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title: "Quickparts backs its space and defense push with 12 Stratasys systems"
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date: 2026-09-02
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description: "Quickparts has begun the installation of 12 Stratasys NEO large-format systems across its plants in the United States, France, Italy and the United Kingdom, its second major capacity investment in..."
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# Quickparts backs its space and defense push with 12 Stratasys systems

[Quickparts](https://www.3dprintingbusiness.directory/company/quickparts-2/) has begun the installation of 12 Stratasys NEO large-format systems across its plants in the United States, France, Italy and the United Kingdom, its second major capacity investment in 18 months. The work brings the company's total commitment to its Seattle Aerospace & Defense Center of Excellence to nearly $6 million, and is scheduled to finish at all four sites in October.

![](https://www.voxelmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Neo800-340x227.jpg)The Stratasys Neo 800

The purchase follows the November 2025 expansion of the Seattle site and the February 2026 release of the company's DuraKor and ThermaKor materials. Quickparts stated that the new machines raise its large-format throughput by 40% and have replaced earlier-generation equipment.

[The hardware choice carries some history. Quickparts spent years inside 3D Systems before being divested](https://www.voxelmatters.com/trilantic-completes-acquisition-of-quickparts-from-3d-systems/), and much of its installed base came out of that period. Buying a fleet from Stratasys—[3D Systems](https://www.voxelmatters.directory/company/3d-systems/)' closest competitor in stereolithography—put a rival's equipment at the center of the company's highest-value production.

“Reshoring and industrial resilience are usually discussed as policy. We're treating them as a balance-sheet decision,” said Avi Reichental, Chief Executive Officer 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. 

“That's the difference between renting machine time and owning a position in this market that's genuinely hard to take away, and it's the business we've built.”

“Quickparts' investment reflects the growing role large-format additive manufacturing now plays in critical applications across aerospace, defense, and space,” said Yoav Zeif, Chief Executive Officer 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.”

[The company reported that a part qualified in Seattle can be built to an identical standard in France, Italy or the UK](https://www.voxelmatters.com/quickparts-achieves-global-iso-270012022-certification/), which it presented as a hedge against tariffs, export control changes and regional disruption without requalifying a supplier each time conditions shift. 

Quickparts runs production through in-house facilities and a certified network of manufacturing partners in North America, Europe and Asia.