MakerBot opens new factory at Brooklyn’s Industry City
Streamlines 3D printer manufacturing process
Desktop 3D printer innovator MakerBot cut the ribbon on Wednesday on a new and larger factory at the Industry City complex in Sunset Park. The new facility measures 170,000 square feet, which doubles the plant’s capacity compared to MakerBot’s previous Industry City facility.
MakerBot, naturally, used its own Replicator 3D printers to print up some of the factory’s jigs and fixtures.
“Since MakerBot was founded in 2009, we have been leading the desktop 3D printing revolution from Brooklyn and this has spearheaded a renaissance of manufacturing here,” Jonathan Jaglom, CEO of MakerBot, said in a statement. “Brooklyn has defined what MakerBot is today and I couldn’t think of a better place for our new factory.”