StarPlast: filament overview, who it suits and print cost calculation
StarPlast (Star Group LLC) is a Russian 3D printing plastic manufacturer based in the Samara region, focused on wholesale supply to workshops and dealers across the country. The brand's pitch is spool-to-spool consistency — precise diameter and clean winding — rather than a broad catalog.
Material range
| Line | What stands out |
|---|---|
| PLA | the base material for everyday printing |
| PETG | a moisture-tolerant engineering plastic, often chosen for its balance of strength and ease of printing |
| PLA Silk | a decorative line with a silky surface sheen |
Some PLA/PETG colors follow the RAL system — useful when a job needs to match a specific brand color or a client's color guide.
Who it suits
- Workshops and small shops that buy material in bulk and value predictable supply from a domestic manufacturer.
- Jobs that don't need a wide engineering-plastic lineup — just reliable everyday PLA/PETG.
- Cases where matching an exact RAL color matters — for a client's branding or a batch of matching parts.
What to keep in mind
- The range is narrow — three materials versus a dozen-plus from larger brands; nylon, TPU, and other engineering plastics have to come from a different manufacturer.
- StarPlast makes no printers — hardware depreciation is calculated separately, per your printer's brand.
- The brand is wholesale-oriented — a one-off small purchase may not get as good a per-kg price as from retail-focused brands.
Pros and cons
Pros: consistent diameter and winding spool to spool, domestic manufacturing, RAL-compatible colors, a wholesale focus that suits workshops with steady material use.
Cons: a narrow range (PLA/PETG/PLA Silk only), no printers of its own, less suited to one-off small retail purchases.
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With filament — unlike a printer — what goes into the job cost is material price per gram, not depreciation, taken from the model's sliced weight and the spool price. Since StarPlast's PLA/PETG range has no hygroscopic engineering materials, in most cases there's no extra drying cost to add — unlike nylon or some TPU from other brands.