About Thinglab
Thinglab is part of the Freedspace family of laboratories. A group of business units with the common goal of bringing some of the most advanced 3D technology solutions to the Australian market.
As one of Australia’s leading interdependent vendors of 3D print, scan and design technologies, Thinglab provides product sales, professional services and support for the professional, education and arts sectors.
We are proud of the industry leading brands that we sell, our long history and our track record. The talented Thinglab team is a major key to our success, we’ve been able to draw on the best creative and technical skills available to provide outstanding solutions and services.
Our History
Timeline
2020
Continued Growth
Today we are continuing to grow. As Australia’s largest independent reseller of 3D printers, scanners and design software we are proud to work with industry leading brands like Artec 3D, Formlabs, Geomagic, German RepRap, Zortrax, Makerbot and many others. As our exceptional team grows our professional services have continued to expand. We provide 3D scanning, design, printing and training whilst our post sales support remains second to none offering hardware maintenance, servicing and repairs.2012
The Birth of Freedspace Thinglab Tracklab & Vizulab
When Inition sold Freedspace was born. The company is divided into three business divisions; Thinglab, Tracklab and Vizulab. Thinglab provides product sales, services and support in the 3D technologies space. Tracklab specialise in motion tracking. Vizulab is focused on VR and simulation technologies.2005
Inition Asia Pacific Created
Our director, Chris Sutton, left the UK for Australia to set up Inition Asia Pacific.2001
Inition & Virtalis Emerge From Virtual Presence
A team of five programmers, technical and sales staff left Virtual Presence in London to found Inition. Some others left VP to create Virtalis.1992
Virtual Presence created
Virtual Presence was founded in 1991. They grew to be one of the world’s largest independent VR distributors.Our Brands
Freedspace OH&S Policy
The health and safety of those who work directly or indirectly for Freedspace Pty Ltd is of the utmost importance to senior management and it is our goal to continually improve Occupational / Work, Health and Safety (OHS/WHS) performance within the business. To do this, we maintain and continuously improve a management system that complies with the requirements of all OHS/WHS legislation and other requirements which are relevant to Freedspace Pty Ltd.
Our employees will always ensure the health and safety of the company’s employees and its clients by undertaking these activities in accordance with the Occupational Health & Safety Act, respective codes, regulations, codes of practice, statutory requirements and local by-laws. We treat everyone with fairness and respect, and respect the ideas and opinions of others.
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we are based and pay our respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging.
