Electron is expanding! With the purchase of two adjacent building units; one for R&D and one for office space, we are creating an integrated facility in which product and process development can proceed more quickly, safely, and predictably. Customers can already improve their processes through testing and research, without having to wait for their new purchased furnace system/s to become operational.
From waiting to parallel development
The development of coatings and processes for gas turbine superalloy components is a complex and long process. Furnaces for coating, cleaning and other processes require significant up-front investment and have long lead times. Until now, process development usually first starts after the equipment has been built and delivered.
Our new R&D facility breaks that pattern. We bring stripping, heat tinting, HF cleaning, Pt-plating, and Diffusion Coating together under one roof. This allows us to develop, test and optimise new machine features and processes even before the new purchased equipment and customer production facility is operational. Development and realisation will now run in parallel.
Lower risk, shorter time-to-market
By developing, validating, and analysing processes in advance within a fully integrated facility, production risks can be significantly reduced. This allows us to prevent errors rather than correct them afterwards. For industries with critical processes such as power generation, aerospace, and metal & mineral processing, this means a predictable outcome, better process understanding & control, and a faster ROI.
Together with our customers, we ensure that performance and reliability are central to the process right from the development phase, so that we can guarantee successful outcomes from the very beginning.
What the expansion concretely includes
The total expansion will be approximately 760 m², of which at least 360 m² will be fitted out as R&D facilities. The remaining space will be used to create additional workstations, meeting rooms and a training facility. Both units are expected to become operational in Q1 2027.
This expansion provides additional office space and enabling increased capacity. This will enable us to take on new projects, grow the team with new employees and strengthen the team with further knowledge and experience, creating room for further growth and development.
A stronger position, faster collaboration
This investment strengthens our position as the market leader in hot-wall retort furnaces and customized electric heating solutions for industrial processing, and enables us to take on new and more challenging projects. By bringing development, validation, and engineering closer together, we can respond more quickly and collaborate more effectively with OEMs and operators. The result: shorter lead times, faster implementation, and processes that are immediately effective.
