Fab Lab Egypt

What Fab Lab Egypt does

Fab Lab Egypt is a Cairo-headquartered digital fabrication lab and makerspace founded in 2012, operating under parent company San3a Tech (established 2016). It has been a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Fab Lab global network since its founding and self-describes as the leader of the maker movement in Egypt. Its core offering is access to manual and digital fabrication equipment across a network of 8 makerspace locations spanning Egypt from Alexandria to Aswan, built in collaboration with strategic partners.

The company's product portfolio centers on five fabrication capabilities: 3D printing (FDM, DLP, SLA), CNC milling, laser cutting, PCB production (from single-sided prototypes to hundreds of six-layer boards), and vinyl cutting (including flexible electronics for e-textiles). Layered on this fabrication platform are customized lab tours for educational and corporate groups, a technical support and engineering service for hardware startups and SMEs, a fab lab installation and management consultancy (extended to 15 makerspaces across 4 countries), and the ReCreate Residency Program (launched 2024, supported by KF Kairo), a 2-month structured program for young Egyptian creatives combining a hybrid bootcamp, pitch competition, and residency focused on plastic upcycling.

Fab Lab Egypt operates a hybrid GTM motion: a community-led acquisition funnel built around Facebook-hosted info sessions, residency programs, and word-of-mouth within the Egyptian maker community, alongside an enterprise field-sales motion for prototyping and engineering services to industrial clients (with named customers including Valeo, Orange Labs, L'Oréal, Leoni, TMG, Intel, Dell EMC, and Giza Systems). Revenue is generated through professional services (engineering and prototyping, lab installation and management, customized tours) and sponsored residency programs, with pricing quote-based via direct email and phone; no public pricing or revenue figures are disclosed.

Name

Fab Lab Egypt

Legal name

Fab Lab Egypt

Website

https://fablabegypt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fab Lab Egypt is a Cairo-headquartered digital fabrication lab and MIT Fab Lab network member operating 8 makerspace locations across Egypt, offering 3D printing, CNC, laser cutting, PCB production, prototyping services, lab installation consulting, and the ReCreate residency program to startups, industrial clients, artists, and educators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Fabrication Services

NAICS

Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing (334418)

SIC

Printed Circuit Boards (3672)

akta.pro primary industry

Makerspace, Innovation Lab & Fab Lab Operations (Tools, Safety, Programming) (EDAEAGAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Makerspaces & Fab Labs (Open Build Studios) (EDAMADAC)

Keywords

• Digital fabrication services
• Prototyping engineering
• Makerspace network
• PCB production services
• Lab installation consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Cairo

HQ country

Egypt

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering and prototyping services: Provision of engineering services (prototyping, design support) to startups, artists, hardware startups, SMEs, and the industrial sector, including pushing digital fabrication into the industrial sector.
2. Lab installation and management services: Installation services for new fab labs and makerspaces, including help establishing the space, mentoring, and sustainability consultations. Supported network extended to 15 makerspaces in 4 countries.
3. Customized facility tours and training: Paid customized tours and hands-on experiences for groups (teachers, professors, managers) hosted in fab lab facilities, available Sunday to Thursday, 10 AM - 6 PM.
4. Sponsored residency programs: Sponsored creative residency programs (e.g., ReCreate 2-month program), supported by external funders such as KF Kairo (Austrian Cultural Forum Cairo).

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Fab Lab Egypt operates a network of 8 makerspaces across Egypt providing access to digital fabrication tools, including 3D printing (FDM/DLP/SLA), CNC milling, laser cutting, PCB production, and vinyl cutting. It delivers engineering and prototyping services to startups, artists, hardware startups, SMEs, and the industrial sector, and offers installation, mentoring, and sustainability consultation for fab labs and makerspaces in Egypt and internationally.

Product overview

Fab Lab Egypt is a single-organization innovation hub offering a unified portfolio of digital fabrication services and programs, operating as a community-based makerspace within the MIT Fab Lab global network since 2012. Its core offering centers on five fabrication capabilities — 3D Printing, CNC Milling, Laser Cutting, PCB Production, and Vinyl Cutting — provided through a network of 8 makerspace locations across Egypt and supplemented by supporting services including Customized Lab Tours, Install Your Own Fab Lab (installation/management/mentoring), and Technical Support for startups, SMEs, and industrial clients. Layered on top of this fabrication platform are structured programs such as the ReCreate Residency Program (a 2-month plastic-upcycling and digital-fabrication residency) and Customized Lab Tours, while the parent company San3a Tech (established 2016) governs Fab Lab Egypt's operations and broader product portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 3D Printing Service Provides multiple 3D printing techniques (FDM, DLP, SLA) through a range of printers spanning low-budget to top-notch equipment, with file printing and design services for startups, SMEs, and industrial clients.
• CNC Milling Service Provides CNC machining techniques for shaping, drilling, cutting, and carving a wide array of materials, used to fabricate prototypes, furniture, signs, and enclosures, with technical support in design and molding.
• Laser Cutting Service Laser cutters process flat sheet materials of varying thickness to fabricate architectural models, site models, 1:1 prototypes, and decorative objects, with precision enabling clean outcomes and presentation-quality assembled shapes.
• PCB Production Service Provides PCB production services ranging from a single single-sided PCB prototype using milling techniques up to hundreds of six-layer professional PCBs, with accompanying design and assembly services.
• Vinyl Cutting Service Vinyl cutters work with vinyl, paper, cardboard, and textiles to create stickers, signs, car decoration, clothing, and accessories, with specialized use in flexible circuit boards fabricated using copper tape for e-textiles and wearable devices.
• Customized Lab Tour Bookable customized lab tours for teachers, professors, managers, and groups of students or employees, including hands-on experiences at one of Fab Lab Egypt's facilities, available Sunday through Thursday, 10 AM to 6 PM.
• Install Your Own Fab Lab Fab Lab installation and management service supporting the establishment of fab labs and makerspaces, providing mentoring, sustainability consultations, and ongoing technical support. Fab Lab Egypt's supported network has extended to 15 makerspaces in 4 different countries.
• Technical Support Service Engineering and technical support services extended to hardware startups, SMEs, and industrial-sector clients, including support for digital fabrication adoption and innovative industrial solutions.
• ReCreate Residency Program A 2-month residency program empowering young Egyptian creatives (aged 20-35) through digital design, fabrication tools, and plastic upcycling, fostering innovation and sustainable solutions by transforming non-biodegradable plastic into human-centered products. Includes a 2-week hybrid bootcamp, pitch competition, and 1-month residency.

