Salem entrepreneur turns early 3D printing passion into global manufacturing company

By: Jamie L. Costa

Outlets: Eagle-Tribune

Published: May 4, 2026

Words: 985

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago


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SALEM, N.H. — When Evan Labelle talks about 3D printing, it’s less a business pitch and more a continuation of a lifelong habit: taking things apart, rebuilding them and figuring out how they work.

Now 30, Labelle runs Autotiv, a rapidly expanding additive manufacturing company based in Salem. What began as a high school hobby, paired with a vending machine stocked with self-made gadgets, has grown into an operation producing …

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