TORSUS Opens Second Slovak Plant, Expands Footprint
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Originally reported by 3D Printing Industry
TORSUS, the Czech heavy-duty off-road vehicle manufacturer, opened a second manufacturing facility in Ilava, Slovakia, on July 23, 2026. The new site adds 100 jobs, bringing the company's Slovak production team to over 150 people, and expands total manufacturing footprint to 9,420 square meters. Annual capacity now reaches 200 TERRASTORM and 50 PRAETORIAN vehicles, with the facility housing a Digital R&D Centre that uses in-house 3D printing for rapid prototyping of custom parts, enclosures, and mounting systems.
The Ilava Digital R&D Centre integrates CAD software (SolidWorks, Plasticity) with in-house 3D printing, laser cutting, and metal bending to accelerate development cycles without external tooling. This is a pragmatic application of polymer AM in industrial tooling and prototyping, not a production-scale AM story. For TORSUS, the value lies in reducing time-to-prototype for custom vehicle components and specialist conversions, supporting its 4x4 HD drivetrain system for commercial vehicles up to 5.5 tonnes. The practical takeaway: in-house AM remains a cost-effective enabler for low-volume, high-customization vehicle manufacturing, but does not signal a broader shift in AM adoption within automotive production.
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