Larry Lukis

Proto Labs Founder Larry Lukis Set to Retire Knowing Company is on a Strong Path with Third Straight Manufacturing Leadership Award

2016 was a busy year for Minnesota-headquartered Proto Labs, purportedly the world’s fastest digital manufacturing source for low-volume production parts and custom prototypes. The company’s motto is “Real Parts. Really Fast,”…

Proto Labs Announces LSR Optical Printing Material for Lighting Applications

As additive manufacturing and 3D printing reach further into the product design community, researchers and developers are pushing the envelope to come up with a new array of materials suitable…

Proto Labs’ Fineline Additive Manufacturing Service Touts Swift 1-2 Day Turnaround Times

In the late 1990s, Larry Lukis says he was frustrated by the cost and time it took to produce short run, injection molded parts. So Lukis founded the Protomold Company,…