What MATERIAM does

MATERIAM, legally operated by Amatix, Inc. (a Delaware corporation, founded 2015), is an on-demand digital manufacturing platform headquartered in Mexico City (Polanco) with a micro-factory in Santiago de Querétaro and a US regional office in Fort Worth, Texas. The company combines browser-based parametric CAD tools — Sheet Metal Studio and Steel Tube Studio, built on the OpenCASCADE kernel — with direct shop-floor production, allowing customers to either upload STEP/DXF files for instant quoting or design welded steel assemblies from scratch in their browser with no CAD software installation. Before quoting, MATERIAM runs manufacturability verification (stock matching, corner relief, bend-collision simulation, weld joint reachability) to eliminate downstream errors.

Manufacturing services span sheet metal fabrication (LVD fiber laser cutting to ±50 µm precision, CNC bending with a nine-axis press, CNC punching up to 650 hits/minute, MIG/TIG welding, mechanical assembly, powder coat finishing), 5-axis CNC milling/turning (18,000 RPM spindle for turbomachinery, aerospace structural parts, injection molds and tooling), 5-axis waterjet cutting up to 260 mm thickness, PCB assembly (SMT and Thru-hole at 8,000 parts/hour), CNC routing, and laser-based 3D inspection and reverse engineering. Materials supported include stainless (304/316), cold-rolled and mild steel, aluminum, brass, copper, titanium, Inconel and engineered composites.

The business model is fully transactional and product-led: customers self-serve through USD or MXN storefronts, pay per order with no minimum quantities, retain full ownership of their CAD designs (STEP export at any time, explicitly no lock-in), and receive finished parts across Mexico and the US in as fast as three business days for folded sheet-metal parts. An enterprise overlay offers direct contact with manufacturing engineers for complex assemblies, while a founding-customer pricing program (25% discount) supports early-stage customer acquisition. Customer targeting is horizontal across industrial manufacturers, precision-engineering buyers, and electronics manufacturers.

Name

MATERIAM

Legal name

Amatix, Inc.

Website

https://materiam.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MATERIAM (Amatix, Inc.) is a Mexico-headquartered digital manufacturing platform that combines browser-based CAD tools with an integrated Queretaro micro-factory to deliver on-demand sheet metal fabrication, CNC machining, welding, and PCB assembly to SMB and enterprise customers across Mexico and the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ciudad De León

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Sheet Metal Fabrication: On-demand custom sheet metal fabrication including laser cutting, CNC bending, MIG/TIG welding, mechanical assembly, and powder coat finishes. Customers pay per order based on material, finish, welds, and quantity. No minimum order requirements.
2. Precision CNC Machining: 5-axis CNC milling and turning services for high-precision parts. Billed per part based on complexity, material, and tolerances. Applications include turbomachinery, aerospace structural parts, injection molds, tooling, and machine parts.
3. PCB Assembly Services: Electronic circuit board assembly with SMT and Thru-hole components. Automated line places up to 8,000 parts per hour. Revenue from per-board assembly fees.
4. Waterjet Cutting: 5-axis waterjet cutting services for all materials up to 260mm thickness with angle compensation for straight cuts. Charged per cut based on material type and thickness.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MATERIAM operates an integrated CAD/CAM/Factory platform that lets customers upload STEP/DXF files or design parts in-browser (Sheet Metal Studio, Steel Tube Studio), receive instant quotes with manufacturability verification, and order on-demand custom sheet metal fabrications, CNC machined parts, welded assemblies, PCB assemblies, and waterjet-cut parts. Production is carried out at a micro-factory in Querétaro, Mexico, with finished goods shipped directly to customers across Mexico and the United States.

Product overview

MATERIAM is a manufacturing services company operating as a platform-plus-services model, combining browser-based CAD design tools (Sheet Metal Studio and Steel Tube Studio) with a network of manufacturing facilities across Mexico and the US. The core platform enables customers to upload STEP/DXF files for instant quotes or design parts directly in the browser, with manufacturability verification before production. Manufacturing services include on-demand sheet metal fabrication (laser cutting, CNC bending, MIG/TIG welding, assembly, powder coating), PCB Assembly (SMT/Thru-hole up to 8,000 parts/hour), 5-axis CNC machining, CNC punching, 5-axis waterjet cutting, CNC router cutting, and laser inspection/reverse engineering services. The Querétaro micro-factory operates as the first integrated CAD/CAM/Factory System.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• On-Demand Sheet Metal Fabrication

Quantifiable outcome

• Folded sheet-metal parts shipped in as fast as 3 business days
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• MacroFab: Cloud-based PCB assembly and contract manufacturing platform with instant quoting across PCB + enclosure/mechanical — directly comparable to MATERIAM's combined PCB assembly (8,000 parts/hour SMT line) and sheet metal offering.
• Xometry: Public marketplace for on-demand custom manufacturing (CNC, sheet metal, 3D printing, injection molding) with instant quoting and distributed supplier network — the closest directly analogous end-to-end model to MATERIAM's platform-plus-services approach.
• Plethora: On-demand metal fabrication and CNC machining platform providing instant quotes for sheet metal and machined parts with quick-turn lead times — a direct competitor in the instant-quoting contract fabrication segment.
• SendCutSend: Self-serve instant-quoting sheet metal fabrication service (laser, plasma, waterjet) with no minimums and fast lead times — the most direct US-based analogue to MATERIAM's Sheet Metal Studio / instant assembly quoting experience.
• Fictiv: On-demand manufacturing platform for mechanical parts (CNC machining, sheet metal, injection molding, 3D printing) with instant quoting and engineering review — directly comparable business model and target buyer (hardware engineers) to MATERIAM.
• Fractory: Self-serve sheet metal fabrication and CNC machining platform with instant quoting and online design tools — closely comparable to MATERIAM's browser-based quote-to-order workflow targeting SMBs and engineers.
• Hubs (Protolabs Network): Global on-demand custom parts manufacturing platform with instant quotes across CNC, sheet metal, injection molding, and 3D printing — operated as the Protolabs Network, broadly overlapping with MATERIAM's horizontal manufacturing marketplace motion.
• OnlineMetals: Online metal and plastic stock supplier with instant cut-to-size quoting and same-day shipping — shares MATERIAM's self-serve, instant-quote, no-minimum digital ordering approach for fabricated metal parts.

Regional players

• OSH Cut: US-focused online sheet metal cutting service with instant quoting and no minimums — comparable self-serve model to MATERIAM but concentrated in the US market without cross-border Mexico operations.

Broad incumbents

• Protolabs: Established public digital manufacturing incumbent offering CNC, sheet metal, injection molding, and 3D printing services across multiple geographies — a much larger, broader incumbent that overlaps with MATERIAM's full-stack on-demand manufacturing vision.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/MateriamFab
• Xx.com/materiamfab
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/materiam-sapi-de-c-v

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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