The Design to Manufacturing Co. Enables GCC Industrial Sectors to Replicate Toyota’s 3D Printed Tooling Success
[Dubai, UAE] - For Immediate Release
New 3D printed tooling capabilities allow regional manufacturers to bypass external suppliers, rapidly produce custom jigs and fixtures, and significantly improve factory floor safety and efficiency.
DUBAI, UAE – 07.08.2025– The Design to Manufacturing Co. (theD2Mco), the region’s premier Platinum Stratasys Partner, today announced a strategic initiative to deploy advanced factory tooling ecosystems across the Middle East, mirroring the recent operational successes achieved by Toyota.
Stratasys recently highlighted its longstanding strategic collaboration with Toyota, demonstrating how the automaker uses a vast fleet of industrial 3D printers - including the F3300, F900, H350, and Fortus 450mc - to take complex tools, fixtures, and jigs from initial concept to a working factory-floor prototype in just one day.
Eliminating Lead Times for Custom Tooling
For automotive, mobility, and heavy industrial manufacturers in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, relying on external CNC suppliers for custom assembly tools or replacement fixtures often results in weeks of downtime and high machining costs. By adopting the same specified Stratasys polymers used in Toyota's North American facilities, regional engineering teams can now iterate rapidly and adapt to shifting production needs in real time.
"Toyota has proven that the real value of additive manufacturing isn't just in the final end-use part, but in the tools used to build it," said Lorcan Nolan, Chief Marketing Officer at theD2Mco. "By deploying this exact Stratasys technology locally, we are giving frontline engineers in the GCC the ability to design a custom ergonomic aid or assembly jig in the morning and have it deployed on the factory floor the very next day."
Improving Worker Safety and Factory Ergonomics
The integration of industrial 3D printing allows facilities to produce durable, customized tools that are significantly lighter than their machined metal counterparts. For example, Toyota engineers utilized 3D printing to redesign a heavy door assembly fixture into a lighter, more ergonomic tool, and developed a custom window alignment jig that turned a multi-person job into a safer, one-person task.
Through its "Factory as a Service" and technology integration models, theD2Mco is now enabling regional factories to implement these exact same safety, ergonomic, and efficiency improvements on local assembly lines.
Availability
The complete portfolio of Stratasys industrial 3D printers utilized by Toyota - including the F3300, F900, H350, and Fortus 450mc - is available immediately through The Design to Manufacturing Co. Our application engineers are currently consulting with regional industrial and automotive manufacturers to audit their factory floors and identify high-value tooling applications.
About The Design to Manufacturing Co.
The Design to Manufacturing Co. (theD2Mco)is the industrial digital manufacturing integrator in the Middle East. As aPlatinum Stratasys Partnerand authorized representative forXACT Metal,SIEMENS, andSCANOLOGY, we deliver a digital manufacturing implementation model. From 3D scanning and software to metal and polymer printing,theD2Mcosupport aerospace, defense, and energy leaders to localize production and secure their supply chains.