FEMTOprint

FEMTOprint is a Swiss company specializing in 3D microfabrication services for glass and other transparent materials. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Muzzano, Ticino. FEMTOprint was founded as a result of a European project supported by the Framework Programme Seven of the European Commission.

FEMTOprint's core competencies include the design, development, and manufacturing of prototypes and serial productions of industrial, custom-designed microdevices for a variety of fields:

• Biomedical
• Watchmaking
• Fine Mechanics
• Medical-tech
• Photonics
• Optics
• Electronics

The company also sells its FEMTOPRINT microfabrication platform to research institutes and academic institutions, supporting and training customers to produce their own micro-devices.

FEMTOprint won the 2021 SPIE (Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers) 3D printing fabrication and manufacturing award.

FEMTOprints fabrication technology is a laser-based manufacturing process (certified ISO 13485:2016) that can be used for a range of glass types, including fused silica, borosilicate, alkali-free glass, and others. Minimum feature size ranges down to a few microns and a maximum working area of 300mm in diameter and 10mm in thickness.

FEMTOprint clients and collaborators include the following:

• Synova
• Technion Israel Institute of Technology
• CEA-Leti
• Eindhoven University of Technology
• Ulysse Nardin
• ETH Zurich