This startup is putting India on the global map of advanced manufacturing | Fabheads | BP2B S2 Ep.9

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Released

September 19, 2025

Duration

41m

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Best Place To Build

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

What if the future of aerospace, defense, and automotive manufacturing is being built right here in India? 🚀 In this episode of Best Place to Build, we sit down with Dhinesh, founder of Fabheads, India’s first startup pioneering composite 3D printing and additive manufacturing. From carbon fiber drones and rocket components to biomedical implants and automotive parts, Fabheads is solving one of the hardest problems in advanced manufacturing: automating the production of anisotropic composite materials like carbon fiber, Kevlar, and glass fiber. We explore:

• Why are composites replacing metals like titanium in aerospace and defense
• The difference between subtractive vs additive manufacturing
• How wind turbine blades, fighter jets, and drones are still hand-built — and how Fabheads is changing that
• The perseverance needed to build a deep-tech hardware startup in India
• What the next decade of advanced manufacturing and carbon fiber technology looks like

If you’re curious about deep tech startups in India, industrial 3D printing, or the future of lightweight materials in transport and defense, this conversation is for you.

• Learn more about Fabheads:https://www.linkedin.com/company/fabheads-automation/ *Subscribe for more conversations on innovation, startups, and advanced technologies. Take a deeper dive here: 00:00 Intro 00:40 Welcome to the Best Place to Build Podcast 01:15 Introducing Dhinesh Kanagaraj (Founder/CEO) & Fabheads 02:56 What is additive manufacturing? 08:38 What does Fabheads do? 11:01 When & why did 3D printing become additive manufacturing? 15:00 The origin story of Fabheads 19:20 How long did it take to create the first prototype of Fabheads’ own machine? 23:26 Dhinesh’s journey to success & secret to patience 28:45 The story of how Dhinesh left his job at ISRO to start Fabheads 30:00 Why it is important for India to own the additive manufacturing technologies used 31:50 What does the future of advanced manufacturing look like? 34:05 What’s the advantage of using additive manufacturing processes for composites? 37:25 Closing thoughts & reflections #iitmadras #startup #3dprinting #techpodcast #manufacturing #bestplacetobuild

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Dhinesh Kanagaraj

  guest

• Unknown Host

  host

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Best Place To Build, featuring Dhinesh Kanagaraj and Unknown Host, This startup is putting India on the global map of advanced manufacturing | Fabheads | BP2B S2 Ep.9 explores fabheads automates composite additive manufacturing to scale India’s high-performance parts Fabheads focuses on composite materials like carbon fiber, Kevlar, and glass fiber, which offer high strength-to-weight and safety benefits but are still largely manufactured by hand layup today.

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