Get It Made

A London manufacturing specialist, founded in 2011, that arranges CNC machining, 3D printing, injection moulding and other manufacturing for UK and European customers.

About Get It Made

Get It Made is a London manufacturing business that helps other companies turn designs into real parts. Its services include CNC machining (parts cut from solid material by computer-controlled machines), 3D printing, injection moulding, casting, metal fabrication and custom aluminium extrusions. A Dassault Systemes marketplace listing says the company mainly focuses on CNC machining and is good at complex projects needing hands-on engineering, such as large assemblies and complex testing. It also offers advice on designing parts so they can be made well, known as design for manufacture.

Luke Smoothy founded Get It Made in 2011 and is its director. A Kingston University alumni profile says he first worked as a furniture designer for five years before moving into manufacturing. The company says its approach is about "simplifying manufacturing processes" while giving strong customer service, and the marketplace listing says "Great service is at the heart of everything we do". The alumni profile adds a wider aim of "working to transform our planet for the better" and says the company hoped to join 1% for the Planet, giving 1% of turnover to not-for-profit groups. That profile is older, so check whether it still applies.

Get It Made is described by The Manufacturer as a London-based business, one of 69 London companies on the 2024 Financial Times Europe's fastest growing companies list. It ranked 723rd overall and fourth among UK manufacturers, and the article says it has grown without venture capital since 2011. The company works with a supply chain in the UK, Eastern Europe and East Asia, and its customers are in the UK and Europe. The pages we read do not give a street address, so we cannot say which part of London the team works from.

Customers named on the marketplace listing include companies in satellite and quantum computing, makers of high-end bicycle parts, and UK university research projects. That gives a flavour of the work: small, unusual parts for ambitious engineering projects, rather than the same item repeated millions of times. Mr Smoothy said in the 2024 article that its services helped fill gaps in UK supply chains in 2020 and 2021. We did not find a culture page, team page or staff stories, and the company's team size is not stated.

A business like this employs engineers who check designs and quote jobs, project and account managers who look after customers, buyers and quality staff who manage suppliers, and finance and operations people. Design, engineering, product and business subjects all link to this kind of work. It shows that a manufacturer does not always need a big factory: the skill is in knowing how parts are made and who can make them well.

What they do

• {'desc': 'Milled and turned parts for prototypes and production, including large assemblies.', 'title': 'CNC machining'}
• {'desc': 'Additive manufacturing and plastic moulding through supply partners.', 'title': '3D printing and injection moulding'}
• {'desc': 'Engineering advice to make designs easier and cheaper to produce.', 'title': 'Design for manufacture advice'}

Key facts

• Founded 2011 by Luke Smoothy; London-based
• Ranked 723rd in the FT Europe's fastest growing companies list 2024 and fourth among UK manufacturers
• Supply chain across the UK, Eastern Europe and East Asia
• Customers include satellite, quantum computing and cycling parts firms (marketplace listing)

Website: get-it-made.co.uk