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Signs, plaques and parts. Made in Bamenda.

Send your design on WhatsApp. A firm price comes back within 24 hours.

Awards from 40 000 XAFLit signs from 60 000 XAFFirm quote in 24 hoursBamenda · MTN MoMo, Orange Money, cash

Four things we cut and engrave every week.

Most people who come to us have never heard the word CNC. They want a signboard, a plaque, a gift, or a part cut to size. That is what this is.

Acrylic signboards & lit signs

Round halo lit signs, shop signboards, office plaques, 3D letters and counter displays.

From 60 000 XAF

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Awards, plaques & trophies

Graduation, church, association and company awards. One piece or two hundred.

From 40 000 XAF

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Branded gifts & engraving

Wood, acrylic and leather engraved with a name, a photo or your logo.

Quote in 24h

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Cut to size & machine parts

Panels, enclosures, jigs, gaskets and furniture parts, cut accurately.

Quote in 24h

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Prices start where you can see them.

We publish our starting prices instead of making you ask. The firm quote comes back within 24 hours.

Four steps. Most of it on WhatsApp.

Send your design

Or a photo, a sketch, or just describe it. PDF, AI, SVG, DXF and CDR all work.

We check it and quote

We confirm the material and send a firm price, usually within 24 hours.

We cut and engrave it

You get told when it is ready. No chasing.

Collect or we deliver

Collect in Bamenda, or we pack it and send it by transport agency.

This is what we make, in Bamenda.

3D printing, laser and CNC work, solar agri-machines, recycled filament, and the people we train - real photos and clips straight from the lab.

A 3D print in progress on a NestX printer in Bamenda
3D printing
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The NestX laser and CNC machine being built in the Bamenda workshop
Laser & CNC
A technical training session at the NestX makerspace
Training
Recycling plastic into 3D filament at NestX
Recycling
Agri-tech · clip
A finished prototype produced at the NestX lab
Prototyping
A solar-powered smart incubator built by NestX
Solar incubator
An engineering prototype at NestX
Custom build

Most workshop clips are shot vertically - new footage drops into these slots as it lands.

Trusted locally

The rest of what we build.

Signs and engraving pay the bills, but the workshop does more. One local lab for design, fabrication and repair.

Signs, Plaques & Engraving

Shop signboards, award plaques, engraved gifts and cut-to-size parts - laser and CNC work, made in Bamenda.

See signs & prices

Custom Hardware & 3D Printers

We don't just use machines - we build them. Locally engineered 3D printers and bespoke hardware designed to survive heat, dust, and unstable power.

Build something custom

Smart Agri-Tech

Solar incubators, soil-analysis kits, and solar cold storage that cut post-harvest losses and earn their keep on real Cameroonian farms.

Explore agri-tech

Circular Manufacturing

We turn post-consumer plastic into durable PLA and PETG filament - a cheaper, greener alternative to imported spools for labs, schools, and print farms.

Buy recycled filament

Training & Makerspace

Hands-on programs in 3D printing, CAD, and electronics, plus flexible access to our tools and mentorship - skills that stay in the community.

Join a course

Not sure what you need?

Tell us the problem - a broken part, an idea, a process to improve - and we'll scope the simplest way to build it locally.

Start a conversation

What comes out of our workshop.

Real footage from the NestX lab - from a spool of recycled filament to a finished, working part.

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NestX - precision, built here
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Plastic waste to filament
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CNC routing & laser cutting
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A plastic bottle becomes the part you print.

Sustainability you can hold. We close the loop locally - turning waste that would sit in a landfill into filament that runs in your printer.

STEP 01

Collect

Post-consumer bottles and failed prints are gathered and sorted by type - PLA and PETG.

STEP 02

Shred

Clean plastic is shredded into uniform flakes, ready to be melted down.

STEP 03

Extrude

Flakes are dried and extruded into consistent 1.75 mm filament on calibrated lines.

STEP 04

Print

You print durable parts with filament made down the road - not shipped across the world.

Imported hardware is slow, costly, and rarely built for here.

We're the local engineering partner that designs for African conditions first - so the things you buy actually last.

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Engineering in Bamenda since

Local & fast

Design, build, and repair in Bamenda. No customs, no shipping delays, no waiting on a container.

Made to fit

Hardware engineered for real heat, dust, and power cuts - not a catalogue spec sheet.

Affordable & repairable

Robust, easy to maintain, and priced for local budgets. When something breaks, we fix it.

Skills that stay

Every project trains local engineers, so capability stays in the community - not dependency.

Building capacity, not dependency - from Bamenda.

NestX was founded to close local technology gaps with sustainable, accessible engineering.

We're local engineers, makers, and educators proving that high-tech manufacturing can thrive far from the world's established hubs - by turning local challenges into design opportunities.

  • Capacity buildingTraining the next generation of engineers and entrepreneurs.
  • Local resilienceSourcing materials locally - especially plastic waste - to build what we make.
  • Affordable innovationDesigning systems that are robust, easy to maintain, and within reach.
The NestX engineering team at work in the Bamenda workshop

Real builds, from our bench.

Student and client engineering projects - power systems, protection, automation and lab tools. Swipe through, or see the full portfolio.

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“Sustainable progress happens when young people get real skills, the tools to use them, and true ownership of technology.” Chiabi Franka Tohnain · Co-Founder & CEO

Let's build something together.

Tell us what you need - a custom part, a machine, an agri-tech solution, or a spot in a training program. We reply fast, in English or French.

Visit the labBamenda, Cameroon
Call / WhatsApp+237 682 824 792
HoursMon - Fri · 9am - 5pm