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GROWING UP AND GROWING OUT
Change rarely comes easily, or all at once.
It is the work of incremental success and
building momentum in the right direction.
This is the story of Continuous Composites!
From the beginning, their team has strategi-
cally grown the company by focusing on the
base and expanding from there. Founded in
2015, Continuous Composites operated in
stealth mode based out of their sister compa-
ny, McAllister Technical Services, while the
intellectual property and business were pur-
posefully developed. In 2017, after securing
the base, Continuous Composites emerged
from behind closed doors and relocated their
headquarters to downtown Coeur d’Alene,
Idaho, where CF3D would be revealed.
Today, Continuous Composites is further
expanding their headquarters to showcase the
future of mainstream manufacturing. Located
in the heart of the community, Continuous
Composites has created an infectious buzz
around their technology and local economic
support, attracting top talent and visits from
Fortune 100 companies around the world.
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While the technology is their initial draw to Coeur d’Alene, the teams’
approach to business and community keeps them coming back. When
traveling, Co-Founder and CEO Tyler Alvarado often hears “Why Coeur
d’Alene?” when asked why Continuous Composites chooses to stay in
the quaint tourist town instead of relocating to a major urban city, to
which he responds, “Why not Coeur d’Alene?” Unsurprisingly, it only
takes one visit to Continuous Composites for customers to understand
that answer.
The Continuous Composites team approaches every angle of the busi-
ness with integrity and community at the forefront. The company is
currently growing its headquarters with the latest facility addition, a
restored warehouse adjacent to their historically preserved train station
and headquarters. The warehouse hosts industrial-size robots on linear
rails and increases the footprint of Continuous Composites campus by
an additional 7,500 square feet. Build volumes now reach 50’ x 15’ x 15’
with state-of-the-art industrial motion platforms as well as Continuous
Composites most advanced print heads. “We are advancing our CF3D
technology to commercialization meeting the needs of our strategic
customers. With our new warehouse we are growing out beyond the pro-
totype level and revealing the immense flexibility and scalability CF3D
introduces,” says Alvarado. As part of a broader mission, Continuous
Composites seeks to challenge industry norms and keep its roots in the
“upper-left” where the technology humbly began.