Metafold
Toronto, ON
“I think people are familiar with the benefits of 3D printing in terms of supply chains that are more resilient, involve less transportation, and potentially involve less material in the creation of a part. I think what people often miss about 3D printing is that we can use it to create radically better parts and parts that offer process efficiencies”
- Elissa Ross, Founder & CEO of Metafold
minimizing material usage and optimizing additive manufacturing production time.
Manufacturing and production contributes about 20% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions … on top of associated material waste, overproduction and shipping emissions. Additive manufacturing holds the opportunity to dramatically increase energy and resource efficiency, while creating space for more innovative, sustainable materials.
To date, additive manufacturing has mainly been used in the prototype process due to high input costs and fragmented hardware and software solutions. Metafold’s adaptive, approachable software bridges these gaps and allows incumbent producers to shift their practices to additive manufacturing — saving them money, materials and energy.
