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 "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
 "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "cite_as": "Nozzle4, https://nozzle4.com/data/",
 "note": "Compiled by Nozzle4 from the sources linked on each row. The facts belong to their sources; the compilation is licensed CC BY 4.0, so use it with a credit and a link.",
 "slug": "proto-labs",
 "name": "Proto Labs",
 "status": "listed",
 "status_label": "Listed",
 "segment": "On-demand manufacturing platforms",
 "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/proto-labs/",
 "listing": {
  "exchange": "NYSE",
  "ticker": "PRLB",
  "tradingview_symbol": "NYSE:PRLB"
 },
 "headquarters": "Maple Plain, Minnesota, United States",
 "founded": 1999,
 "ownership": "Listed on NYSE (PRLB); no controlling shareholder",
 "technologies": [
  "CNC machining",
  "injection molding",
  "3D printing",
  "sheet metal fabrication"
 ],
 "description": "Runs its own factories for quick-turn digital manufacturing: CNC, injection molding, 3D printing and sheet metal. Built its name on very fast prototyping and low-volume production. Also resells network capacity, but the owned-factory model is the core.",
 "last_checked": "2026-10-04",
 "timeline": [
  {
   "date": "Jan 2021",
   "title": "Buys 3D Hubs for 280 million dollars",
   "detail": "Closed on 19 January 2021 with 130 million in cash and 150 million in stock, plus up to 50 million in performance-based payments.",
   "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/protolabs-acquires-3d-hubs-for-280m-to-expand-manufacturing-partner-network-182844/"
  },
  {
   "date": "2022",
   "title": "Net loss of 103.5 million dollars",
   "detail": "Driven by a 118.0 million dollar goodwill impairment in the fourth quarter.",
   "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230210005085/en/Protolabs-Reports-Financial-Results-for-the-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2022"
  },
  {
   "date": "2023",
   "title": "Revenue 503.9 million dollars, net income 17.2 million",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250207157663/en/Protolabs-Reports-Financial-Results-for-the-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2024"
  },
  {
   "date": "2024",
   "title": "Revenue slips 0.6 percent to 500.9 million dollars",
   "detail": "Net income was 16.6 million dollars. Revenue through the Protolabs Network, the former 3D Hubs, rose 21.6 percent to 100.4 million.",
   "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250207157663/en/Protolabs-Reports-Financial-Results-for-the-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2024"
  },
  {
   "date": "May 2025",
   "title": "Suresh Krishna replaces Rob Bodor as CEO",
   "detail": "Krishna previously ran Northern Tool + Equipment; Bodor had led the company since 2021.",
   "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250521200213/en/Protolabs-Appoints-Suresh-Krishna-as-President-and-CEO"
  },
  {
   "date": "2025",
   "title": "Record revenue of 533.1 million dollars",
   "detail": "Up 6.4 percent, with CNC machining revenue up 17.6 percent and net income of 21.2 million dollars.",
   "source": "https://businesswire.com/news/home/20260206699322/en/Protolabs-Reports-Financial-Results-for-the-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025"
  },
  {
   "date": "Jul 2026",
   "title": "Record quarter of 149.3 million dollars",
   "detail": "Second-quarter revenue rose 10.6 percent, and full-year growth guidance went up to 8 to 10 percent.",
   "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260731266719/en/Protolabs-Reports-Financial-Results-for-the-Second-Quarter-of-2026"
  }
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