ThingLab is a 3D printing and 3D scanning division of Inition Ltd - home of everything in 3D. ThingLab provides cutting-edge 3D print and 3D scan production services and hardware sales to a variety of industry sectors, including traditional rapid prototyping applications, concept design, education and architecture.

We offer a fast, cost-effective and high quality 3D printing and 3D scanning service to our customers, operating two different 3D printing systems in-house: a Z Corp ZPrinter 450 for fast, affordable and colour prototypes, and a 3D Systems Projet HD 3000 which produces high quality plastic models with an exceptional surface finish.

3D printing allows us to turn your 3D design or CAD models into physical plastic parts, which you can then use for design assessment. The equipment builds a physical model - think of it as a rough draft - that helps designers quickly iterate and advance the design before going to more expensive development options.

For 3D scanning we rely upon the new Mephisto 3D Scanning Engine - an optical scanning system which allows us to scan anything from a car to a person's face in very high resolution. 3D Scanning allows the creation of a 3D mesh from a real world object or environment. From here all sorts of application possibilities open up including animation, archiving, medical research, rapid prototyping, industrial design and quality control inspection.

Our clients include (view full client list here):

• Foster and Partners
• Cambridge University
• Oxford University
• Motorola
• Marshalls Construction
• London Metropolitan University