Production Partner Spotlight: Evology Manufacturing

5 November 2026 | Reading Time: 3 min

There’s a good problem to have in additive manufacturing (AM): your machines are busy. The harder part is knowing when “busy” is about to become a bottleneck. That’s a line Evology Manufacturing watches closely.

Based in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Evology works across metal and polymer AM, machining, tooling, assembly and conventional manufacturing. Its customers span aerospace, space, defense, medical, automotive and industrial markets, with projects ranging from prototypes and tooling to production parts. Lately, space has been keeping the AM team especially busy.

When Busy Machines Mean It’s Time to Grow

As demand from space customers increased, so did the backlog across Evology’s EOS M 290 systems. Instead of letting lead times continue to stretch, the team added another EOS M 400-4.

The logic is refreshingly straightforward: when machine utilization stays high and lead times start moving in the wrong direction, add capacity. The M 400-4 also gives Evology more room to work, with a larger build envelope and four lasers for bigger, more complex metal jobs. It’s less about adding a machine for the sake of adding a machine and more about keeping production moving as customer programs grow.

That approach has built Evology’s EOS fleet to 10 systems across metal and polymer AM, including EOS M 400-4s, M 290s, an M 280, a P 760 and a P 396.

AM Is Only Part of the Job

Of course, anyone working in production knows the print is rarely the finish line. Parts still need to be machined, inspected, assembled or otherwise finished before they’re ready to go out the door. Evology handles many of those steps alongside its AM operations, which lets projects move from early development into production without treating additive as a standalone process.

That becomes especially important in the industries Evology serves. Aerospace, defense and space programs come with their own quality, security and documentation requirements, so scaling production involves more than simply finding open machine time. Evology is ITAR registered and CMMC Level 1 compliant, with CMMC Level 2, ISO and AS9100D certifications currently in process.

For Evology, the goal is ultimately pretty simple: have the capacity ready before customers have to wait for it.

“Our space customers are driving a backlog on our existing fleet of M 290s. To live our vision of becoming the most trusted, capable, and agile contract manufacturer, we strive to start building the same day an order is placed. When lead times consistently stretch beyond two to three weeks, we add capacity. The EOS M 400-4 strengthens our ability to run bigger, more complex metal jobs.”
Chris Keidl, vice president of operations at Evology Manufacturing

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