Prusa Research

Private

Prague maker of the Original Prusa desktop FDM printers, plus filament and resin printers, founded by Josef Průša. It has moved away from fully open-source designs since 2023.

Status: Private
Headquarters: Prague, Czech Republic
Founded: 2012
Ownership: Private, majority-owned by founder Josef Průša and co-owner Ondřej Průša
Technologies: Desktop FDM, SLA

Timeline

7 entries, oldest first

2012
2012
Founded by Josef Průša
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2020
2020
Revenue of 2.18 billion koruna
Net income was 270.5 million koruna.
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2022
May 2022
Buys US reseller Print Solid
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2023
2023
Starts pulling back from fully open-source designs
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2024
Nov 2024
Announces the CORE One at Formnext
An enclosed CoreXY printer with active chamber temperature control, from 1,199 dollars before VAT, shipping from January 2025.
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2025
Aug 2025
Josef Průša declares open-hardware desktop printing dead
He blamed Chinese state support for the sector and a wave of Chinese patents on small variations of community designs.
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2026
Sep 2026
Sells the HT Hotend at 199.99 dollars and a CORE One L+ built around it
The hotend reaches 400 °C at the nozzle, fits the CORE One and CORE One L families, and swaps without tools. The pre-assembled CORE One L+ with the same hotend and filtration is 2,169 dollars.
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Posts about Prusa Research

New machines

Prusa's $56.99/kg Prusament PETG ESD undercuts rival ESD filaments

Nov 11, 2026 Materials data

Nylon drying specs run from 70°C for 4 hours to 80°C for 40, by the brands' own datasheets

Oct 27, 2026 New machines

UC Berkeley's OpenCAL volumetric printer forms parts in 90 seconds for $1,638

Oct 20, 2026 New machines

Prusa sells its own Prusament pellets in 3.5 to 14 kg packs

Oct 20, 2026 New machines

UC Berkeley's OpenCAL volumetric printer forms parts in 90 seconds for $1,638

Oct 19, 2026 Technology basics

FDM holes print about 0.25 mm undersized in the one test that discloses its method

Oct 16, 2026 New machines

Prusa Core One+ INDX calibration fails with non-Prusament filament, testing finds

Oct 13, 2026 Technology basics

4.2 mm in CAD keeps 90% of an M3 insert's pull-out strength, CNC Kitchen finds

Oct 10, 2026 New machines

Prusa's HT Hotend hits 400°C for $199.99, CORE One L+ ships pre-built at $2,169

Sep 30, 2026 Materials data

PETG from eight brands, compared datasheet by datasheet

Sep 24, 2026

Last checked 6 Oct 2026. Informational only, not investment advice. Timeline entries are compiled by hand from public sources and can lag real events. Figures come from company reports and news, not from us. Private companies rarely publish financials; where a figure is not disclosed we say so instead of estimating it. This page as JSON, free to use with a credit: open data.