Recreus

recreus.com ↗ ·Elda ·Seed

Recreus (legally Recreus Industries S.L.) is a Spanish manufacturer of flexible and rigid thermoplastic filaments for FDM 3D printing, best known for Filaflex — marketed as the world's first flexible TPU filament for desktop 3D printers, launched in 2013. Its range spans TPU/TPE in multiple durometers (60A–95A), plus conductive, foaming, SEBS, PLA, PETG, polypropylene and recycled (Reciflex) grades, and in 2025 it launched the Filaflex 2.20 hotend/filament system claiming flexible printing at PLA speeds. It is an advanced-materials manufacturer headquartered in Elda (Alicante), and its only outside investor is Repsol's corporate venturing arm, which took 17% in 2019.

Founded

2012

Founders

Total funds raised

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Sectors3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing, Advanced Materials, Industrial Manufacturing, Deeptech & Hardware Start-up MapDeeptech & Hardware › Additive manufacturing & 3D printing

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Founders

Ignacio García García

Founder & CEO

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