[1] Founded in 2009 by Evan Malone, the for-profit company opened its first location in West Philadelphia’s University City Science Center.
[2] While at Cornell, he co-founded Fab@Home, the first multi-material 3D printer that's credited with sparking the consumer 3D Printing revolution.
Aided by the Wilmington Renaissance Corporation (WRC) and a $350,000 grant from the Delaware Economic Development Office (DEDO),[6] the expansion was officially announced in late 2015 and was estimated to take a year and a half to complete.
Within the 60,000-square-foot building, NextFab planned to occupy around 21,000-square-feet and share the rest with multiple sub-tenants including a local reuse non-profit, The Resource Exchange.
[15][16][17] Some startup companies that have benefited from NextFab's facilities and services include Augean Robotics (AGR),[18][19] Biomeme,[20][21] Strados Labs,[22][23] Tozuda[24][25] and Unruly Studios.