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Note 1 - Nature of Business | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Nature of Operations [Text Block] | Note 1 — Nature of Business Organization and business Proto Labs, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Proto Labs, the Company, we, us, or our) is an e-commerce driven digital manufacturer of quick-turn, on-demand injection-molded, computer numerical control (CNC) machined, 3D -printed and sheet metal-fabricated custom parts for prototyping and short-run production. The Company’s customers are product developers and engineers throughout the world who require a faster and less expensive way to obtain low volumes of parts. The Company’s proprietary technology eliminates most of the time-consuming and expensive skilled labor conventionally required to quote and manufacture parts in low volumes, and its customers conduct nearly all of their business with the Company over the Internet. The Company targets its product lines to the millions of product developers and engineers who use three -dimensional ( 3D ) computer-aided design (CAD) software to design products across a diverse range of end-markets. The Company has established operations in the United States, Europe and Japan, which the Company believes are among the largest geographic markets where these product developers and engineers are located. The Company’s primary manufacturing product lines currently include Injection Molding, CNC Machining, 3D Printing and Sheet Metal. Proto Labs, Inc. is located in Maple Plain, Minnesota. The Company’s subsidiaries are:
Name | Location
PL-US International LLC | United States
Rapid Manufacturing Group LLC | United States
Proto Labs Ltd. | United Kingdom
PL Euro Services Ltd. | United Kingdom
PL International Holdings, UK, Ltd. | United Kingdom
PL DE Holding GmbH | Germany
Proto Labs GmbH | Germany
Proto Labs Eschenlohe GmbH | Germany
Proto Labs, G.K. | Japan

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