Auto Alliance Thailand uses SLS to shorten tooling waits
Factory support parts offer a practical role for printing alongside vehicle production.
What happened
A September Formlabs case study describes Auto Alliance Thailand, which produces vehicles for Ford and Mazda, bringing SLS tooling production in-house. The examples focus on manufacturing support rather than whole printed vehicles.
The account reports that selected parts could be delivered in a day instead of waiting months for external supply. It describes nylon components and flexible protective parts alongside SLA prototyping.
Formlabs presents a 97% reduction in production time for the reported workflow. That is a customer-case claim about part supply, not evidence that vehicle assembly itself became 97% faster.
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Primary-source reporting; this is not a hands-on review. Sources checked Oct 24, 2026.