ARRIS

ARRIS offers end-to-end on-demand additive manufacturing (AM) solutions from design to production, targeting consumer and sports products, consumer electronics, aerospace, automotive, drone manufacturing, and other industrial use cases. The company’s patented additive molding tech uses continuous 3D-aligned fibers like carbon and glass as well as thermoplastics to automate the manufacturing and molding of complex products and parts. This ensures better performance, surface quality, and part-to-part repeatability. ARRIS technology is also claimed to be capable of precisely making thin, intricate parts that do not require post-processing. 

ARRIS has a production base, R&D facility, and product introduction center in California, with another production facility in Taiwan. In February 2023, ARRIS signed up with a contract manufacturing partner in Malaysia (name undisclosed) to increase the company’s production capacity to one million parts per year. 

Key customers and partnerships

Some of the company’s customers include unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer Skydio, the US Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center (DEVCOM GVSC), and aircraft manufacturer Airbus.

Funding and financials

In November 2021, ARRIS raised USD 88.5 million in Series C funding, bringing the company’s total funding to USD 147 million. The funds were expected to be used to scale global operations to fulfill the increasing demand for medium to high-volume production.

In April 2024, the company raised USD 34 million in a new funding round from ST Engineering, Zebra Technologies, Vertex Exploratory Fund, NEA, and Taiwania Capital, among others. The company planned to use the funding to expand its global operations and ingredient brand partnerships, with a focus on consumer products such as footwear, bicycles, portable electronics, and aerospace applications.