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 providers like spray portray and warmth inserts to raised serve our prospects.
The centric location in Eindhoven is a incredible location and pricey to our hearts with many nice recollections and learnings. Nonetheless, with the present development fee of the corporate and the deliberate enlargement of our price added providers, the placement will quickly develop into too small to serve our international industrial and medical clientele.
Due to this fact in late 2026 we are going to 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 inside the Philips Way of life Incubator all these years in the past and now we will probably be shifting to a historic Philips industrial constructing that will probably be revitalized for the present period. Renovation will embody saving as lots of the architectural components of the constructing whereas offering a completely modernized office with all consolation and sustainability facilities one can anticipate 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 develop the variety of applied sciences and extra providers. It is going to enable us to take and implement the operational learnings from our present Manufacturing facility into improved set-up and lay-out, growing the effectivity of our processes. On prime of that, the roof or our manufacturing facility will probably be flooded by pure daylight from the north-facing panes of the sawtooth roof. Not solely will this be a significant high quality of life enchancment for our staff members, however it’ll additionally enable loads of mild with out growing the cooling necessities in summer time. Furthermore, the south aspect of the roof had photo voltaic panels put in, guaranteeing we will energy our buyer’s orders with sustainable vitality and cut back the quantity of grid vitality we want.
Over the subsequent 18 months we are going to proceed to re-shape and develop this new house. The principle development is in place, and we’re within the technique of refining the layouts and investments we have to convey our imaginative and prescient to life. We’re wanting 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.