A place where ideas take shape — from metal, plastic, or wood. And all of it — in Zhytomyr. Here, drawings turn into products, and concepts become tangible parts. The Entrepreneurship Laboratory is a workshop equipped with everything: a 3D printer, CNC machines, tools for working with wood, metal, and plastic. This is where an idea turns into a finished product.

For entrepreneurs, it’s a chance to implement an idea without major expenses, says Maksym Zholud, one of the managers of a company specializing in 3D-printed components.

At the Entrepreneurship Laboratory, he uses a 3D printer that works with SLS technology, which means powder sintering. Previously, his company didn’t have access to this technology, and thanks to the Laboratory, new opportunities opened up.

“This equipment is expensive, and our company cannot afford to purchase it yet. Also, the Laboratory is professionally and efficiently built for such use, and that’s also important. Thanks to these technologies, we’ve started producing products we couldn’t manufacture before. We’ve already completed several series orders for our clients here,” he shares. “We mainly produce industrial prototypes needed for high-load systems or mechanisms — brackets that withstand breaking pressure, gears, bearing housing caps where strength is critical. These can’t be produced using older technologies.”
The output from this equipment has high-quality characteristics, which in turn gives access to a higher-quality service market.

At the start of the full-scale invasion, Maksym’s business relocated to Zhytomyr from Kharkiv, where it had been founded over nine years ago. He says Zhytomyr was chosen due to its favorable business environment and convenient geographic location.

“Since April 2022, we’ve been in Zhytomyr. Here, we’ve expanded. In the fall of 2022, we returned to our usual growth pace, and during 2023–2024, we grew and upgraded our equipment. We plan to expand further into the Ukrainian 3D printing market,” says Maksym Zholud.

We observe Mykola Yarmolyuk, head of the 3D laboratory, applying an image to a T-shirt using sublimation printing. He finds an image online, processes it in Photoshop, prints it with sublimation ink, and then uses a heat press: secures the image to the fabric with thermal tape and heats it to the appropriate temperature for the material.

“The ink is heated to the point where it deeply penetrates the very structure of the fabric,” he explains.

The Laboratory is a complex of facilities: a 3D lab, metalworking lab, plasma cutting lab, and a lab for processing wood and polymers.

This workshop is not just about tools. It’s about the opportunity to start your own business from scratch — in a comfortable space, with expert support and access to technologies.

“Here, you can create any parts with 3D printers — from plastic and special powders, produce branded goods with heat presses like T-shirts, pens, etc. Modern equipment allows you to manufacture products from wood and metal. Beginners who want to try their hand at production are welcome here. For example, to make a small batch of branded goods, or items from wood, metal, or plastic. Students and teachers assist here. It’s a great opportunity to try producing goods without purchasing equipment — to first understand what you actually need,” says Mykola Perelyhin, Director of the College of Technical Innovations, which houses the Laboratory (5 Seletska St.).

This space was created within the project “Support for Rapid Economic Recovery of Ukrainian Municipalities” (SRER), funded by the German government. The project is implemented by the German company GIZ and UNDP in Ukraine.