This edition of the news round-up highlights recent expansions in North America and new funding secured across the aerospace and defense sectors. Together, these developments point to sustained investment in advanced manufacturing and space systems, as companies and institutions seek to reinforce industrial capacity, secure critical supply chains, and support mission-critical programs in an increasingly strategic market.
EOS boosts U.S. presence with $3M Texas investment
While production capacity in Maisach, Germany, remains the cornerstone of EOS manufacturing, the company is strategically expanding its U.S. capabilities to ensure resilience and responsiveness to the needs of North American-based customers.
The company is investing $3 million to expand its Texas operations, with upgrades at its Pflugerville campus and the opening of a new warehouse in Belton. The expansion includes a reconfiguration of existing facilities to support increased assembly of the EOS M 290-1, EOS M 290-2, and EOS M 400-4 systems, as well as the addition of a dedicated powder handling area and an in-house machine shop.
The investment has also resulted in the creation of ten new roles at the Pflugerville site, spanning operations, quality assurance, engineering, and machine commissioning.
The expanded manufacturing area was made possible by EOS consolidating its North American warehouse and logistics into a new facility in Belton, Texas. The 40,000 square foot facility will provide benefits to EOS’ U.S. customers with a larger spare parts, peripheral equipment, and product inventory, the company says.
Roboze opens U.S. Aerospace & Defense headquarters in California
Acknowledged as one of the most important industrial hubs for aerospace and defense in the United States, El Segundo, California, will now be the home of Roboze’ U.S. Aerospace & Defense headquarters.
In 2017, the Italian 3D printing company established Roboze Inc. in New York City to support its expansion in the U.S. market and strengthen relationships with local customers and partners. The company later set up a U.S. headquarters in Houston, Texas, to further scale its presence and serve key industrial sectors across North America.
At this stage, Roboze has not disclosed whether the newly announced California headquarters will operate as a complementary site alongside its existing U.S. offices, or whether it replaces any of them.
The new location places the provider of additive manufacturing solutions for high-performance super polymers and composite materials at the center of the U.S. aerospace & defense ecosystem, in close proximity to industry leaders such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, SpaceX and Anduril Industries. This strategic positioning enhances Roboze’s ability to support mission-critical programs through local production, resilient supply chains and strategic manufacturing sovereignty.
The opening of the new headquarters also represents an investment in local technological and economic development, with Roboze actively seeking highly skilled engineers and professionals to support aerospace and defense companies in the development and industrialization of critical components.
SWISSto12 secures €73 million ($84.8 million) in financial support from ESA member states
SWISSto12, one of the world’s fastest-growing aerospace companies and leading manufacturer of advanced satellite systems and radio frequency (RF) products, has secured €73 million ($84.8 million) in financial support from ESA member states through the HummingSat ARTES partnership project.
The funding will accelerate SWISSto12’s development and industrialization of HummingSat, as well as scaling up its manufacturing capacity and accelerating new product innovations.
The investment will also allow SWISSto12 to further develop its phased-array antenna technologies to be used onboard LEO/MEO/GEO satellite payloads and ground products such as user terminals. This will strengthen its ability to serve a broad set of customer needs, for communications from and to geostationary and non-geostationary orbits.
As a reminder, the company’s RF components benefit from unique and patented 3D-printing technologies and associated Radio Frequency (RF) product designs that deliver lightweight, compact, highly performing and competitive RF functionality.
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