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What The Future
Disrupting conventional manufacturing with novel 3D printing and thermoforming technology
What The Future has created 3DTI (3D Thermoform Injection), a patented technology that transforms standard thermoforming machines into flexible, high-velocity production lines by utilizing low-cost 3D-printed molds and direct injection. Focussing on local footwear production, 3DTI enables the significant cost savings required for brands to reshore, whilst simultaneously using bio based materials.
The company's vision is a future in which products are manufactured locally, using bio-based reusable materials, in proportion to demand, more sustainably than in the past and cheaper than ever before. This entails much more than "3D-printing", a technology that the founders do not find suitable for production at scale: the company has the tools and power to disrupt archaic manufacturing industries.
3DTI was created by serial entrepreneurs Janne Kyttänen, founder of Freedom of Creation (acquired by 3D Systems, NYSE: DDD) and Eduard Zanen, founder of Bugaboo International (acquired by Bain Capital). Management has validated the hardware technology and secured distribution, maintenance, engineering in 140 countries with a global partner.
Notable Achievements
- Proven production of a pair of shoes per minute at scale.
- Fast turnaround for large scale and last minute requests.
- Full scale equipment set up in Meridian, MS to produce 5 million pairs per year.
Currently Operating in Twelve Regions
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