Dorman ProductsConsumer Productssince 2024
Dorman Products AM Automotive Aftermarket Prototyping
Aftermarket replacement parts prototypes — 180,000-SKU product catalogue
Consumer Products85% confidence
CONSUMER PRODUCTS · PART PHOTO
Challenge
Dorman's 180,000-SKU catalogue requires every new part to go through a prototyping and validation cycle. Traditional machined prototypes cost thousands of dollars each and take weeks.
Solution
Dorman uses Formlabs SLA printers to iterate rapidly on replacement part designs. With 100M total Formlabs parts printed globally, Dorman is cited as a key industrial user — accelerating product development dramatically.
Outcomes
- 01Rapid part development; same-day prototype iteration
Technologies
Fused Deposition Modeling
Source
Referenced in Formlabs 100M parts milestone; ongoing
Cite this page
APA
AM Roadmap. (2024). Dorman Products AM Automotive Aftermarket Prototyping. AM Roadmap (v0.4.2-fixes-deployed). Retrieved 2026-05-17, from https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/dorman-automotive-aftermarket-2024
BibTeX
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title = {Dorman Products AM Automotive Aftermarket Prototyping},
author = {{AM Roadmap}},
year = {2024},
url = {https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/dorman-automotive-aftermarket-2024},
note = {AM Roadmap dataset v0.4.2-fixes-deployed, accessed 2026-05-17}
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