FEELO
Develops fully automatic filament winding and packaging systems for the 3D printing filament production market, including inline winder-doffer solutions that integrate directly after extruders for uninterrupted, high-quality parallel spool winding.
- CEO / Founder
- Francesco Riva
- Team Size
- 11-50
- Stage
- Active
- Total Funding
- Bootstrapped
- Latest Round
- Bootstrapped
Technology & Products
Key Products
FEELO® provides fully automatic inline winding and packaging systems for 3D printing filament production. Their key products include the FEELO PRIMA and DOTs Winder, which offer neat, parallel winding, a compact footprint, and can be integrated directly with extruders or unwinders for continuous, uninterrupted production without the need for consumables like tape.
Technological Advantage
CLAIMED: Perfect parallel winding, fully automatic doffing, compact inline integration, DOTs locking system. VERIFIED: Formnext 2025 exhibitor confirming market presence; company website and product pages confirm DOTs Winder and Prima product lines. The parent company FAST Assembler (est. 1984) brings 40+ years of industrial automation and electromechanical assembly expertise, providing deep engineering capability. The advantage is partially DEFENSIBLE (proprietary DOTs locking mechanism, decades of automation engineering experience) but the winding market has low barriers to entry with several competing solutions.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Eliminates manual filament spooling — a major bottleneck in filament production — by providing fully automatic inline winding with perfect parallel winding, intelligent empty/full spool buffering, and a proprietary DOTs locking system that secures filament without tape or labels. Compact footprint allows direct installation after extruders, reducing floor space and enabling continuous uninterrupted production.
How They Differentiate
Unlike desktop-oriented competitors (Filabot, Felfil) that target small-scale and lab environments, FEELO targets industrial-scale filament production lines with fully automatic inline winding. The DOTs locking system is unique — competitors rely on tape or manual securing. The empty/full spool buffer enables truly continuous production without manual intervention, a feature not commonly found in desktop winders. QiTech offers industrial winders but without FEELO's proprietary spool locking and buffer management system.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
3D printing filament manufacturers and producers (industrial extrusion lines)
Industry Verticals
3D Printing Filament Manufacturing; Industrial Additive Manufacturing; Plastics Extrusion
Competitors
Filabot (filament spooler and extruder systems for desktop and industrial filament production); Felfil (Italian filament ecosystem including Spooler+ winder for desktop extrusion); QiTech Industries (Pro Winder filament winding machine with intelligent speed control)
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
Parent company FAST Assembler S.r.l. reported revenue of approximately €6.4M (latest available fiscal year); company size 50–99 employees per Italian business registry. FEELO brand-specific revenue not disclosed separately.
Major Milestones
1984 — FAST Assembler S.r.l. founded in Bareggio, Milano as industrial automation company; 2013 — FAST Man Service (FMS) launched as collaborative startup with FAST Assembler; 2025 — FEELO brand launched as dedicated winding solutions for 3D printing filament; 2025 — Exhibited at Formnext 2025 (Frankfurt) as FEELO by FAST Assembler