Jul. 21, 2025
Poised to bring innovation to multiple industries, privately held technology company TreisD Corporation has announced plans to open its manufacturing operations in Knox County, Tennessee.
As a privately held 3D image capture, display and printing company, TreisD’s core technology creates digital replication of the human visual system using proprietary software and imaging algorithms, micro-optics and a growing 3D image library.
“Developing our expansive library of 3D images has dramatically increased our research-and-development delivery of 3D visuals in several fields, including our new micro-optical material,” said Sam Pol, executive vice president of technology for TreisD. “Launching our manufacturing facility is the next step in bringing the value of this highly researched and multi-patented innovation to market.”
Initial offerings of this technology will deliver superior-quality printing of 3D consumer and collectible materials on TreisD’s unique micro-optical lens material, providing enhanced 3D security features and brand protection. For example, commemorative entertainment and event tickets can be printed with 3D imaging to include irreplicable image features for authentic branding and anti-counterfeiting products. TreisD customers will enjoy products that look much better aesthetically than what’s available now with more secure packaging.
The optical polymer material used for this technology will be produced at TreisD’s manufacturing facility, which will be located at Eastbridge Business Park in Mascot, in the northeast sector of Knox County.
With company leadership domiciled in Silicon Valley and Peachtree Corners, Georgia, TreisD worked with Knoxville Chamber, Three Roots Capital, Mollenhour Gross Real Estate, University of Tennessee, Launch Tennessee, Pinnacle Financial Partners and other key local and regional partners to solidify both the decision and infrastructure needed to locate company’s manufacturing operations in Tennessee and in Knox County, specifically.
“We looked at other locations, but Knoxville was great on paper – and then turned out to be even better than we’d hoped,” said John Brandon, CEO of TreisD and former vice president of international for Apple, Inc. “Everyone in Knoxville has been straightforward, honest and eager to help. East Tennesseans are every bit as bright and talented as people in any other market we considered, but they also are energetically proactive and refreshingly unentitled. The region had everything we needed, and it was clear that TreisD was wanted here. The Knoxville experience simply was better than elsewhere.”
“Welcoming TreisD to Knoxville has been long-awaited and hard-sought goal of the Chamber,” said John Turner, director of business attraction for Knoxville Chamber. “Throughout a year-long process, we were able to leverage everything that we know makes Knoxville ideal for entrepreneurs, business, innovation and growth and make the case for TreisD. As always, it was a collaborative approach with many individuals and groups involved, and that cooperative and enthusiastic spirit showed John and Sam and the TreisD team what makes East Tennessee a great place to do business.”
TreisD plans to make additional announcements about the rollout of its Tennessee-based technology and the applications thereof in the coming weeks and months. With an imaging platform that disrupts the traditional economics of delivering 3D by eliminating glasses and headset costs and a proprietary system that reduces infrastructure and transport costs, TreisD aims to provide higher quality and lower cost at scale – with production located at the Mascot facility.
The 20,000-square-foot building, owned and leased by Mollenhour Gross Real Estate, is a former automotive machining and assembly plant.
“The Eastbridge facility provided all the infrastructure desired to attract an outstanding new business such as TreisD to East Tennessee,” said Jonathan Edwards, vice president of real estate operations for Mollenhour Gross. “With power from TVA, utilities from KUB, existing features and buildout for manufacturing that also can be modified for future use, it was an ideal facility. More so, it’s encouraging to see the continued trajectory of growth, addition of jobs and economic value of East Knox County. This location has everything TreisD needs within a 15-minute drive to downtown Knoxville, and there’s more room for business growth in this area with existing facilities that are ready for a second life and land to build.”
TreisD’s state-of-the-art modular manufacturing equipment is being supplied by COLLIN Lab & Pilot Solutions out of Germany and is slated to arrive this fall. The polymer resin is supplied by Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, Tennessee. The facility is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2025.
Beyond security printing and consumer products, TreisD will continue to advance as large vision model (LVM) AI 3D company, rolling out subsequent LVM AI 3D applications and innovative 3D imaging solutions in healthcare and medical diagnostics, drone and satellite imaging and other major industries, as well as smartphone applications. Large vision models (LVMs) are AI systems designed to process and understand vast amounts of visual data. Similar to how large language models (LLMs) process text, LVMs provide image recognition and classification, object detection and segmentation and image understanding and analysis.
“TreisD has beenhard at work for several years, and we’re eager to share this incredible tech with the public,” Brandon said. “It’s going to do a lot of good for the world, and it’s going to start in Knoxville. We’re going to bring career opportunities for tech experts, polymer science PhDs and other professionals to the market, as well as reliable and accessible manufacturing and extrusion-line jobs.
“We are grateful to Knoxville for welcoming us, and we want to be a good corporate citizen in this community. When you see what we do – the beauty of the images and the incredibly innovative applications and solutions – you’ll understand our great intersection of art and science, and we hope you’ll be as excited as we are.”
To learn more, visit treisdcorp.com.
