On March 25, 2015, customers and company employees came to check out the company’s new building during a grand opening celebration. The 200,000sf building more than doubles the company’s production space from its existing facility in the city.
The Switzerland-based company produces control valves and actuators used by the heating, ventilation and air conditioning industries and hired Boston Industrial to design and install a new automatic storage and retrieval system that for more efficient production and inventory controls. One of the company’s strengths, customers say, is its on-time delivery of parts to customers. “It’s quite amazing that only four years ago we began looking for a location and here we are today standing in this beautiful building,” said Lars van der Haegen, the company’s CEO. “It feels like a dream every day when I drive up the hill to our new home.”
The new building includes 126,000sf of manufacturing space, more than 2½ times the existing building and was designed to accommodate another 23,000sf of office space. The building was also designed so that visiting customers can see the company’s products. Openings in the ceilings allow visitors to view damper actuators and control valves at work. In the boiler room, an area usually closed to the public, color-coded pipes help customers distinguish one system from another.
