SWISSto12, one of Europe’s fastest growing aerospace companies and an experienced satellite and Radio Frequency product manufacturer, has announced a major expansion.
The company has secured an additional 1,200 sqm of production space at its headquarters in Switzerland, including a large cleanroom.
This increases the size of its existing site to 5,700 sqm.
In addition, SWISSto12 has welcomed several new Satcom engineering experts to its growing team, which has increased by 25% since the start of 2024 to over 125 employees working across its facilities in Switzerland, Europe and the US.
SWISSto12 was recently named as one of the world’s “10 Hottest Satellite Companies.”
This industry recognition follows the company’s announcement in Q4 2023 of securing over €200m in customer orders for Radio Frequency subsystems and HummingSat satellites, including from leading satellite operators Inmarsat (Viasat) and Intelsat.
Industry veteran Peter Bach Andersen started working with the SWISSto12 team in November 2023 along with colleagues based out of Denmark.
The addition of new production space and a new additional cleanroom to our Renens headquarters is further accelerating our mission
Bach Anderson previously spent eleven years at Cobham Satcom in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark where he led the development of new RF, Microwave and Antenna technologies.
Andersen, Principal SatCom Systems Engineer, said: “Denmark is a world-renowned hub for aerospace and SatCom engineering. SWISSto12 has started to partner with a number of significant experts in the local area across Radio Frequency engineering and development roles and I look forward to collaborating with Swissto12 on their exciting Satcom projects.”
CEO Emile de Rijk said: “SWISSto12 is continuing to scale in order to meet exceptional customer demand for our Radio Frequency subsystems and HummingSat – the first commercial GEO SmallSat."
de Rijk added: "In Denmark, we have access to one of Europe’s leading aerospace and SatCom engineering talent pools. The addition of new production space and a new additional cleanroom to our Renens headquarters is further accelerating our mission to industrialise and scale our product lines and production capabilities.”
