The manufacturing facility of Shapeways within the Netherlands has been situated within the heart of Eindhoven on the canal for over a decade. It’s the place we scaled up our international SLS, MJF, and MJP manufacturing capabilities, licensed it, and launched first article inspection and worth added companies like spray portray and warmth inserts to raised serve our prospects.Â
The centric location in Eindhoven is a implausible location and pricey to our hearts with many nice reminiscences and learnings. Nonetheless, with the present development price of the corporate and the deliberate enlargement of our price added companies, the placement will quickly develop into too small to serve our international industrial and medical clientele.
Subsequently in late 2026 we’ll relocate to a brand new web site at Strijp T, a former Philips Electronics constructing that’s within the midst of being renovated. There may be some magnificence to Shapeways returning to its Philips roots. We began our firm throughout the Philips Way of life Incubator all these years in the past and now we can be transferring to a historic Philips industrial constructing that can be revitalized for the present period. Renovation will embody saving as most of the architectural parts of the constructing whereas offering a completely modernized office with all consolation and sustainability facilities one can count on from a brand new constructing.
Our new dwelling can have the house and energy we have to develop and supply the capability to function our equipment and increase the variety of applied sciences and extra companies. It should enable us to take and implement the operational learnings from our present Manufacturing unit into improved set-up and lay-out, growing the effectivity of our processes. On high of that, the roof or our manufacturing facility can be flooded by pure daylight from the north-facing panes of the sawtooth roof. Not solely will this be a serious high quality of life enchancment for our crew members, however it’ll additionally enable loads of gentle with out growing the cooling necessities in summer season. Furthermore, the south facet of the roof had photo voltaic panels put in, guaranteeing we are able to energy our buyer’s orders with sustainable vitality and scale back the quantity of grid vitality we want.
Over the following 18 months we’ll proceed to re-shape and develop this new house. The principle development is in place, and we’re within the means of refining the layouts and investments we have to deliver our imaginative and prescient to life. We’re desirous to see the way it will all come to fruition, however for now, we discover pleasure in getting ready this subsequent step within the journey of Shapeways and look ahead to sharing updates with all of you thru the weblog.
