Immensa Labs is committing to expansion across the Middle East. The company is an industry leader in additive manufacturing. Combining unique patents with a drive to upend several industries, Immensa is already a major presence in Dubai, Kuwait, Sharjah, Dammam, and KSA, and the company is continuing its expansion across the region.
Immensa’s additive manufacturing is a promising way to approach a number of production problems. Generally speaking, additive manufacturing is a means of using 3D printing to create objects, one layer at a time. With this method, 3D printers can create advanced engineering components, construction materials, and anything else that requires manufacturers to produce.
Immensa is focused on using these techniques to change how manufacturing is approached, and one key aspect is the use of digital assets with spare parts. Considering an oil well that has large machine components used to extract the crude resource. If a part breaks, the well has to stop production until it can get a replacement part. This involves ordering, shipping, and sometimes manufacturing. The process is expensive and slow.
Imagine instead that the same oil producer has a 3D printer. When they need a spare part, they can order a digital plan for that part. It is engineered specifically for their machine, and the digital asset can be delivered instantaneously. They can then print the part onsite. This eliminates transit times and costs associated with downtime.
On top of that, it dramatically lowers warehousing and manufacturing costs. Parts suppliers no longer have to mass-produce spare parts and then wait around for buyers to stumble into a need. They don’t have to pay for the warehousing involved in that process, and costs are cut all around. In this way, the digital assets provide instant value, lowering the overall prices associated with the spare parts supply chain.
In addition to disrupting spare parts, Immensa is also steeped in commercial construction. 3D printing allows construction projects to build component pieces onsite. Once again, this lowers shipping and warehousing costs associated with construction projects. On top of that, 3D printers can create customized construction assets on the spot. Instead of building clever things out of rectangular bricks, 3D-printed components can take on any shape. This leads to more freedom and creativity in building designs — allowing for more efficiency, more interesting designs, and more to be excited about in the future of construction.
Immensa is already tied into construction projects in Dubai. They are also sourcing spare parts for customers throughout the region, including the aforementioned Kuwait, Sharjah, and Dammam. Most of the spare parts are focused on defense applications, the oil industry, air travel, and transportation in general.
In every case, additive manufacturing is changing landscapes and enabling the region to reimagine how supply chains can look and operate. Costs are coming down, potential is flying high, and it’s clear to see that Immensa is tied directly to the promising future of manufacturing and construction across the region, and eventually around the world.
