Italy
WASP is a pioneering manufacturing startup founded in 2012 in Italy. With the slogan "Your Dimension Your Material Our Solution," the company focuses on leveraging 3D printing technology and additive, everyday natural materials to address the global housing shortage. This innovative approach has led WASP to develop one of the world’s largest 3D printers, aiming to create clay houses that are affordable, quick to build, and sustainable, thus offering a potential solution to the world’s housing issues.
The company's "Discovery & Development" approach has been a key to their success, requiring out-of-the-box thinking and an overhaul of mechanical design norms to use materials like sand, water, clay, and straw for 3D printing. WASP's innovative technology has the potential to empower ordinary people, engineers, scientists, and communities through what they call the "Maker Economy," bypassing traditional obstacles like politics, finance, and management strategies.
While the company has not disclosed its last investment or the involved investors, WASP's achievements demonstrate the transformative potential of additive manufacturing and 3D printing. By enabling the creation of essential items from cheap materials and striving to develop a system that can 3D print in extreme conditions, such as those found in parts of central Africa, WASP showcases the power of innovation, technology, science, and collaboration in advancing life-changing projects globally.
