On-Demand Manufacturing Company Helps Support Next Generation of Innovators in STEM Education
(RENO, Nev.) – SendCutSend is proudly sponsoring more than $200,000 in custom sheet metal parts to support 2,500 Student Robotics Teams. As an official supplier for the 2025 Kit of Parts (KitBot) for the FIRST® Robotics Competition, SendCutSend is providing custom laser cut metal as well as vouchers to enable students to further customize their builds.
SendCutSend laser cut 27,500 custom parts which required more than 10,000 lbs of aluminum and a total cutting time of approximately 90 hours.
“SendCutSend was founded based on a need for access to commercial manufacturing and we are proud to be able to provide that same accessibility, quality, speed and convenience to students around the country,” said Jim Belosic, CEO of SendCutSend. “We are thrilled to support FIRST and hope to continue to play a role in the success of these students, encouraging their passion for engineering, robotics, and innovation for many years to come.”
FIRST is a global robotics community that prepares young people for the future through mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills. Last season 88,000 students participated in the FIRST Robotics Competition.
In 2024, SendCutSend contributed over half a million dollars to various non-profit organizations, classrooms, events, and teams to support educational projects in robotics, Formula and Baja SAE, rocketry, automotive, and more.In addition to partnering with FIRST, SendCutSend is proud to offer sponsorships to individual student teams having directly supported thousands of students since the company’s inception in 2018. To learn more about partnership opportunities, visit sendcutsend.com/partner-with-us.
