Principal Investigators & Research Groups
For university teams that need genuine access to the process, the hardware and the experimental variables behind the result.
A British advanced manufacturing group
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Manufacturing Made Easy creates and scales research-led technology for advanced manufacturing, turning complex engineering into open, adaptable and commercially intelligent platforms.
Research
Engineering
Technology
The parent company
We engineer specialist technology around hard engineering problems.
01 · Identify the constraint
Find technologies where closed systems, cost structures or rigid product thinking hold back meaningful innovation.
02 · Engineer the platform
Combine mechanical, electronics, software and systems thinking into adaptable technology with a clear technical thesis.
03 · Deploy the technology
Take the platform into the field with its own technical promise, support model and roadmap for the capability it unlocks.
Get to know us
Manufacturing
Made Easy Ltd
We specialise in developing research-driven, open-architecture manufacturing systems designed to accelerate discovery, innovation and productivity in advanced manufacturing.
Our mission is simple
To make machine development easier, smarter and more sustainable, without locking you into rigid black-box hardware.
Quality
QMS Policy
Our Quality Policy has been formally established in line with ISO 9001 principles and reflects our commitment to customer satisfaction, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement. It provides the framework for setting and reviewing quality objectives across the organisation, ensuring that we consistently deliver reliable and high-quality outcomes.
Full policy available on request ↗Contact
Talk to the group
- info@mfgeasy.co.uk
- Base
- Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Brands & partners
The technology travels with the people we build alongside.
Portfolio technology, research collaborations and industrial partners working with the group on metal additive manufacturing and laser processing.
Portfolio technology
Portfolio technology
Aerospace programme
Research collaboration
Engineering partner
Research collaboration
Software partner
Materials supplyWho we build for
For teams with
serious questions.
Our ideal partners are not simply buying equipment. They are building capability, programmes and intellectual property that need room to evolve.
Research freedom
R&D Directors & Innovation Teams
For industrial programmes validating new materials, processes, sensing strategies and manufacturing routes before scale-up.
Innovation Centres & Strategic Labs
For shared facilities and national programmes that require adaptable infrastructure across multiple projects and stakeholders.
Technical Partners & Research Collaborators
For researchers, suppliers and engineering teams who can help develop the next specialist manufacturing technology with us.
Our technology
Focused platforms.
One engineering philosophy.
Manufacturing Made Easy is the parent company behind specialist advanced-manufacturing technology. Our current portfolio includes OpenArch AM and Lasefinity, two distinct technical propositions built on a shared engineering and systems-integration backbone.
Flagship platform · Metal additive manufacturing
OpenArch
AM
AM
Fully open-architecture Laser Powder Bed Fusion systems for research, process development and advanced manufacturing. Designed by researchers for teams that need the freedom to configure, instrument and evolve the process.
Open architectureL-PBFModular systemsResearch 150Research 250
Research 150 · Research 250
Portfolio technology · Compact industrial metal additive manufacturing
Lasefinity
Industrial AM
Industrial AM
Compact metal additive manufacturing technology for industrial R&D, advanced manufacturing teams and organisations bringing metal AM capability in-house. Lasefinity combines accessible system architecture with application-focused workflows across powder-bed and wire-fed platforms.
FusionX · L-PBFWireX · Laser Wire DEDLaseX1 · Compact L-PBFApplication-ledUK & international markets
Group platform / technology development
Future specialist platforms
The parent company provides the engineering, supplier, systems-integration and commercial foundation to develop additional advanced-manufacturing technology where a clear technical opportunity exists.
Partnership model
Research-to-market collaboration
We work with academics, engineering specialists and strategic partners where strong technical ideas deserve a focused path from research to deployable technology.
How we build
Deep enough to engineer.
Broad enough to integrate.
Our advantage is not a single component. It is the ability to bring disciplines together around a complete machine and a complete technical system.
01
Mechanical & system architecture
Machine concepts, modularity, design for manufacture, serviceability, gas-flow architecture, powder handling and subsystem integration.
02
Optics, lasers & process hardware
Prototype and validate laser sources, optical paths and process-critical hardware against research and platform requirements.
03
Electronics, controls & software
Coordinate the digital and electrical layers required to operate, monitor and extend advanced manufacturing systems.
04
Supplier & manufacturing networks
Build global contractor and supplier relationships that support procurement, modular subassemblies and scalable delivery.
05
Customer-led product development
Translate research objectives into system capability, experimental access and practical deployment requirements.
Leadership
Technology shaped by the people who build the machines.
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Founder · Chief Executive & Technology Officer
From research question
to complete machine.
Our CEO has led the concept, design, prototyping and delivery of modular open-architecture L-PBF systems, while building and directing specialist teams across software, electronics, mechanical design and systems integration. The role spans technical architecture, design for manufacture, supplier development, client collaboration and the translation of research requirements into deployable engineering platforms.
“The machine should not define the limits of the research. It should create room for the next experiment.”
2Technology platforms in the portfolio
4Core engineering disciplines coordinated
GlobalSupplier & contractor network
SheffieldUnited Kingdom base
What compounds across every platform
A consistent way
of building.
Different technologies can sit under the group. The principles underneath them should remain recognisable.
01 / OPENNESS
Access creates innovation.
Where research depends on understanding and changing the process, opaque technology becomes a ceiling.
02 / MODULARITY
Technology should evolve.
We prefer architectures that can be serviced, upgraded and extended rather than sealed systems with a fixed expiry date.
03 / DISCIPLINE
Commercially intelligent engineering.
Accessibility is achieved through thoughtful architecture, procurement and design, not by stripping away the capability that matters.
From the group
Ideas worth
building around.
Group thesis
Why advanced manufacturing technology should be built around platforms, not locked products.
OpenArch AM
Open architecture as a research advantage in metal additive manufacturing.
Lasefinity
Why compact industrial metal AM changes how engineering teams build in-house capability.
Work with the group
Bring us the problem
worth solving.
Whether you are building a research programme, evaluating OpenArch AM, developing a manufacturing technology or exploring a strategic partnership, start with a technical conversation.
info@mfgeasy.co.uk ↗