
About
us
The Swiss SLM pioneer
Metal printing since 2012
ProtoShape was founded in 2012 as a start-up and has since been a pioneer in Switzerland as a service provider in additive manufacturing using Selective Laser Melting (SLM), also known as ‘metallic 3D printing’. Since then, our ProtoShape team has been growing just as steadily as our production volume.
Our strengths
- Many years of experience
- Scientific expertise
- Technical expertise in craftsmanship
- Production and post-production
- Quality assurance using laboratory testing
- Engineering: Design optimisation
- Quickly identifying customer requirements
- Solution-oriented
Company history
14 years of technology
2012
Starting as a Swiss SLM pioneer
2015
Qualification for space projects
2017
Starting out as a supplier to the motorsport industry
2019
Research projects on material quality
2021
Founding member of the SwissFactory Group
2023
Focus on series production
2025
Focus on improving efficiency
General enquiries
ProtoShape 3D-Printing AG
Laupenstrasse 30
3176 Neuenegg
Schweiz
info@
+41 31 744 24 23
Contact person

Joshua Rütsch
Production Manager
+41 31 744 24 18
joshua.ruetsch@