With a combined background in product development and prototyping, the five founders of Prototype Solutions Group, Inc.—Alan Anderson, Kurt Bengtson, Tom Budd, Scott Hearley, and Karen Halvorson-Falk—set out to establish a full-service rapid prototyping company in Menomonie, Wisconsin.

PSG had a modest beginning, leasing a 10,000 square foot space that was formerly a factory that made potato chips, and began serving clients with three CNC machines, six casting tanks, one 3D printer, and one paint booth. PSG was off to a strong start working with small enterprises to Fortune 500 organizations and government agencies in its first four months of existence with just three workers.