace and defense revenue grew 17% year over year in the second quarter, making it the company’s largest market.
The 12 new machines started arriving in August, and Quickparts expects full installation by October. The company will continue serving other markets, including motorsport and high-end vehicles in Europe, but the latest move signals a stronger emphasis on space and defense, backed by more internal capacity and greater control over where qualified production is carried out.