Quantifiable outcome

• Supported network of 15 makerspaces in 4 different countries via installation and consulting services
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• San3a TechflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016San3a Tech is the parent company established in 2016 by the founders of Fab Lab Egypt to act as the parent company for FLE in addition to other products. FLE shares San3a Tech's address, phone (+2 010 8033 1705), and email domain (san3atech.com). Omar Essafty (Managing Director) and Omar Seif El-Eslam (Digital Fabrication Solutions Manager) of San3a Tech have served as judges in Fab Lab Egypt's pitch competitions.
• Fab Foundation (MIT Fab Lab global network)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Fab Lab Egypt has been a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Fab Lab global network since 2012, and the two organizations have collaborated on various projects.
• IntelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntel is among the named collaborators on various projects undertaken by Fab Lab Egypt.
• OrangecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrange is among the named collaborators on various projects undertaken by Fab Lab Egypt.
• Giza SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGiza Systems is among the named collaborators on various projects undertaken by Fab Lab Egypt.
• Dell EMCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDell EMC is among the named collaborators on various projects undertaken by Fab Lab Egypt.
• Maker MediacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaker Media is among the named collaborators on various projects undertaken by Fab Lab Egypt.
• US Embassy Information Resource CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInformation Resource Center at the US Embassy is listed as a collaborator on various projects undertaken by Fab Lab Egypt.
• PlastaleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlastale is listed as a 'success partner' for the ReCreate residency program; co-hosted the 'Sustainability & Digital Fabrication 101' info session through its founder Abdullah Mohamed.
• YouThinkGreen EgyptminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouThinkGreen Egypt is listed as a 'success partner' for the ReCreate residency program; co-hosted the 'Sustainability in Driving Innovation' info session through its executive director Sandy Damian, who also served as a pitch-competition judge.
• Enpact (Startup Haus Cairo)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStartup Haus Cairo (by Enpact) is listed as a 'success partner' for the ReCreate residency program.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Rise Egypt: Egypt-based entrepreneurship and innovation support organization focused on startup enablement. Comparable as a domestic ecosystem player targeting Egyptian entrepreneurs and hardware-adjacent ventures, often co-occurring in the same events and partner networks as Fab Lab Egypt.
• Hatch (Dubai): UAE-based innovation hub and makerspace offering access to fabrication tools, prototyping services, and community programs in the MENA region. Comparable as a regional peer operating makerspace infrastructure and serving startup/enterprise prototyping customers in MENA.
• The Knowledge Hub Universities (TKH): Egyptian education and innovation hub offering hands-on learning environments and maker-style facilities. Comparable as a domestic Egyptian platform combining education, prototyping, and innovation programming serving overlapping student/entrepreneur segments.
• Enpact / Startup Haus Cairo: Listed as a 'success partner' for Fab Lab Egypt's ReCreate residency and operates innovation infrastructure for entrepreneurs in Egypt and emerging markets. Comparable as an ecosystem enabler offering structured programs and physical innovation spaces in the same Egyptian market.

Broad incumbents

• Fab Foundation: The global non-profit steward of the MIT Fab Lab network of which Fab Lab Egypt is a member since 2012. Comparable as the upstream umbrella governing lab chartering, equipment standards, and network coordination for member fab labs worldwide.
• Autodesk Technology Centers / Pier 9: Autodesk's network of fabrication studios (historically Pier 9 in San Francisco) offering access to advanced digital fabrication equipment, residency-style programs, and enterprise prototyping. Comparable as a much larger, well-capitalized analog with overlapping capabilities, customers, and program design.

Direct peers

• Fab Lab Istanbul: Another MIT-affiliated Fab Lab serving a regional emerging-market ecosystem (Turkey), with similar community and B2B services. Comparable as a regional fab lab peer with overlapping mission, equipment fleet, and GTM motions in a neighboring emerging market.
• Fab Lab Barcelona: FAB10 host and a leading MIT-affiliated Fab Lab with a strong fabrication-services, training, and consulting model. Direct peer in the global Fab Lab network with a comparable mix of community access, professional prototyping services, and lab-installation consulting.
• San3a Tech: Parent company of Fab Lab Egypt established in 2016 by the same founders; operates other products alongside FLE using the same Maadi address, phone, and email domain. Most directly comparable as the corporate vehicle encompassing Fab Lab Egypt's commercial activities.

Others

• MakerBot / Maker Media (Maker Faire): Listed as a collaborator on Fab Lab Egypt projects; historical steward of the global Maker Movement through Maker Faire and 3D printing ecosystem. Comparable as an adjacent ecosystem player enabling maker culture, equipment supply, and community programming worldwide.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@fablabegypt
• Facebookfacebook.com/fablab.egypt
• LinkedIneg.linkedin.com/company/fab-lab-egypt
• Instagraminstagram.com/fablabegypt
• Xx.com/fablabegypt

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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