Quickparts Expands US Manufacturing Capabilities with $2.5M Seattle Investment

Quickparts has completed a $2.5 million capital investment program at its Seattle headquarters, transforming the facility into a dedicated Aerospace & Defence Centre of Excellence while simultaneously launching its Quick Mould rapid tooling solution throughout the Americas.

The dual-pronged expansion represents a strategic push to accelerate turnaround times across critical manufacturing applications, from aerospace casting patterns to production-grade injection molded components.

Enhanced SLA and Investment Casting Capacity

The Seattle facility upgrades focus heavily on stereolithography capabilities and QuickCast investment casting pattern production. The enhanced infrastructure delivers improved throughput and dimensional repeatability for applications spanning unmanned aerial systems, satellite components, propulsion assemblies, and defense hardware.

Investment casting patterns produced through the QuickCast process serve as consumable tooling for metal casting operations, where pattern fidelity directly impacts final part quality. The Seattle expansion builds on Quickparts’ three-decade track record in precision pattern manufacturing, addressing growing demand from aerospace OEMs and their supply chains.

According to CEO Avi Reichental, the investments align with the company’s broader “Limitless Manufacturing” initiative—a framework aimed at eliminating traditional barriers in speed, scale, and technical complexity across on-demand production.

Quick Mould Platform Enters North American Market

Concurrent with the Seattle expansion, Quickparts is deploying its Quick Mould solution across North America following successful European adoption. The platform leverages rapidly machined aluminum tooling and engineering-grade thermoplastics to produce injection-molded parts in timelines as short as five days.

Unlike traditional injection molding, which typically requires 8-12 weeks for steel tooling fabrication, Quick Mould employs softer aluminum tooling with simplified cooling architectures. This approach sacrifices ultimate tool life—aluminum molds typically yield 1,000-10,000 shots versus hundreds of thousands for hardened steel—but enables dramatic cycle time compression for development programs and low-volume production runs.

Recent customer implementations demonstrate the platform’s capabilities:

• One-day design iteration cycles for PA66 GF50 components
• Four-day complete turnaround for high-load automotive parts
• Luxury automotive interior components moved from design to molded parts in 96 hours

The solution targets engineering teams managing compressed development schedules, material validation requirements, or late-stage design changes where conventional tooling lead times would delay program milestones.

Peter Jacobsen, EMEA President at Quickparts, noted strong initial traction in European markets, particularly among multinational manufacturers seeking standardized rapid tooling capabilities across regional operations.

Technical Implications

The Seattle expansion addresses specific technical requirements in aerospace and defense manufacturing where dimensional tolerances, material traceability, and process repeatability carry regulatory and safety implications. Enhanced SLA capacity enables higher-resolution pattern production for complex geometries including turbine components, structural fittings, and electromechanical housings.

Quick Mould’s material library spans standard engineering thermoplastics including polyamides, polycarbonates, ABS, and glass-filled variants—enabling functional validation under representative mechanical and environmental conditions rather than surrogate materials.

Both initiatives leverage Quickparts’ existing design-for-manufacturability engineering support, providing customers with process optimization guidance during part submission and quoting.

The Quick Mould platform is now available across North American and European markets, with Seattle facility enhancements operational as of November 2025.

For technical specifications and project consultations: quickparts.com