Isembard is a software-first manufacturing company building the industrial base for the West. Our mission is to restore speed, resilience and sovereignty to critical industries through a network of precision factories powered by MasonOS.
We operate on simple principles
If not now, when?
Follow the five maxims.
Humour and humility.
OUR MISSION
Powered by precision machining, intelligent software, and a network of distributed factories.
OUR VISION
To become the industrial base for the West - a connected network of factories and software that accelerates invention, safeguards sovereignty and powers the next generation of critical industries.
The Manufacturing Manifesto
Our Promise
We believe manufacturing is the forcing function that drives humanity's progress. Our manifesto is simple:
Economic Prosperity
Manufacturing drives growth. Every new factory, every product made, strengthens the economy and creates lasting opportunity.
National Security
Sovereign capability matters. Control over what we build and how we build it ensures resilience and independence.
A Sense of Purpose
We are restoring pride in making things that matter - giving people, communities and nations something to stand behind again.
Our Story
Welcome to Isembard, where engineering excellence meets innovation
Isembard is a distributed manufacturing company that scales production from prototype to factory-level output. Expect speed, reliability and intelligence first manufacturing - built to solve supply chain pain points and power the industries shaping the future.
PRESS AND NEWS
OUR TEAM
A collective of the most talented engineers and operators - united by the mission to rebuild the industrial backbone of the West.
OUR VALUES
The urgency of our mission drives us. We build fast, because waiting costs the future.
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If not now, when?
Taken from the saying of Hillel the Elder; “If I am not for myself, who am I? If I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?”.
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Follow the Five Maxims
How do you design, build and launch a rocket into space in a radically different way from past attempts? That’s the question that faced SpaceX. This is how they did it.
1) Make the requirements less dumb, 2) Delete the part or process, 3) Simplify or optimise the design, 4) Accelerate cycle time, 5) Automate.
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Humour and Humility
We take our mission seriously, but not ourselves. The best builders bring grit, wit and the humility to keep learning.
