The manufacturing unit of Shapeways within the Netherlands has been positioned 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 clients.
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 charge of the corporate and the deliberate enlargement of our price added companies, the situation will quickly change into too small to serve our international industrial and medical clientele.
Subsequently 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’s some magnificence to Shapeways returning to its Philips roots. We began our firm inside the Philips Life-style Incubator all these years in the past and now we will likely be shifting to a historic Philips industrial constructing that will likely be revitalized for the present period. Renovation will embody saving as most of the architectural components 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 house 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 companies. It’ll 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 unit will likely 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 should additionally enable loads of gentle with out growing the cooling necessities in summer time. Furthermore, the south aspect of the roof had photo voltaic panels put in, making certain 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 are going to proceed to re-shape and develop this new house. The principle building is in place, and we’re within the technique of refining the layouts and investments we have to carry 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 stay up for sharing updates with all of you thru the weblog.
