Scan it. Print it. Keep the line moving.

When a critical part fails on older industrial equipment, the traditional path is slow and expensive. Locate a supplier, wait on lead times, hope the part still exists. Jayce Duga built Additive Innovators around a faster answer. Scan the part. Print a new one. Get production moving again in days.

Based in New Iberia, Additive Innovators sells and services 3D printers and scanners for manufacturing, fabrication, and industrial clients across Louisiana and Florida. The supply chain problem is the entry point. The larger opportunity is helping Louisiana’s industrial base understand what the technology can actually do at scale.

That’s why Duga also founded LLAMA, the Louisiana Additive Manufacturing Association. The goal is straightforward: educate industry on additive manufacturing, upskill workers, and build a statewide community around tools that most operators haven’t fully explored yet. One company solving a problem. One association expanding what the whole sector sees as possible.