In 2013, Voltera set out to solve a long-standing challenge in the engineering community — creating an easy-to-use desktop PCB printer. By 2015, that vision had come to life with the launch of V-One, a compact PCB printer capable of drilling through-holes, printing conductive materials, dispensing solder paste, and reflowing circuits, all from a single benchtop system. V-One brought the agility and speed of 3D printing to electronics, giving engineers the ability to iterate designs without outsourcing.
Voltera’s product line has continued to evolve. In 2022, the company introduced NOVA, a materials dispensing system designed for easy prototyping of flexible hybrid electronics. NOVA can print materials, such as conductive silver, carbon, and gold, on flexible, stretchable, conformable, and even biocompatible substrates. It was born from the needs of researchers experimenting with advanced materials — a precision dispensing tool engineered to support diverse applications across academia and industry.
Both Voltera’s products, V-One and NOVA, use direct ink writing (DIW), an additive manufacturing method that deposits conductive, dielectric, or functional materials layer by layer onto various substrates. This approach enables streamlined circuit prototyping, small-volume manufacturing, and unprecedented design freedom.
In 2025, alongside its hardware, Voltera expanded its offerings to include a printing service that allows people to prototype one-off, novel, or small flexible hybrid electronics projects without the cost associated with purchasing a printer.
As a scaling technology company, Voltera’s vision remains steadfast: to catalyze innovation by removing barriers to entry. The company empowers engineers, researchers, and educators to turn their ideas into electronics prototypes faster and more efficiently.
Today, Voltera products have been sold into 92 countries and users include organizations such as NASA, MIT, Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Oxford, University of Waterloo, numerous large tech companies, and government research centres. Customer applications cover a diverse range, such as traditional PCBs, printed sensors, nano materials, wearable devices, e-textiles, soft robotics, flexible PCBs, displays, batteries, satellites, and antennas.
Over the years, Voltera has been recognized by a number of accolades, such as the James Dyson Award, European Product Design Award, and the GOOD DESIGN® Award in Electronics. In addition, V-One and NOVA have been cited in over 300 peer-reviewed publications, including Nature, Advanced Materials, and Flexible and Printed Electronics.
Locally, Voltera continues to strengthen the Kitchener-Waterloo innovation ecosystem, creating skilled jobs across engineering, software development, manufacturing, sales, marketing, and more — attracting talent from across the region and beyond.
As Voltera looks to the future, it remains focused on expanding its product and service portfolio to address new challenges in electronics development and materials research. What will not change is its commitment to exceptional customer support, high-quality products, and enabling innovation for the next generation of hardware creators.
“The potential for printed electronics is huge, but navigating the landscape of options can be intimidating. We want to make it easier for academics, researchers, and product developers to iterate their designs, prototype their ideas, and scale them to production.”
– Jesus Zozaya, Voltera co-founder and CEO –
